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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> > But Tom... Under the system proposed by Larry, if your plane were to fall
> > from the skies your loved ones would be able to tale the airlines to the
> > cleaners. Is that not good enough for you?
> Why the smiley? It's certainly good enough for me! What better to avoid such
> disasters than the certainty that rapid and humongous suits would follow?
That's fine on paper, but I'm willing to bet that airlines will, in really
short order, retain the most expensive and effective lawyers money can buy,
far in excess of the ability of the individual to afford, even if a
class-action suit is filed. So when the airlines get off with a
small-settlement-no-admission-of-fault sort of a judgment, what happens
thereafter?
Further, it would seem to me that airlines could make some argument like
"crashed or not, it's our sovereign property" and thereby prevent a
plantiff's attorneys from investigating the debris. I'm not convinced that
any case launched in the absence of federal regulation would have much
chance of success or serious compensation. Moreover, and bearing that in
mind, does anyone doubt that airlines would undertake cost studies to
determine a comfortable margin of liability and happily cut their financial
losses at the expense of passengers' lives?
Dave!
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| (...) I'll take the other side of that bet in a heartbeat. As long as I get to set the overall rules of the game, that is. You can even call me on whether they conform to my principles or not. (...) Won't happen... unless that's the right outcome. (...) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Why the smiley? It's certainly good enough for me! What better to avoid such disasters than the certainty that rapid and humongous suits would follow? Chris (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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