host: barbara kowalcyk from george -- george washington university. independent line. hello. caller: i worked in construction for quite a while and we have to do regular tests on concrete and wells and other structures and if we fail to do the tests and they fail, and someone is killed as happened several times through building collapses we could be held liable for gross negligent homicide. do the same rules apply to the food companies who fail to test and and people get sick and die from outbreaks? guest: a great question. i wish it happened more often than it does. so, in peanut corporation of america, the leadership of that company was tried and did receive criminal charges and they are in jail. and that was one of the first instances of that. typically there are lawsuits filed by those people impacted and their families against the company itself. so a $10 million lawsuit was filed yesterday on behalf of a woman in georgia who was impacted by this outbreak. the problem is is that that often -- you hear about that but there are many cases that do not ever make it to litiga

host: barbara kowalcyk from george -- george washington university. independent line. hello.onstruction for quite a while and we have to do regular tests on concrete and wells and other structures and if we fail to do the tests and they fail, and someone is killed as happened several times through building collapses we could be held liable for gross negligent homicide. do the same rules apply to the food companies who fail to test and and people get sick and die from outbreaks? guest: a great question. i wish it happened more often than it does. so, in peanut corporation of america, the leadership of that company was tried and did receive criminal charges and they are in jail. and that was one of the first instances of that. typically there are lawsuits filed by those people impacted and their families against the company itself. so a $10 million lawsuit was filed yesterday on behalf of a woman in georgia who was impacted by this outbreak. the problem is is that that often -- you hear about that but there are many cases that do not ever make it to litigation. unfortunately it

host: barbara kowalcyk from george -- george washington university. independent line. hello. construction for quite a while and we have to do regular tests on concrete and wells and other structures and if we fail to do the tests and they fail, and someone is killed as happened several times through building collapses we could be held liable for gross negligent homicide. do the same rules apply to the food companies who fail to test and and people get sick and die from outbreaks? guest: a great question. i wish it happened more often than it does. so, in peanut corporation of america, the leadership of that company was tried and did receive criminal charges and they are in jail. and that was one of the first instances of that. typically there are lawsuits filed by those people impacted and their families against the company itself. so a $10 million lawsuit was filed yesterday on behalf of a woman in georgia who was impacted by this outbreak. the problem is is that that often -- you hear about that but there are many cases that do not ever make it to litigation. unfortunately