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Default Pilot error, and Brunswick pays 3.8 mil.

On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:47:53 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...D9ETMVA02.html


So now what, will this become a safety standard of the industry that
props should have guards?


The blame is partly with the insurance industry. They have frequently
taken the short sighted view that it is cheaper to settle some of
these claims than it is to fight them. That's probably true for any
one case but the long term effect is to set expensive precedents.