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Subject: Re: Who is Liable??
Message-ID: <1347@uw-june>
Date: Mon, 30-Apr-84 15:08:13 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 30 15:08:13 1984
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Aren't these marvelous times we live in?  You realize, of course, that
there are other cases, such as the famous Ford transmission, in which
the sequence that has gotten people killed involves leaving the engine
running, not putting on the parking brake, and walking behind the car.
Ford also lost a liability suit involving a drunk driver who lost
control of his car.  Seems the car's top speed was higher than the
speed rating of the tires.  GM paid out recently in a case in which a
kid ran his Firebird off the road.  They were encouraging people to
drive irresponsibly by building a car like that.

The theory is called 'deep pockets'.  The idea is, somebody has to pay
all those hospital bills.  So you look around and see who has the
deepest pockets, and sue them.  The question of whether or not they had
anything to do with the outcome is irrelevant.

"If a town has one lawyer, he drives an old Ford.  If there are two,
they both drive new Lincolns."

-Joe P.