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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I don't think this is course of employment stuff, but the interesting issue will be charitable immunity. Mass. caps the liabilities of charities for most things at $20,000, and the way around is usually to sue the directors for reckless oversight.
The fact this happened the day after the Globe ran an article on the last gorilla escape (very brief, a few weeks ago) the day before this one becomes an interesting fact.
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Have to say, I'm with the Zoo on this one. They took what seem to be reasonable measures after his first escape; the fact is, this is an enormous, agile, and very smart animal who was highly motivated by hormones and adolescence to leave the family home, if only for a short while. Should they have equipped their regular staff with tranquilizer darts after his first escape? maybe, but I'm not sure that gets you to reckless oversight.
The 18 year old was a zoo employee, but I don't think she was on duty on Sunday.
