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Whatever Hertz did or didn't do to let this happen (albeit rarely) is their fault. So plaintiffs clearly have grounds to sue Hertz. Police departments were also
by mirimir 7y ago
Whatever Hertz did or didn't do to let this happen (albeit rarely) is their fault. So plaintiffs clearly have grounds to sue Hertz. Police departments were also affected, so they arguably also have standing.
But criminal charges? Maybe if people were getting killed over it. Otherwise it's just a civil matter.
Edit: fat fingers
- Johnny555 7y agoIf I spend 2 weeks (or even 2 hours) in prison due to someone's false accusation, I'd also want to press for criminal charges.
- mirimir 7y agoI get that. I'd feel that way too. But consider medical malpractice. Even when a surgeon screws up, and the patient is disabled for life, there are rarely criminal charges. And this is lots more indefinite than that. I mean, you're going to put some employee in jail because they screwed up paperwork?
- brohee 7y agoYes? Why the hell not, it's pretty obvious that such paperwork has life and death consequences (it's only a matter of time before a customer is shot during his arrest, because the cop "feared for his life"). We put people in jail for drinking too much when that leads to bad consequences, why not for sloppy paperwork that get someone falsely imprisoned or killed?
- harry8 7y agoTaking an action that deprives someone of their liberty for two weeks? Sounds criminal to me. Doesn't to you? As has been pointed out there are multiple failures including law enforcement.
- kevin_b_er 7y agoHertz inadvertently kidnapped someone for 2 weeks. I'm sure kidnapping is a crime we can hold the Hertz executives up to.