Message-ID: <002101c98ca9$07ca7440$f5555b40@xpsux> From: "Sylvia & Paul" <cen73683@centurytel.net> Subject: Re: Food at Public Gatherings Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:29:53 -0600
Peanut butter crackers sound good. Maybe you could also get a big tub
of generic peanut butter from the local school or nursing home. People
could make their OWN sandwiches and the history society would be safe
from a law suit. They could just go after the Peanut Corp. of Amer. they
should have deep pockets seeing as how they have 2 factories.
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From: Russell Hanson
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: Food at Public Gatherings
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:
List Serve members - this response is from the Director of the WHS
Museum in Madison. I thought I would share her comments with you. Janet
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.
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
point it becomes a question of possibility and probability. W/
catering, is it possible that someone would sue the organization (as
opposed to the caterer) 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 maybe 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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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
One of our members had a thought and asked me to ask ListServe this
question:
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 gets 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...)
Kathy Laakso
Douglas County Historical Society