Supreme Court rejects Rachel Corrie wrongful death case

The Jerusalem Post ^ | 2/12/2015 | YONAH JEREMY BOB

[Former Fetus]

The Supreme Court on Thursday put out its dramatic decision in the Rachel Corrie case, rejecting her family's appeal of a lower court decision which had denied them civil damages for wrongful death in which Corrie died in connection with an IDF bulldozer.

At the same time, the court accepted a separate appeal by the family and reversed a separate lower court decision - with the result that the lower court will need to further probe the family's claim regarding the possible misplacement of some of Corrie's remains.

In the first decision, the court upheld the "combat activities exception" principle of the lower court in which the state cannot be held liable for damages of activities which occur in a war zone.

In the second decision, the court said that regardless of the posture of the competing legal claims, the lower court's decision to strike the family's claim without fully assessing the claim had been too extreme.

[West Texas Chuck]

5. Ticket Back to Georgia (in a long pizza box)

There, fixed it for ya :)

[Gay State Conservative]

Never bring a picket sign to a bulldozer fight.

[tumblindice]

[momtothree]

“.. She’s missing 3 blueberries...”

I just spewed soda all over my computer LAUGHING at that comment. :)

[Old Grumpy]

Oh darn. I haven’t seen the picture of the flat casket; I usually see it in all these Corrie stories.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

MichaelSF. So far the “FlapJack” line went over a lot of heads. You might need to put a “sarc/” sign next to it for the slow readers.

Rachel Corrie, besides being a red and PLO-pal, was also an insect hater. She never met a Catepillar she liked. (sarc/)

[Lurker]

I almost lost a fine rye manhattan through my nose because of you. Well done.

L

[Michael.SF.]

Very good!!

[SJackson]

Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

..................

[Former Fetus]

This one?

[Former Fetus]

[Slings and Arrows]

[Slings and Arrows]

[Old Grumpy]

That’s the one!

[2ndDivisionVet]

Now it’s Soft Cell.

[octex]

That’s funny! I admit I laughed out loud.

[John O]

(desperately want to post the Bart Simpson “I will not ask for the Rachel Corrie Special at IHOP” pic but can’t find it on line.)

[dfwgator]

Sounds like their argument fell flat.

[Former Fetus]

I couldn't help myself!

[skinkinthegrass]

YOU BAD! ...Very BAD!
Bill Mumy/Cornfield BAD!