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From: lepreau@utah-cs.UUCP (Jay Lepreau)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Who is Liable??
Message-ID: <2827@utah-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 20-May-84 12:58:29 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 20 12:58:29 1984
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In ridiculing certain liability decisions, uw-june!emma includes this one:
	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.

While I agree that some are ridiculous, that is certainly NOT one of
them.  If I put an auto-transmission into Park on the *flat*, get out and
get something out of the trunk, I damn well will sue and rightfully win
if the %@*^# car pops into reverse by itself and runs me over!