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Default Pilot error, and Brunswick pays 3.8 mil.

"Loogypicker" wrote in message
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On Apr 10, 6:40 pm, hk wrote:
On 4/10/10 6:33 PM, Tim wrote:





On Apr 10, 5:11 pm, wrote:
On 10/04/2010 3:56 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:


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On Apr 10, 4:47 pm, 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?


A guy jumped in the water behind a boat with a running motor. The
driver of the boat puts the boat in reverse, and hits the guy with
the
prop.


The boat manufacturer has to pay.


That's so screwed up it's almost unbelievable. Almost.


Hmm... so a simple device, known to prevent such accidents is
intentionally
not used, someone is maimed, but the boat manufacturer has no
liability? I
guess a jury disagreed. I guess that's communism run amok.


Does not mater. The husband basically ran this wench over:


http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/...d-boat-propell...


Not sure if it is the same case as the dallas link is broken. But what
a darwin move. Even if it had a guard, you are so darwinian stupid to
do this as a captain or as a swimmer.


100% captians fault. And judge should just say so and let OMC sue the
**** out of him for recovery costs. Take their home even and even go
for the plaintifs lawyer for taking such a stupid case.


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"The jury found Brunswick 66 percent liable for the injury, with
Brochtrup and the boat's driver responsible for the rest. Because the
driver was not part of the lawsuit, he will not have to pay. "


So the pilot was at fault by 33 % but seeing he's not in the suit, be
doesnt' have to pay.


uh-huh...


How much do you think the owners/operators of the mine that killed 29
this week should have to pay in damages to the families of the dead?

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No one forced ANY of those workers to take those jobs.



That's true, but the only other choice would be to move somewhere else, as
it's pretty much a single-industry area. In any case, there's specific
requirements in most industries for the healh and safety issues. Sounds like
the mine was pretty unsafe... 100s of violations, some quite serious. I
think the agency involved should also take a significant hit. My take is
they weren't doing their job.

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