{"id":1146,"date":"2008-03-12T18:20:24","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T16:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/general\/it-seems-that-crazy-lawsuits-are-not-only-an-american-problem.html"},"modified":"2008-03-12T18:20:24","modified_gmt":"2008-03-12T16:20:24","slug":"it-seems-that-crazy-lawsuits-are-not-only-an-american-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=1146","title":{"rendered":"It seems that crazy lawsuits are not only an American problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today Bernard Farret, the DA of Pontoise has accused two poor Continental Airline mechanics of manslaughter<\/a> because a part of a plane they repaired fell off and ending up causing the death of 113 people. To me it\u00b4s obvious that these people are not guilty. I thought that America was the only country in which money and jail sentences were supposed to bring comfort to accident victims or their relatives. But it seems that USA is not alone. Without knowing all the details but being a jet pilot myself I think that it is absurd to think that the accused mechanics could have possibly known, first that the part of the plane would fall off but secondly, that once on the runway it was going to be picked up by another plane and end up in the tragic death of 113 people. I think that justice is there to condemn the guilty, not to find the guilty when accidents happen. And this one was certainly one freak accident. Moreover if mechanics can be put on trial over their work like this how about car mechanics? <\/p>\n

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Today Bernard Farret, the DA of Pontoise has accused two poor Continental Airline mechanics of manslaughter because a part of a plane they repaired fell off and ending up causing the death of 113 people. To me it\u00b4s obvious that these people are not guilty. I thought that America was the only country in which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t