Posted on 06/22/2023 11:40:24 AM PDT by DallasBiff
What happens when a dangerous activity goes wrong? The existence of a waiver form may not deter a wrongful death lawsuit.
The decision by five people to undertake a dangerous and most likely ill-fated undersea voyage to visit the wreck of the Titanic is raising questions on many fronts.
What prompted the travelers? A shared sense of adventure and a curiosity about the sunken Titanic wreckage — itself a 111-year-old deep-sea monument.
Led by OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush, the passengers — British businessman Hamish Harding; Shahzada Dawood who is a member of a wealthy Pakistani family along with his son, Suleman; and Paul Henry "P.H." Nargeolet, a French seafarer and Titanic expert — boarded the Titan, a carbon-fiber submersible vessel, on Sunday, June 18.
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Uh Mr. reporter, they participated in a dangerous activity, and they signed a waiver, basically case closed.
What were the insurance premiums on that thing?
Now the dims will propose a YUGE overarching, prohibitive law to keep us “safe” and give more power to the government.
Quicker than an implosion at 12,500 ft below sea level, the lawsuit sharks are circling for a bite.
It would make a nice memorial without the tourist visitation. Close it, Bismark too, if you want to commemorate, a surface wreath laying is appropriate, it is a mass grave afterall.
“Titanic submersible lost at sea raises legal questions for high-risk businesses”
Those non-inspiring 50 year old white guys and their relevant experience and expertise is looking pretty good now huh?
Someone needs to get to the bottom of the reason/s for the alleged 8 hour delay in notification/call for assistance.
Huh?
This guy is talking the legal ramifications coming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1UvQj0ABjI&t=808s
Since they lied about it being capable of going to 4000 meters then any waiver is going to be worthless.
That seemed to be acceptable to the govt and pharma, covers all the bases.
Mucho thanks.
Well two of the passengers were billionaires, they couldn't inspect the submarine independently?
It almost seems the billionaires are liable.
A negligence waiver is not effective against gross negligence or criminal negligence. Also a failure to fully inform the parties of the actual risk is fraud.
That thing was not even sea worthy, much less capable of safely navigating to 12000 feet. They knew that, but at a million dollars a trip, the owners were willing to take a risk that the passengers were not fully advised of.
In my opinion, the operators of that company are guilty of criminal negligence.
But I doubt that the families of billionaires are going to go after money from a bankrupt company.
But somebody might go to jail.
How do you know the depth they reached before the vessel was destroyed?
His wife was part of the executive committee, not sure if they can go after his/her personal assets.
“Since they lied about it being capable of going to 4000 meters then any waiver is going to be worthless.”
Yes, it was a not-in-good-faith contract or something, not binding.
That thing was not even sea worthy, much less capable of safely navigating to 12000 feet. They knew that, but at a million dollars a trip, the owners were willing to take a risk that the passengers were not fully advised of
Like I said shouldn't have the billionaires had an independent study to check for safety, it's not like they couldn't afford it..
It doesn’t matter. They were defrauded.
And criminal negligence voids any waiver.
I doubt if this company had any liability insurance ( I cannot think of any insurance company that would have written a policy for this company) so suing it will only cost the plaintiffs money. They will never see a dime. But their attorneys will gladly take their money.
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