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Ahem, that's a bouncing "BETTY" Stephen. Get your
bomb nomenclature correct will ya? Lol.
But seriously guys....Even if Carsten wasn't joking
about having Euronaut set up to not work correctly if someone stole
her
that was unfamiliar with her, that would not make
Carsten responsible or liable for their death. I think what Carsten was
saying
was not that he has rigged a bobby trap for a
thief, but rather that there are certain procedures and operations of the boat
that
the thief would not know that would sink him on the
first dive. Now just because a thief who stole the Euronaut killed himself
because he didn't know how to run Carsten's boat
does not make Carsten liable for that thief's death. I equate what Carsten
was
saying to say....someone who owns their own private
jet. Now suspose some young thief who knew how to fly a piper cub
stole
this private executive jet and killed himself in a
crash because he did not know the procedure to operate the jet correctly.
Not the jet
owner's fault now is it? If there happened to be a
switch or valve that was in an out of the way place that the thief did not see,
that is not
Carsten's fault or responsibility. It is not the
responsibility of the boat owner to leave an operators manual and precise
instructions on
how to operate a boat for the convience of the
thief. No one makes them steal. If they kill themselves due to non sufficient
knowledge
of the vehicle they were operating, that is their
fault alone and the law would rule that way as well.
Bill Akins.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:20
AM
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Product
liability?
Jim
Maybe
Euronaut should be called ?Miss Saigon? in view of its booby traps. I wonder
if it?s fitted with a Trip Wire and Bouncing Benny J
Stephen
Pearce
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