Perspective
Dec. 20, 2012
When law produces results at odds with common sense
After more than four-and-a-half years of expensive and time-consuming litigation, an employer is back to square one. Is this any way to run a legal system? By Jeffrey W. Kramer
"If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, squeezing his hat emphatically in both hands, "the law is a ass - a idiot."
- Charles Dickens, "Oliver Twist."
This quote is brought to mind by the California Court of Appeal's recent employment law decision in Richey v. AutoNation, Inc. The Richey decision illustrates what has gone wrong in the incredibly complex and befuddling wo...
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