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if I crash while skiing and my bindings release correctly, but I bounce into the woods and am grievously injured from hitting a tree, I can sue the binding mfgr for making bindings that worked too well.

If I slip on a rock in a stream while flyfishing, hit my head on a boulder and am paralyzed, I can sue makers of all the equipment I use because they made it possible for me to on the stream in the first place. Not to mention the car maker that made it possible for me to get down a bad road to get to that spot. And the magazine that told me about the spot, the place I bought lunch....

And if I go to sleep and fall out of bed, whack my head on the night stand and go blind in one eye, I can sue the mattress company for making a bed that was too comfortable, the flooring company for not using wood that will absorb my fall, and the table mfgr for having hard edges on their table.

There is no conceivable reason why any court should allow that kind of award. The judge must be asleep or on the take. And the lawyer (sorry crystobal) should be ashamed of himself. The dude went to sleep. He drove off the road, rolled and was badly hurt. His fault. Was he wearing a seat belt? If not he should have no coverage at all.

This is not the end of this case. It would set too big a precedent. GM will ratchet up the legal work on this one.

N

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• California court upholds $15.4 mln verdict vs. GM, Eli5, Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:23:05
  • Too bad he woke up....(nm), BobH, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:27:13
  • Damn Californians, they get too much sun.n/m, otto, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:40:37
  • The thing is that appeals courts are loath to overturn, J, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:20:17
  • You guys should introduce some stiff penalties, AdamB , Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:06:55
    • d'ya honestly think that lawyers are going to introduce, K-9, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:30:05
      • Lawyers are the ultimate mercenaries., J, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:23:58
        • Re: Lawyers are the ultimate mercenaries, but, Terraplanem, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:31:11
        • Agreed legislators PASS laws>, K-9, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 13:21:19
        • Lawyers have souls? n/m, Dave Westlake, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 13:12:04
  • This must mean that...., Noel, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:45:33 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Glad somebody mentioned it... SEAT BELT!>, K-9, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:42:08
      • People who don't wear seat belts are GREAT!, J, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:27:19
        • You always have such a great point of view n/m, Noel, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 13:49:47
    • I agree with chrystobal..., CFishgo, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:32:59
      • We don't know all the facts, but...(longish), Noel, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:19:37
        • Agreed (long)..., CFishgo, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:34:36
          • Right you are.., Noel, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 16:06:22
        • I think you're dead right, K-9, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 13:27:17
  • This is court ordered welfare for the terminally stupid, Dave Westlake, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:22:33
    • au contraire mon ami ..., J, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:32:28
  • Did he have a hot cup of coffee in his lap?, WASSAAB, Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:24:47
  • Reminds me of 2 other Ca cases..., KeithR, Wed, 15 Jan 2003 21:49:58
    • Porch lights can be dangerous, seriously:, Terraplanem, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:38:25
      • O.K. What if it's the Sun or the Moon?, J, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:43:47
        • No one controls the Sun or the Moon,, Terraplanem, Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:38:15
      • But if you did it while drunk..., BobH, Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:25:11
        • I've navigated past it thus far, but in future there, Terraplanem, Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:42:25
    • wasn't there somebody out east..., JimBlake , Thu, 16 Jan 2003 07:37:06
  • This held up in the great conservative state of CA?, Richard P., Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:57:35
  • Re: California court upholds $15.4 mln verdict vs. GM, Justin VanAbrahams , Wed, 15 Jan 2003 18:53:22
    • Next one of you primates that touches me..., Scott R., Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:11:05
    • Agree with Justin, KeithR, Wed, 15 Jan 2003 21:57:14
    • Re: California court upholds $15.4 mln verdict vs. GM, CWilson, Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:10:57

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