Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:46:17 -0600 Message-ID: <eeea499a0902100646v4f465462oe286f41e86c6db47@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Food at Public Gatherings From: Russell Hanson <riverroadrambler@gmail.com>
I think that if we bought everything we served from the grocery store--we
should be OK. I like the peanut butter cracker snacks myself!
Russ Hanson
On 2/9/09, Seymour, Janet I - WHS <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org>
wrote:
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> List Serve members - this response is from the Director of the WHS Museu
m
> in Madison. I thought I would share her comments with you. Janet
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> Can the organization get sued if someone gets sick - yep, they can. And
so
> can the individuals who prepared and/or served the food - esp. if it can
be
> proved that there was negligence involved.
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> Should the event be catered? - I would (and we do) - It does lessen the
> liability for the organization - though they may not be entirely off the
> hook, if a person is really intent on getting a settlement. At this poin
t
> it becomes a question of possibility and probability. W/ catering, is it
> possible that someone would sue the organization (as opposed to the cater
er)
> if they got sick - yes, it is possible, but what is the probability? The
> probability is small - after all, the caterer will have insurance (and ma
ybe
> deeper pockets?) so that company would be more likely to be sued than the
> small historical society/museum, ....
>
>
> Janet Seymour
> Field Services Representative - Northern Region
> Wisconsin Historical Society
> Voice: 715-836-2250
>
> Collecting, Preserving, and Sharing Stories Since 1846
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> Review past messages at: http://listserve.uwec.edu/localhistory/
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> *From:* localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu [
> localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of Kathy Laakso [
> dchs@douglashistory.org]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 09, 2009 2:04 PM
> *To:* localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
> *Subject:* Food at Public Gatherings
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> One of our members had a thought and asked me to ask ListServe this
> question:
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> When a society or museum has an annual meeting, open to the public, and
> serves potluck that is provided by the Board of Directors and someone get
s
> sick, can the museum or society get in trouble? Should it be catered?
>
> (…oh, the good old days when if someone said the word, sue, they were
> usually addressing a woman...)
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> Kathy Laakso
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> Douglas County Historical Society
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