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Confusion on Corporate Criminal Liability

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I am informed that Minnie Pearl, the doyenne of the Grand Ole Opry, used to tell about a farmer who was in an automobile accident and sued the other driver for money damages. At trial, the defendant's lawyer, in cross-examining the farmer, asked: "Isn't it true that after the accident you said: 'I feel fine.'?" The farmer replied that he could not answer "yes" or "no," but needed to provide an explanation. The judge ruled he could do so, and so the farmer told the jury that the other car had caused both he and his cow to be thrown from his truck. When a policeman stopped to provide help, he first went over to the cow; upon seeing the cow in extreme pain, the officer pulled out his gun and shot him between the eyes. The policeman then came over to the farmer and asked him: "How do you feel?" The farmer (wisely) replied: "I feel fine."

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