Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted August 13, 2022 #26 Share Posted August 13, 2022 6 hours ago, Mary229 said: Hopefully when this is thrown out HAL will have countersued for frivolous lawsuit damages, something allowed in some states. I am glad Dave posted this as it serves as a reminder that the cruise ship is not your agent. They are simply a provider of a limited service I hope it is thrown out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted August 13, 2022 #27 Share Posted August 13, 2022 When I have booked a float plane trip with whatever provider, I am aware of the possibility of things going awry. It's my choice. My goodness, when one takes a seat on a commercial flight to anywhere, is there any guarantee that one will still be alive when the plane comes the conclusion of its flight anywhere? (Take a look at the Smithsonian Channel's Air Disasters program.) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted August 13, 2022 #28 Share Posted August 13, 2022 7 hours ago, esther e said: This reminds me of a local commercial on TV a year or so ago: If you have a fall, give us a call. You have only seen one? Daily, on my local three TV stations, I see such commercials from legal firms. The ad revenue must be of great benefit to the companies which own the stations' bottom line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipWalker Posted August 14, 2022 #29 Share Posted August 14, 2022 The modern era of attorney advertising began on June 27, 1977. That was the day the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, essentially striking down prohibitions against advertising by attorneys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esther e Posted August 14, 2022 #30 Share Posted August 14, 2022 2 hours ago, rkacruiser said: You have only seen one? Daily, on my local three TV stations, I see such commercials from legal firms. The ad revenue must be of great benefit to the companies which own the stations' bottom line. Every hour there's commercials about auto accidents, but this was the first I saw that was blatent about falling in a store and even went so far as to say the floor might be wet or such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisequeen4ever Posted August 14, 2022 #31 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I am astonished that an attorney would even take on this case. Holland America isn’t even remotely responsible for this. Everything we do in life comes with risk; we choose the risks we are willing to take. Now if they find fault with the operator or the pilot, that’s different, but leave Holland America out of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mary229 Posted August 14, 2022 #32 Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, cruisequeen4ever said: I am astonished that an attorney would even take on this case. Holland America isn’t even remotely responsible for this. Everything we do in life comes with risk; we choose the risks we are willing to take. Now if they find fault with the operator or the pilot, that’s different, but leave Holland America out of it. They sue and wait for a settlement without going to court. Hopefully HAL won’t cave Edited August 14, 2022 by Mary229 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFNavigator Posted August 15, 2022 #33 Share Posted August 15, 2022 8 hours ago, cruisequeen4ever said: I am astonished that an attorney would even take on this case. Holland America isn’t even remotely responsible for this. Everything we do in life comes with risk; we choose the risks we are willing to take. Now if they find fault with the operator or the pilot, that’s different, but leave Holland America out of it. From reading post #8, it is very likely the firm eagerly approached the family to convince them to sue HAL and whoever else they think they might be able to squeeze money out of. They might as well sue the taxi service that took the family to the floatplane dock too (couldn't have been in the crash if they hadn't gotten to the floatplane)...simply ludicrous. Are they suing the aircraft manufacturer too? That aircraft couldn't have crashed if it had never been built. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted August 15, 2022 #34 Share Posted August 15, 2022 10 hours ago, AFNavigator said: From reading post #8, it is very likely the firm eagerly approached the family to convince them to sue HAL and whoever else they think they might be able to squeeze money out of. They might as well sue the taxi service that took the family to the floatplane dock too (couldn't have been in the crash if they hadn't gotten to the floatplane)...simply ludicrous. Are they suing the aircraft manufacturer too? That aircraft couldn't have crashed if it had never been built. And how about the highway maintenance department? If they highway was not in reasonable shape, they could not have got to the dock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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