I heard of John Denver's case and read some
reports on the matter. As I recall he picked up the plane at the Seller's
airport, judged he had sufficient fuel to make it to his home airport.
He was flying over the Pacific Ocean along the coastline; ran out of
fuel. The fuel selector switch was behind at 8:00 O'clock high. He
reached over with his right hand to turn it to the other tank and pushed on
the right pedal and put the plane into a spiral dive into the ocean.
That is what I recall the report said. Sounds like pilot error to me.
the valvve was in the wrong location but then John Denver knew that or should
have known that when he bought it.
I surmized that his long exprience in flying
could label him as a very experienced pilot. That would go agains them in
court.
I don't see how Denver's family an get any
damages out of a Pilot error situation to me but the Seller's still hve to
defend and that is costly. Especially against deep pocket
Plaintiffs.
Bob Smiley
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Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:29
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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