Jury did it again

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A jury found an airplane parts manufacturer negligent
in the 2000 plane crash that killed Gov. Mel Carnahan and his son, and
awarded their family $4 million.

The Carnahan family's attorney argued that a pair of vacuum pumps made
by Parker Hannifin Corp. failed, causing the plane to crash.


I would think it is unlikely there was a pilot on the jury. The defense
would not dare have someone on the jury who had a clue about flying.

4M$ sounds like too good a deal. All Parker Hannifin Corp ever did was screw
general aviation with poorly designed vacuum pumps with possibly the worst
reliability of any aviation component.

That jury was SOFT on Parker Hannifin Corp. Fortunately, for all of us, they
are out of the pump business. The duplicitous management should be thrown in
jail for 10 years, they had zero regard for pilot's lives.

Karl

"karl" wrote:
> That jury was SOFT on Parker Hannifin Corp.

What evidence was there that the pumps had failed? The NTSB report said
they were probably working and that the primary AI had failed.

Parker Hannifin appears to have settled just to get it over with; the
portion of the judgement they will pay is not large for a case of this
kind.
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Dan
C172RG at BFM
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"Dan Luke" <c172rg@pants> wrote in message
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> "karl" wrote:
> > That jury was SOFT on Parker Hannifin Corp.
>
> What evidence was there that the pumps had failed? The NTSB report said
> they were probably working and that the primary AI had failed.

NTSB reports cannot be used as evidence.

> Parker Hannifin appears to have settled just to get it over with; the
> portion of the judgement they will pay is not large for a case of this
> kind.
> --
> Dan
> C172RG at BFM
> (remove pants to reply by email)
>
>

"Dave Stadt" wrote:
>
> NTSB reports cannot be used as evidence.

I know that. My question was what evidence *was* used. I mentioned the
NTSB report because I cannot imagine what evidence anyone else found if
the NTSB couldn't find any.
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Dan
C172RG at BFM
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