Monday, March 28, 2016

No One Should be Held Liable for the Unendorsed Actions of Another

   No one shall be held liable for the actions of another, if he or she did not endorse or condone the errant actions of the other.
   This, I would make law.
   I think on the Navajo siblings who filed lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They seek damages for placement in foster care homes earlier in their lives, placement that allegedly was in homes where they were sexually abused.
   If the children were abused, that is a great wrong. We should seek and consider what we can do to shield children from such abuse, what we can do to screen out harmful foster parents. But, we should also be concerned with protecting people and organizations from fault that is not theirs. If one person in an organization in good faith places a child with another member of that organization, and that second member then commits an offense, the second person should be held liable, not the first.
   Blame should be where blame belongs.
   If we see an injustice in our society, we should change it. If people are to be sued for the wrongful actions committed by others -- actions that they did not condone nor endorse nor participate in -- that is an injustice. We would do well to change our laws to prevent this.

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