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I personally know of two beautiful homebuilts that
are no longer flying due to the liability problem.
One was given to a museum with a binder that the
plane not be flown. This provided a tax deduction for the builder/owner and
allowed the museum to fly the plane legally albeit contrary to a civil
agreement. The donor had neither means nor desire to enforce the agreement, but
felt it protected him from liability in case it was flown.
The other was a sad case of an executor of an
estate advising heirs to cut up the plane and sell for scrap. The executor was
probably correct in giving that advice considering his fiduciary duties. I love
this country. but would love it a whole lot more if we had real tort
reform.
As someone else once said, it is 99% of the lawyers
who give the rest a bad name.
Bob B 2PZ
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