Return-Path: Received: from mail.viclink.com ([66.129.220.6] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.6) with ESMTP id 2705188 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:49:23 -0500 Received: from mail.viclink.com (p026.AS1.viclink.com [66.129.192.26]) by mail.viclink.com (8.11.7/8.11.7) with ESMTP id hA13mno16265 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 19:48:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3FA32CFD.9060207@mail.viclink.com> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 19:48:13 -0800 From: Perry Mick User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win95; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: FW: [c-a] engines Mazda Threatens to Sue? Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------080103010101090405040306" X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.3(snapshot 20030217) (mail.viclink.com) --------------080103010101090405040306 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit echristley@nc.rr.com wrote: >>>You might want to pass along to your group that the head >>> >>> >>liability lawyer >> >> >>>at Mazda America, who is a VERY active homebuilder, and who >>> >>> >>doesn't like >> >> >>>seeing Mazda engines on homebuilts, nonetheless says that Mazda >>>is not now >>>suing or threatening to sue anyone for using their engines in >>> >>> >>aviation.> >> >> > > >You have any idea what his issue with Mazda's on airplanes would be? We'd all would be better off to avoid those issues if at all possible. Sleeping dogs and all that. > > > Yes I do. I've known the Mazda lawyer for several years and have had a few discussions with him about this in the past. How could he possibly recommend putting a Mazda engine in an airplane, Mazda is his employer and he has to defend Mazda in court against ridiculous and trivial lawsuits. Even if Mazda wins it costs them a lot of money to defend the nuisance suits. He told me of an accident involving a bunch of people riding around in the back of a pickup that ended up in a suit against Mazda. Obviously something like this is not Mazda's fault, but you know how the legal system is in this country, it's not about truth but who has the deepest pockets. To answer your question, his main point to me was that we should remove the Mazda name from the engines. That was idea number one in my previous email, and that is where it came from. I'm not sure how we do that, but that is their biggest concern. -- Perry Mick -- Perry Mick Custom Composite Props mick@bridgingworlds.com http://www.ductedfan.com --------------080103010101090405040306 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
echristley@nc.rr.com wrote:

You might want to pass along to your group that the head

liability lawyer

at Mazda America, who is a VERY active homebuilder, and who

doesn't like

seeing Mazda engines on homebuilts, nonetheless says that Mazda
is not now
suing or threatening to sue anyone for using their engines in

aviation.>



You have any idea what his issue with Mazda's on airplanes would be?  We'd all would be better off to avoid those issues if at all possible.  Sleeping dogs and all that.

Yes I do. I've known the Mazda lawyer for several years and have had a few discussions with him about this in the past. How could he possibly recommend putting a Mazda engine in an airplane, Mazda is his employer and he has to defend Mazda in court against ridiculous and trivial lawsuits. Even if Mazda wins it costs them a lot of money to defend the nuisance suits. He told me of an accident involving a bunch of people riding around in the back of a pickup that ended up in a suit against Mazda. Obviously something like this is not Mazda's fault, but you know how the legal system is in this country, it's not about truth but who has the deepest pockets.

To answer your question, his main point to me was that we should remove the Mazda name from the engines. That was idea number one in my previous email, and that is where it came from. I'm not sure how we do that, but that is their biggest concern.

-- 
Perry Mick

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Perry Mick
Custom Composite Props
mick@bridgingworlds.com
http://www.ductedfan.com

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