----- Original Message -----
From: "Perry Mick" <pjmick@viclink.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 10:57 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mazda Sue????


> Ed Anderson wrote:
>
> >Me thinks this is much ado about little for the individual Mazda Engine
> >converter.  On what grounds could Mazda possibly sue  you?  You have
signed
> >no document that precludes you from using the engine you got out of the
> >"Junk Yard" in any way you want.
>  >
> >There! my 0.02 and now off the soap box and on to flying more rotary
> >engines.
> >
> >FWIW
> >
> >Ed Anderson
> >
 > >
> >
> >
> Ed, I don't think we have to worry about Mazda sueing us, we have to
> worry about what Mazda may do if it is ever sued by someone's heirs
> after a fatal aircraft accident. I find it almost unbelievable that
> Mazda could ever be found responsible, but court verdicts in this
> country rarely make any sense. Monetary rewards are way out of line, etc.
>
> --
> Perry Mick
>
>
No argument with you over that point, Perry.  No question that the tort
legal system in this country has simply become another way for some lawyers
to enrich themselves.

Ed Anderson