Posted on 08/08/2007 9:05:12 AM PDT by BGHater
While I am not thrilled abut the FBI and CIA being deposed, I am also not thrilled about the air plane manufactures having to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars for 9/11.
Its really not Boeing’s fault hijackers flew planes into buildings.
Exactly.
It's like litigating against the hammer manufacturer when a mass murderer uses a hammer as the murder weapon.
Things are bad enough, although I thought that the feds had dealt with 911 in such a way as to prevent the destruction of our domestic Airline industry.
What other litigation might have triggered this? Is there a hint of what the underlying issue is?
Some relatives of the victims of Sept. 11 have filed suit against the seven airlines - including AMR Corp.'s (AMR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) American Airlines and UAL Corp.'s (UAUA.O: Quote, Profile, Research) United Airlines - seeking damages for personal injury and wrongful death
Further discussion here:
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2006/11/could_the_us_have_prevented_91_1.html
I thought we paid everybody off already so there would not be lawsuits.
I'll take a swing at it: FREE MONEY!!!!
I thought the deal was that those who accepted the gov’t money relinquished the right to sue. Some (only a few I think) refused the money because they preferred to sue.
I seem to recall something like that also. If that is the case, I hope these people collect not a cent.
I disagree. The airlines and the private security companies were clearly negligent here. I mean what kind of idiot waves a bunch of young muslim males with mustaches past a security checkpoint armed with knives.
I hope AA is sued out of business.
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No, but you could build a pretty good case for a suit against those who continue to allow people from terrorist states to immigrate to the US. At least IMO...
Me, too. I assume the defense will be entitled to ask why they didn’t take the gov’t money (i.e., failed to mitigate damages). Of course, with judges, you never know.
‘I disagree. The airlines and the private security companies were clearly negligent here. I mean what kind of idiot waves a bunch of young muslim males with mustaches past a security checkpoint armed with knives.’
When these terrorists hit a shopping mall and machinegun shoppers, then self detonate in the food court....will you advocate suing the mall, and Taco Bell?
Sheesh.
If there are paid security personnel manning checkpoints who wave muslim males wearing bulging overcoats on through after 'searching' them and letting them keep their weapons you're damn right I will.
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I’m missing something here. I can understand Boeing, the airports, United and American being sued. But Delta and AirTran? What was their involvement in 9/11?
If there are paid security personnel manning checkpoints who wave muslim males wearing bulging overcoats on through after ‘searching’ them and letting them keep their weapons you’re damn right I will.
Didn’t think you’d answer the question directly, and suspected you’d make up a scenario, which you did right on cue.
Let's run it down shall we?
Private paid security contractors allowed several young muslim males carrying knives to board commercial aircraft. Those muslim males then slaughtered about 3,000 people using those knives as their primary weapons.
AA hired that security contractor thus bringing into play the doctrine of 'joint and several liability'.
It's really quite simple.
But I suppose it's far better to put the taxpayers on the hook for the negligence of a couple of private companies....
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You were wrong.
suspected you’d make up a scenario,
I posited an analogous situation, which is something that apparently is just a wee bit beyond your ken.
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