Only a Yank would be so stupid!

I heard his boat was covered in **** because it sank next to the raw sewage
outfall!

It was a friggin concrete boat....

CM

"sv "Sensoria"" wrote in message
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| Saw this in another newsgroup.....
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http://novascotia.cbc.ca/regional/se...dasuit20040721
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| The American captain of the Juan-sunk ship Larinda has filed suit
| against the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust, managers of the historic
| vessel HMCS Sackville, charging that the Sackville caused the Larinda to
| sink.
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| Quote from above linked article:
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| "Wolverine Motor Works Shipyard claims the Canadian Naval Memorial
| Trust, which manages HMCS Sackville as a floating museum at a permanent
| docking spot in Halifax, was negligent in not moving it to a safer
| mooring before the hurricane struck."
|
| Excuse me? There are two questions that must be asked about this lawsuit
| and how it can proceed:
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| 1) Since the Larinda was moored alongside the *permanent* docking spot
| of the Sackville, how can they charge that the Sackville was in the
| wrong place? Would it not be the Larinda that was in the wrong place?
|
| 2) If the docking spot was good enough for the Larinda, how in the world
| can they claim that it was negligence leaving the Sackville there?
| Wouldn't it be self negligence having left the Larinda in the same
| docking spot?
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| Anyone more familiar with the law please comment! I'm really confused as
| to how such a lawsuit could ever see the light of day. If this one
| succeeds, there is something wrong.
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| Oh, and I'm taking bets that the HMCS Sackville will be closed next
| summer, since the non-profit organization won't be able to afford their
| insurance renewal costs due to this lawsuit.
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