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From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: Liability in the Information Age (InfoWorld, 86/8/18)
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Date: Wed, 3-Sep-86 18:59:51 EDT
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What is even more disturbing is that you may sued even if your
incorrect information is irrelevent.  The US government was sued
for having a radio tower drawn a quarter of mile off on an aeronautical
map.  A man's estate sucessfully sued the government when he struck
the tower even though FAA regulations were violated if he were indeed
using the map to avoid the tower (even during instrument flying there
are minimum altitudes that are above all obstructions, you are not
permitted to fly around things using a map).  It was further found
that he had the map folded up and in the back seat of the plane and
was using a different map that had the tower indicated in the correct
place when he crashed.

-Ron