As usual, Andrew has something clever to add to one of my posts. I would like you to read it. jp
A few years ago, I did an internship at the CSX Rail Yard in Waycross, GA. One day in the middle of september, I came in to hear that the EPA man was coming today to inspect the yard. As the intern, I was at the bottom of the food chain, and it was my job that day to escort the EPA man around to all of the facilities in the yard.
The inspection lasted until a little after lunch time. At almost every facility we went to, he wrote stuff down in this book he carried with him. At the end of the inspection, we went and met with the Plant Manager of the Locomotive Service/Repair Station, who is the man in charge of the entire yard. That day, CSX got fined $350,000 for environmental hazards and failure to comply with EPA regulations.
What suprised me is the reaction to this. CSX considered this a victory! “We ONLY got charged $350,000!!”. I understand that type of money is a drop in the bucket for what the major railroads make, but the moral issue there is what upset me.
I just thought I’d share my example to help further verify what you learned in law school.
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