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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (8)12/13/1998 12:07:00 AM
From: Estimated Prophet  Read Replies (2) of 242
 
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If someone posts a joke on the Laughter Thread, and some reader laughs so hard he/she spills their hot coffee on them self, is the poster at risk of a law suit for posting thatmessage?

It would all depend on the specific facts of the case at issue. But I don't think so. The negligence of the coffee drinker would have to be compared with that of the poster, and the result would probably be a defense verdict, in my jurisdiction at least.
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