Word: shadoan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...camps, landlords are being pressed to become more security conscious. Owners, say the courts, have long been liable to a tenant injured by a negligently maintained elevator; they will now have to pay for exposing people to an "unreasonable" risk of criminal attack. "What is reasonable?" asks Attorney George Shadoan, who represented the family of the Maryland victim. "A TV camera system, guards-that's reasonable...
What is next? "Are we headed in the direction where a woman can sue the police department if she is raped, screams and no one comes?" asks Walton. Shadoan thinks the trend in tort law-toward no-fault auto, product liability and medical malpractice insurance-may block that next step. He points to Great Britain, where "if you get raped, you get medical care and a government payment. Damage suits will soon be a relic of the past." Many lawyers are betting it will never happen...
...IRENE E. SHADOAN Press Secretary to the Governor Dover...
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