Jack Reed: “The Senator from Alabama is a lawyer, a Federal attorney, and has made the statement that an intervening criminal act…”

“The Senator from Alabama is a lawyer, a Federal attorney, and has made the statement that an intervening criminal act essentially absolves someone of negligence, which I think is a fair response, but yet the statement of torts, which is recognized generally by most lawyers as the statement of basic law in torts, says very clearly that an intervening criminal act does not absolve someone from their own negligence. Because of the standing of the Senator as an attorney, I suggest that his conclusion does not comport with what most people assume is the law of the country.”