I really can't help feeling that there's becoming far too much judicial blame-passing these days and this seems to be a prime example.
Should a 26-year-old man really need to be told not to poke around in a light socket with a screwdriver without switching off the power first? I'm really having a hard time accepting that this was the company's fault, at least not to the degree implied by the judge.
Sure, a company has a certain duty to look after employees, but I don't think it's unreasonable for an employer to expect his employees to use a little common sense and take a certain amount of responsibility for their own actions.
What next? A lawsuit because an employee wraps a work van around a tree and the company didn't issue specific instructions not to drive at solid objects?
