“LONDON - A British court awarded six prison officers damages and legal costs reported to be in excess of 1 million pounds (US$1.75 million, euro1.45 million) Wednesday for “walking into a scene of gothic horror” where an inmate had strangled his cellmate and then disemboweled him” (full article here).

Wow. I hope this does not create a whole new wave of lawsuits in the US.  Can you imagine the ripple effect through the economy of damages paid to police, emergency services, doctors ..etc who have to see crime scenes, accidents, casualties?

Update (3/16):  Jury awards $6.5M to panic disorder patient in job bias suit

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