[PilotDave]

So 1st responders are suing now for responding?

[Jonty30]

It seems right to do, if they got injured due to the fault of the person they tried rescuing.

[BobL]

“So 1st responders are suing now for responding?”

Exactly. So now what? While you’re losing blood and half-dead you make the EMS dude (or dudette) sign a liability waiver, or otherwise you choose to die, so that your estate passes to your loved ones rather than get seized by the guy who saves your life?

...and people wonder why we’re not longer “King of the hill” in the view of 85% of the world.

[Reddy]

IDK- the article states there was some negligence that caused the plane to crash which is what resulted in the LEO to be injured when it exploded. It sounds like he was severely injured. The lawsuit seems like a reasonable attempt to pay for his injuries/rehab/pain and suffering. Not sure how much Workers Comp would provide or for how long….

[Vendome]

Lot’s of things going in Horry County these days

[Ikeon]

if you care to read the ntsb report, the elevators ( rear tail wings) were installed upside down and the shaft that moved them was installed on the top instead of the bottom making them go opposite of tge direction of input, up was down, down was up.

Forgive my ignorance , but isnt proper operation something a pilot checks before taking off? hey, the elevators are going up when i push down, I aint flying, or back up to the maintenance done, , --

boss Im done working on the piper elevators, wheres the inspector to sign off on this?? .

as ricky would say "Lucy, youse got a lotta 'splain'n to do! "

from the guy who screwed up putting the elevators on, to the inspector who screwed up signing off on the piss poor work, to the pilot who didnt complete a proper pre flight check. lotssa screw ups all safety measures bypassed leading to this event.