Re: The Office - legality of car accident (spoilers)

"Jim Heckman" <rot13(reply-to)_at_none.invalid> wrote in message news:13g0mpvrur96c60_at_corp.supernews.com...
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> On 30-Sep-2007, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown_at_fastmail.fm>
> wrote in message <MPG.216a109434f3fb3598b095_at_news.individual.net>:
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>> Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:31:21 GMT from Clifford Blau
>> <cliffordblau_at_yahoo.com>:
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>> > On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:16:58 -0700, Richard Fangnail
>> > <richardfangnail_at_excite.com> wrote:
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>> > >Ryan asked whether the accident happened on company property or not.
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>> > But was it on company property? Dunder-Mifflin only leases that
>> > office, isn't that so? They don't own the parking lot.
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>> They've got offices and a warehouse in the building. I've always
>> assumed that they own the building and lease out unused space.
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> No. The building manager, the guy in the wheelchair, isn't a
> Dunder-Mifflin employee.

That does not necessarily mean they do not own the property. They could have cointected out to a property management firm the responsibility.

> Also, when it looked like the Scranton
> branch was going to be shut down, Bob-Vance-Vance-Refrigeration was
> going to take over their lease on the warehouse space.

I think some are being too literal over the term 'company property'. Legally it doesn't matter so much. The company could still have liability because it happened on their leased premises unless it was shown that the ultimate owner was the party who was negligent. Received on Mon Oct 01 2007 - 02:12:07 PDT