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On February 02 2009 21:55 besiger wrote:
Its so sad that these days people will sue each other over random crap hoping to get some money, like that dude who sued his dry cleaner for millions a way back for loosing his pair of pants, i mean seriously what the hell are these people thinking, do they think the courts have nothing better to do that deal with their shit ? People who make law suits like that should just get jail time for being idiots and wasting the courts time.
Are these people really that stupid, a flock of damn birds crash into the plane out of nowhere, how is that the companies fault, and the company is even gives them money and upgrades, and they have to be such pricks.
And what is up with this :
*"You're going to crash me into the water, and you're going to tell me all I get is an upgrade?" Antonio Sales told the New York Post.*
If hes too stupid to realize no one crashed him into the water, he should just go sue the birds that rammed the plane, or better yet, sue God for trying to kill him.
And its not like its a American thing to do something like this, im sure there are people all over the world that would do the same thing, its just that America is the only place where a law suit like that could probably pass.
You should blame the courts for rewarding such ridiculously high compensation in the first place. This is what has motivated people to sue for anything.
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some people are just ignorant like this
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nice one eStoniaNBoY.
But I just don't really get it: why the airlines have to pay anything at all? With what they can be charged?
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United States22883 Posts
On February 03 2009 06:17 MamiyaOtaru wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2009 05:47 Jibba wrote:
"Liebeck ... sought to settle her claim for $20,000, but McDonalds
refused." And that might have covered her medical treatments.. Anyway, even if there was some wrongdoing in her case, the amount of the judgement has for better or worse made it a lodestone for anti-suit sentiment.
It's true, but because it's been wrongfully portrayed by the media. The initial awarded was $200k for compensatory damages which got reduced because the jury found her at fault as well, and the punitive damages penalty against McDonald's (which was set at the amount of $ McDonald's makes selling coffee in 2 days, not a completely arbitrary value) got reduced when they lowered the temperature of the coffee. Then they made a secret agreement out of court.
Their coffee caused third degree burns in a couple seconds on normal human skin. Joke all you want, but the lawsuit was justified. It's just a landmark because the media sucks and people are too stupid to find out what really happened.
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United States22883 Posts
BTW, a fat man on a plane who had to buy an extra seat got awarded $13,600 in...
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On February 03 2009 06:36 Jibba wrote:BTW, a fat american on a plane who had to buy an extra seat got awarded $13,600 in... + Show Spoiler +
haha j/k 
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Can't really blame them or neither am i surprised. They just want the most compensation/freebies they can get.
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United States44060 Posts
On February 03 2009 05:53 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2009 03:12 Kwark wrote:
For those saying that they lost their luggage, the airline lost a plane and you don't see them bitching. Spoken like a college student. When we both have jobs and are carrying laptops and expensive documents and expensive suits, I guarantee we'd both be bitching about it.
Not when someone gave me $8000.
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On February 03 2009 07:11 Kwark wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2009 05:53 Jibba wrote:On February 03 2009 03:12 Kwark wrote:
For those saying that they lost their luggage, the airline lost a plane and you don't see them bitching. Spoken like a college student. When we both have jobs and are carrying laptops and expensive documents and expensive suits, I guarantee we'd both be bitching about it. Not when someone gave me $8000.
Ok, so for you the dispute is over monetary value, not principle. If the plane got ripped in half at row D and you were sitting in row C, the half ot the plane that made it to safety, would 8k cover it?
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If the airline didn't offer perks for a year but instead offered only the $8k, would they still be complaining about it?
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to be honest i would expect atleast a 2 million dollar compensation but hey thats just me
and wtf people talking against greed like they're some kind of saint lol. Shit im greedy as hell and i'll admit it. Greed is how winning is done.
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On February 03 2009 03:26 Cloud wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2009 03:18 minus_human wrote:
this is so stupid
why can't people be just glad they're alive
I honestly don't think I would want to blame anyone after a near death experience that is obviously accidental What, its totally unethical for people to feel angry after a near death experience? Maybe it was an accident, but it was definitely not the passengers accident.
I didn't say it was unethical, nor undeserved
I just though of how I would feel in a similar situation
For it me it would probably be a wake-up call, it would give me new perspective on my life and I wouldn't, most likely, wish to pursue any trivial ego-centric material bonuses from my experience
it's just MY opinion
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I don't see why the airline should compensate them beyond lost/damaged property.
From what I know of the case, there was no negligence on the airline's behalf. It was just a freak accident.
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On February 03 2009 08:00 RowdierBob wrote:
I don't see why the airline should compensate them beyond lost/damaged property.
From what I know of the case, there was no negligence on the airline's behalf. It was just a freak accident.
hmm i'm not sure if it qualifies but the airplane was having problems two days before the crash
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7839106.stm
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If I ran that airline, as soon as they turned down that compensation I would have made the assumption that they are no longer going to be customers, and would have offered a huge "FU", knowing that no matter how much compensation I give them, they're not going to buy from me ever again.
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Just goes to show you that if your plane crashes make sure everyone on it dies.
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So we have discovered that money cures truma.
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On February 03 2009 08:24 nAi.PrOtOsS wrote:
Just goes to show you that if your plane crashes make sure everyone on it dies.
And hope they don't have family who will sue you!
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United States44060 Posts
On February 03 2009 07:24 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2009 07:11 Kwark wrote:On February 03 2009 05:53 Jibba wrote:On February 03 2009 03:12 Kwark wrote:
For those saying that they lost their luggage, the airline lost a plane and you don't see them bitching. Spoken like a college student. When we both have jobs and are carrying laptops and expensive documents and expensive suits, I guarantee we'd both be bitching about it. Not when someone gave me $8000. Ok, so for you the dispute is over monetary value, not principle. If the plane got ripped in half at row D and you were sitting in row C, the half ot the plane that made it to safety, would 8k cover it?
If medical costs of treating me for trauma were below 8k, yes. It's a freak accident, I don't see why I should profit out of it.
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