To: alnick
it was probably impossible to locate the owner's land or to secure the boat if they could.
Once the disaster was over it would have been a small matter to find the owner and compensate him...and if the boat was used in the rescue operations, the city should pay. I suspect much of the lawsuit is over the city not wanting to pay.
29 posted on
08/26/2006 11:34:13 AM PDT by
P-40
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To: P-40
"Once the disaster was over it would have been a small matter to find the owner and compensate him...and if the boat was used in the rescue operations, the city should pay. I suspect much of the lawsuit is over the city not wanting to pay"
I remember reading that the NO Police Department owned three boats but two weren't running when the storm hit.
Seems to me that this type of commandeering should be legal during declared emergencies. It is legal to loot necessary supplies from stores during such situations. Why not a life saving craft?
By the way...Boat insurance is available.
46 posted on
08/26/2006 12:58:54 PM PDT by
Wristpin
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