Throw Down That Drink

A woman in Philadelphia, having an argument with her boyfriend in a restaurant,
got so angry she threw a soft drink at him. Then, as she was storming away, she
slipped on the wet floor and broke her tailbone. Never mind that the floor was wet
because of the drink she herself had thrown, she was still so angry she decided to
sue. She did not sue the boyfriend, because he didn’t have any money. She sued
the restaurant for having a wet floor. A jury ordered the restaurant to pay her
$113,000. Her medical bills were real, of course, but does that make the business
owner responsible? Looking through the lens of liberty, if we see any law-
abiding citizen being held liable for the bad behavior of another, it ought to make
us all angry enough to do something about it.