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In reply to the discussion: NYC sues bus companies that transported migrants for $708 million [View all]
live love laugh
(13,222 posts)58. No one is asking the bus co. to make a legal judgment call. NYC has passed the law they must abide by it.
And I do think it's rather much to expect a private company to make a legal judgment call about a matter such as this before it has been settled in court.
I mean, are we going to expect every company that contracts with the executive branch of any state to do this for any service they provide?
When in Rome do as the Romans do.
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NYC sues bus companies that transported migrants for $708 million [View all]
In It to Win It
Jan 2024
OP
I wouldn't be surprised if the state of Texas actually steps in and litigates the case for them
In It to Win It
Jan 2024
#5
4) New company requires individual financial background check before selling ticket to NY
Bonx
Jan 2024
#6
Regardless, it is a good warning, my prediction is that it will stop Abbot from doing it.
Escurumbele
Jan 2024
#83
I think courts look at what is reasonably expected. When were they reasonably expected to know?
live love laugh
Jan 2024
#26
Adams can Sue Abbott in federal court and he can sue the bus companies. Two things can be true.
live love laugh
Jan 2024
#27
They may not have known when they initially contracted, but it's common knowledge laws have been passed.
live love laugh
Jan 2024
#20
I don't see any court in the country accepting an argument like that . . .
markpkessinger
Jan 2024
#22
No one is asking the bus co. to make a legal judgment call. NYC has passed the law they must abide by it.
live love laugh
Jan 2024
#58
When a bus is chartered by the government of one state with a manifesto with no permanentaddresses of all people...
JT45242
Jan 2024
#75
Doesn't that also mean NYC is responsible for the costs of caring for those who they give one way tickets elsewhere?
MichMan
Jan 2024
#25
Don't think bus companies have much liability. Texas does, and they should be fined "bigly."
Silent Type
Jan 2024
#34
Sue the federal government for having allowed them into the US in the first place!
pinkstarburst
Jan 2024
#85
This can be a slipperly slope, there is a federal law that says the same thing
thatdemguy
Jan 2024
#51
If the purpose isn't to reclaim the money, why are they retroactively suing for $708 million?
MichMan
Jan 2024
#90
They also need to lose their all their interstate/intrastate licenses for trafficking human beings
kimbutgar
Jan 2024
#72
That's exactly what you do, and the bus driver should be arrested for trafficing.
Bluethroughu
Jan 2024
#76