Darleen >It is one costly one isn't it?
Yes, it is, and very fascinating, too, not least because of the culpability/negligence of the US government. And, of course, this isn't the only case on the go.
cnn.com
"CNN: Finally, where do you point the finger for the events of September 11?
MS: I take it out on the government. In the end, the airlines do what they are supposed to. Because they are private business, they are supposed to try and get away with everything they can to save the bottom line, to make their investors on Wall Street happy. That is how this game works.
The flip side is we expect our aviation cops, the FAA, to keep us safe. That is the weak link. That is the one thing you can't get around no matter how you do the scenario. The people, who by law are supposed to protect us, didn't."
From an earlier reference:
" Mary Schiavo, a former inspector general of the US Department of Transportation, who is currently a law partner in the Los Angeles firm of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guildford and Schiavo, urged families to use the tort system rather than be “bulldozed into taking a cheap payout from the government.” Schiavo has since filed several lawsuits on behalf of victims’ families."
There is also another case filed by a San Fransisco lawyer but I've lost the ref. |
