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.