Quote:I can't even imagine what this world be if like you had to show your I.D to buy your cookie rashons
It's quite likely this will happen if things go on as they are. Let this be a warning.
Did you know that Cessna stopped producing aircraft back in the 60s or 70s? If so, do you know why? Apparently some idiot sued them for an accident in one of their aircraft. Bear in mind that the aircraft was many years old & had several unnoffical modifications. In fact it was quite dangerous. Anyway, the guy won his case so Cessna was forced to close down before it went bankrupt from similar claims. It was only comparatively recently that they resumed production. I don't know the exact details but could probably find out.
PS. More details here.
http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/1996/12/02/story4.html I got the date wrong.
Quote:After becoming a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation in 1985, Cessna stopped producing piston-engine airplanes with the 1986 model year due to concerns over product liability. In 1992, Textron, Inc. acquired Cessna Aircraft and soon resumed producing light aircraft; however, rising production costs and concerns over product liability did not justify the reintroduction of the popular and affordable two-seat models.
PPS. This shows how ridiculous it is. (The bold type is mine.)
Quote:Pummeled by skyrocketing litigation and insurance costs--the industry paid $210 million in claims in 1986--production of general aviation (GA) aircraft plummeted 95% in the past two decades, from 17,811 in 1978 to just 928 last year. More than 100,000 people lost their jobs.
Cessna Aircraft ceased making piston-powered airplanes in 1986; Piper Aircraft slipped into Chapter 11 in 1991; Beech Aircraft spent an average of $530,000 defending itself in 203 accident cases in which the NTSB concluded that the aircraft's design and manufacture were not a factor.
"The average age of the GA fleet is 27 years," says Ed Stimpson, president of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). "We were getting sued on 30-, 40-, and 50-year-old airplanes." He jests that, prior to the legislation, had a pilot crashed the original Wright Flyer he could have sued the Wright Brothers for design defects--92 years after the aircraft was built.
http://www.manufacturing.net/dn/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA151518
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