"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
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"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:
If his lawyers didn't do everything possible to shift at least some of
the
liability from their client they would be guilty of malpractice. And it
isn't just the FO that is sueing it is the widow of the captain as well.

So it's okay to lie, as long as it helps you out? Sounds like you're
either advocating or validating the worst sterotype for lawyers.


And to say that companies don't pay for anything is silly. Comair for
example doesn't operate in a vacume. They can't raise thier fares just
because they get hit with a liability suit.

Yes, they can, and yes, they do. Companies do not have their own money;
the only way companies get money is to accept what you give to them in
exchange for products or services.

As Gig said, they don't operate in a vacuum -- they operate in an extremely
COMPETITIVE market that has little leeway for mistakes. For a company
operating on thin margins, such a hit may well prove fatal (no pun
intended). It's the economic version of Darwin's law (not to mention
Murphy's).


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Matt Barrow
Performance Homes, LLC.
Cheyenne, WY
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