Families of 11 dead illegals to sue U.S.(failure to put water in desert contributed to their deaths)

The Washington Times ^ | May 11, 2002 | Steve Miller

[ET(end tyranny)]

The only way that this country can be saved is if the noses of the white middle class are rubbed in manure so frequently and so blatantly by the lefties that they are finally pushed past their limit.

Why are you singling out white middle class? Or do you consider politicians middle class?

[SICSEMPERTYRANNUS]

It should be neither the responsibility of Mexico nor of the USA to place water in the desert. To do so is to aid and abet the criminals attempting to enter illegally US soil. About using the money to put up an electrifying fence at the border?

I'm with ya. My point was that there is no suit against Mexico. Why just the US?

[DeFault User]

Someday, somewhere, I would like to hear of a judge who has the cojones to throw such a suit out of court and sentence the plaintiffs' attorneys to 90 days in jail for contempt of court for wasting the court's time.

[Salo]

It begs the question: why are we setting up watering stations *anywhere* for illegal immigrants?

[Great Dane]

Unbelievable, no one forced these people to enter ANYWHERE.

Guess they could set up a water station...... don't forget the welcome mat.

[Clovis_Skeptic]

This lawsuit reminded me of similar suit, filed by a family of someone struck by lighning at Moro Rock I think it was, in either Kings Canyon or Sequoia. The lawsuit stated, that there should have been warning signs.

I couldn't find an article about that, but here is an excerpt from a similiar story, that makes a great point...

The death was tragic, of course, but what is more tragic is the lawsuit. The parents are seeking $3.5 million, saying the Park Service had failed to warn them that the Emerald Pools area was dangerous. There were deaths at the pools in 1968, 1983 and 1984. If the parents win, it could force the Park Service to close off certain areas of national parks out of liability fears. Even worse, it could, in the name of no one ever being injured again, lead the Park Service to pave over all its trails and make wilderness areas wheelchair accessible.

We don't know if the parents in this case failed to supervise their kid. If they let him run around by himself near areas with a 100-foot drop-off, they're idiots. Anyone who treats a national park like a suburban backyard is a goof. That the Park Service would have to erect signs warning people that nature is a dangerous place is the height of a society gone insane.

Lewis and Clark set out on their expedition with a party of 45. They spent 28 months traveling more than 8,000 miles in exploring the most dangerous wilderness in the world. During that time only one member of the party died, and that was from a legitimate illness. Luck had a lot to do with that low mortality rate, but so did skill, caution and a healthy respect for nature on the parts of expedition members. They knew that a bear could bite their heads off in a heartbeat, that their boats could overturn and that their provisions could be lost for good. Knowing that, they did what everybody should do when out in nature: They were careful.

[Clovis_Skeptic]

sorry forgot to turn off blue font.

[FITZ]

Why is it not the responsibility of the Mexican government to put water in the desert? Hmmmmm....

Why didn't Fox put enough water for them in those little travel kits he prepares for them before he sends them out into the desert. He should be sued.

[Random Access]

A lot of countries shoot people who try to break into their borders.

A lot of countries shoot people trying to leave their borders. We still live in a country where people are willing to risk death to enter. There are many problems with illegeal immigration, but we need to be thankful that people do not have to risk their lives to escape, but will to enter. All in all, it is still a pretty good place to live.

[Dante3]

These lawyers should be investigated. I'm sure drug dealers and terrorists are enjoying this. Next, rapists will file lawsuits against victims for trying to fight them off.

[marty60]

This is a joke right? Anyway, if it's WILDLIFE Preserve, how do the critters get a drink? This smells like what the critters leave behind after they eat( and digest). You can't claim injury when you are involved in an illegal act.

[MarkT]

This is yet another suit filed that should be dismissed and Rule 11 sanctions filed against the attorneys promoting it by its filing. The Federal judges who fail to dismiss in the strongest terms with applicable sanctions for frivilous filings are as culpable as the whore-esq's who file the suits in the first place.

[Bogey78O]

This'll fit nicely into my lawsuit against the US Gov't for making it too hazardous to break into Fort Knox.

[Vortex]

The refuge is an 860,000-acre expanse with the closest major highway — Interstate 8 — 300 miles north of the border.

No quite. At its furthest point Interstate 8 is only 70 miles north of the border. That's still a great distance on foot, but lets get our facts straight, Mr. Miller & The Washington Times.

The entire state of Arizona is only ~390 miles from north to south at its fartest point!

[Smile-n-Win]

You know what? I hope that they win this lawsuit...and others file numerous more after it. ... The only way that this country can be saved is if the noses of the white middle class are rubbed in manure so frequently and so blatantly by the lefties that they are finally pushed past their limit. One can only pray it happens in time.

That's pretty much what I've been thinking of. These reckless, demented acts of Liberalism are very much like the unbridled appeasement efforts that preceded World War II.

[Vidalia]

It is not the damned illiterate illegals, it's these gudamed friggin' attorneys. Take these sombitches out near an ant hill, dig a hole, bury them up to their necks, pour honey over them and rope the place off with "DO NOT DISTURB UNDER PENALTY OF DEATH!" signs...

[07055]

I am waiting for the lawsuit to be filed by the heirs of the 9/11 hijackers against the airlines and the US goverment:

They were negligent in allowing their loved ones to fly the planes into the buildings. The airlines should have posted warning signs in the cockpit saying "Danger. Do not fly plane into building." The screeners should have stopped them before they boarded.

And, besides, they didn't get their First Class meals and drinks.

[Lockbox]

News of another breaking law suit.

Drug dealers sue US Government for arresting them.

Drug dealers sue because the US is arresting and incarcerating them in prison. Their case is why should drug dealers be the only one who’s in prison. Look the US does not arrest and put in prison illegal aliens from other countries, therefore why pick on the ‘poor’ drug dealers.