Re: 3P/Airbag vs. 4P

From: Bruce Aaron Hefner (gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 27 1998 - 18:04:10 EST


>
> I think it goes beyond _assuming_ that people don't want to take any
> responsibility for anything. And why should they when there is a lawyer
> just a phone call away whose job is to place blame on the deepest pockets?
> (No personal offense meant to any lawyers on the list, but we all have to
> live with our chosen profession's reputation. I should know, I used to be a
> truck driver.) My favorite story is about the man who bought his wife a hot
> air balloon ride for her birthday. The balloon pilot ran into some
> electrical wires killing all on board. The husband sued the balloon
> manufacturer because they didn't put a warning sign on the balloon saying
> that if the balloon ran into electrical wires you could be electrocuted.
> Don't laugh...he won big.
>
> --
> Mike Crumley mcrumley@airmail.net
>
It's hard to believe our judicial system has reached the point where
somebody can win a lawsuit like that.....

Bruce



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