I’m not sure that you could say, as a bright line, that individuals without the capacity to consent could never be assessed any contributory negligence for the purpose of damages. Not whether the rule is the age of consent, or capacity in other ways. There are too many possible fact patterns where the result would be…

No, the cop still has qualified immunity regardless of whether he sues Blake or anyone else for anything.

It’s not really a news operation.

Sounds like you could have sued for damages, but that might have made your work day tense...

Plenty of localities pay for damage caused by potholes, for what its worth.

The federal government doesn’t regulate vehicle registration. It’s a state matter.

Uh, let’s back up here a second - this was a bug, that the developers fixed after it was reported. You don’t need to be a developer to spot a bug. And when a bug is particularly problematic (like an infinite damage loop is), and seemingly easy to uncover in routine play, it doesn’t take a doctorate in game design to…

Non-doctors (even patients!) routinely notice and point out instances of poor patient care. Non-bus drivers can spot bad driving. Non video game designers, including video game players with lots of experience, can spot bad game design. Hence the industry of game criticism, including this here website Kotaku.

He is, actually, wrong. Read the other comments.

It would be nice if, while discussing schools and the 1st Amendment, writers would acknowledge the legal fact that the Supreme Court has carved out various exceptions to limits on governments ability to regulate speech when it comes to public schools.

In addition to her insurance, she’s also literally a billionaire.

The Polygon article calls it Silicon Echo, not Silent Echo, and links to a SiliconEcho corporate site. Silent Echo does not appear to be a video game developer (although it is a book and some sort of Alexa-based app). Correction?

Probably not much - it would be handled by their ED, who would treat it like a trauma case. The ED docs wouldn’t be paying OBGYN liability insurance, and wouldn’t have the professional obligation to be specialists in birth complications, etc. And if it happens to be the type of rural hospital that doesn’t have an…

TIL: Definition of “caucasity”

“Provided they were funded well enough.” There you go. Where does the money come from? Low-volume OB work is (a) a net financial loss because of 24 coverage requirements, insurance premiums and facility costs and (b) a high financial risk due to the high medical risk of errors (tort exposure). So the money isn’t…

That’s not the argument that anyone is making, obviously. But a hospital has to balance its resources and risks to provide the broadest scope of high quality care it can. If it hosts a low-volume L&D program, the risks of catastrophic financial loss threaten the rest of the institution. It’s also a money suck that…

I don’t think I’m ignoring those factors. The basic problem is a conflict between the desire to provide a specific category of service and the financial reality that the cost (and risk of cost) of that service threatens a hospital’s ability to provide all other services. So a hospital can have a cath lab and an OR and…

How would that work? If there’s no structure for an “intermittent refresher residency at high-volume hospitals” (and I don’t think there is), then would these doctors have to leave their employer, find a new job somewhere else, work for a year and then come back in order to maintain or reacquire a license?

Not just government run care, but the constitutional power to force people to work in a place and in a job they don’t want - or, seriously expensive incentive programs.

I think you’re misunderstanding the point I’ve been making and also the factors involved in hospital expenses. Yes, a patient may wish there was a nearby hospital competent to solve her medical problem. Presumably the patient will also wish that the hospital has staff with the right training, the right equipment and…