=20 To: lml@lancaironline.net=20 Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:29 AM Subject: [LML] Re: product liability - on the other hand I had heard that John Denver's family were suing the builder of the = longeze that he killed himself in. But I don't think there are very = many cases of home builders being sued. Do you know of any? Gary ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7FF7C.E31595FE Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

If = Denver's family=20 is suing, the party that sold the plane must have either great personal=20 resources or a big insurance policy....or greed is out of control. = One can=20 assume, despite limited singing talent, that Denver's estate was worth = in excess=20 of $10M. Why would a few more hundred thousand dollars matter = (assuming=20 they even win)? Who knows? There's always someone willing to = play=20 Legal-Lottery and an attorney willing to oblige = them.

Chuck Jensen

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From: Lancair Mailing = List=20 [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net]On Behalf Of Bob = Smiley
Sent:=20 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:34 AM
To:=20 lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: product liability - = on the=20 other hand

I heard of John Denver's case and = read some=20 reports on the matter. As I recall he picked up the plane at the = Seller's=20 airport, judged he had sufficient fuel to make it to his home = airport. =20 He was flying over the Pacific Ocean along the coastline; ran out of=20 fuel. The fuel selector switch was behind at 8:00 O'clock = high. He=20 reached over with his right hand to turn it to the other tank and = pushed on=20 the right pedal and put the plane into a spiral dive into the = ocean. =20 That is what I recall the report said. Sounds like pilot error to = me. =20 the valvve was in the wrong location but then John Denver knew that or = should=20 have known that when he bought it.

I surmized that his long exprience in = flying=20 could label him as a very experienced pilot. That would go agains = them in=20 court.

I don't see how Denver's family an = get any=20 damages out of a Pilot error situation to me but the Seller's still = hve to=20 defend and that is costly. Especially against deep pocket=20 Plaintiffs.

Bob Smiley

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Subject: [LML] Re: product = liability -=20 on the other hand

I had heard that John Denver's family were suing = the=20 builder of the longeze that he killed himself in. But I don't = think=20 there are very many cases of home builders being sued. Do = you=20 know of any?

Gary

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