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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
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