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Settlement in Silverton Boat Explosion
On 08 Jan 2004 15:28:15 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:
It's always tragic when somebody gets injured, or dies.
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According to the article, there are actually three issues - did the
owner know that the tank was bad; did Silverton exacerabate the
accident by utilizing a poor drainage design allowing the tank to
deteriorate; did the victim use proper precautions (as in airing out
the bilge, etc) before hooking up the batteries?
After reading the article, it would appear that all parties were
culpable. There had to be a lot of gas in the bilge and a lot of fumes
for that kind of ignition to occur - the smell of gas had to have been
strong for a spark from a battery hookup to ignite the fumes.
Which is not to say that the manufacturer isn't culpable for the
design flaw and the owner for not maintaining the boat properly (if
indeed that was the case), but it would appear that the manufacturer
took the major hit because it had the deeper pockets, not because it
was any more or less responsible for the accident than the victim or
the owner was.
Later,
Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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"My rod and my reel - they comfort me."
St. Pete, 12 Lb. Test
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