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Author:  paulzolo [ Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Heathrow crash passengers to sue
Remember last year, that Boeing 777 that crash landed at Heathrow? Well, it seems that some of the passengers are going to sue.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8368521.stm

Seems that the ambulance chasing lawyers have decided that Boeing are the people to go after.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Heathrow crash passengers to sue
Would it be Boeing or Rolls Royce at fault? Wasn't the issue a fuel filter or heat exchange or something like that? Something that RR has to redesign anyway.

Question? How can they sue in America? The crash was a British owned plane that crashed in Britain. Surely they should only be able to sue in a British court? What jurisdiction does a US court have in this matter.
Author:  finlay666 [ Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Heathrow crash passengers to sue
l3v1ck wrote:
Would it be Boeing or Rolls Royce at fault? Wasn't the issue a fuel filter or heat exchange or something like that? Something that RR has to redesign anyway.

Question? How can they sue in America? The crash was a British owned plane that crashed in Britain. Surely they should only be able to sue in a British court? What jurisdiction does a US court have in this matter.


International flight, maybe one of the passengers that is pressing for compensation is American.

In US courts IIRC if they lose they don't have to pay the opposition costs, they do in the UK
Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Heathrow crash passengers to sue
finlay666 wrote:
International flight

China to the UK. The flight never entered American airspace.

Mind you it wouldn't be the first time an American court has tried to assert their authority where they have no right to.
Author:  Linux_User [ Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Heathrow crash passengers to sue
It was manufactured in America by an American company.

The only way I could see the British Courts having jurisdiction is if the passengers were suing British Airways.
Author:  pcernie [ Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Heathrow crash passengers to sue
Wouldn't whoever owned the plane be liable (too)? :?
Author:  belchingmatt [ Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Heathrow crash passengers to sue
pcernie wrote:
Wouldn't whoever owned the plane be liable (too)? :?


If pilot error and maintenance have been ruled out then the blame wouldn't be with BA but with the manufacturer.
Author:  finlay666 [ Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Heathrow crash passengers to sue
l3v1ck wrote:
finlay666 wrote:
International flight

China to the UK. The flight never entered American airspace.

Mind you it wouldn't be the first time an American court has tried to assert their authority where they have no right to.


Depends which way it flew :P

As said american manufacturer, I was making the point of an American citizen possibly being on board, the main point was the court, it makes them more likely to fight it in the USA because if they lose, they don't pay Boeing's legal fees.
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