Quote Originally Posted by mklotz View Post
Anyone driving a motor scooter, especially inside a building, should have a natural "reasonable expectation of obstacles" in his path. Lacking same makes him unfit for operating the vehicle.

I think it's marvelous that all this legal nit-picking over fault always seems to decide that the party with the deepest pockets is most at fault.
There was a night club fire years ago where the club had been insulated with standard foam rubber, not fire retardant foam. The band used outdoor pyro indoors. Lots died.

Building inspector who passed that foam: No charges.

Owner and band: Liable for what they could get from them.

The company that supplied beer to the club: paid the most.

I talked to one of the people on the fire commission, he said the beer company was found liable because there wasn't enough money in the band and the club owner to pay the victims families. Well, at least he was honest about ripping off the beer company.

Oh, as to the building inspector being found liable? HAHAHAHAHAHahahahahaha