Dentist to Affluent Sues Lidle Estate

The Las Vegas Sun ^ | 1 March 2007 | SAMUEL MAULL

[gridlock]

I want to be humane...

[buccaneer81]

So how is it Cirrus' fault?

Because they are a big bad company engaged in free enterprise, and they have money.

[supercat]

I have no problem with a lawsuit if things are dragging, but do it to an insurance company. I seriously doubt Melanie Lidle is trying to prevent anyone from recouping their damages.

If Mr. Lidle had liability insurance, such insurance would serve to cover those costs that result from him (or his heirs) being sued. If neither he nor his heirs get sued, his insurance has no obligation to pay anything.

[buccaneer81]

Dentists always make me laugh when I meet them in social settings.

Are you a "Seinfeld" fan?

Dentist: "You're an Anti-Dentite!"

[gridlock]

And that is why private aircraft in this country cost twice as much as they should.

[buccaneer81]

If neither he nor his heirs get sued,

Well, they're sueing "his" estate. Is that not the same as "him?"

[Larry Lucido]

let's drag the widow through this and make her have to get an attorney and fight

Lidle and Stanger families had filed wrongful-death lawsuits against Cirrus Design Corp., maker of the airplane, in California

What goes around comes around.

[gridlock]

The aircraft had a parachute installed, that Lidle did not deploy when he got into trouble. It costs about ten grand to pull that handle, once you buy a new 'chute and repair the damage.

So Lidle didn't choose to use the extraordinary safety equipment provided by the manufacturer, and Cirrus Design is still screwed.

[ml/nj]

Lidle and/or his "instructor" are definitely liable here. I wonder what took this guy so long to bring this action.

ML/NJ (IFR Rated, Private Pilot)

[buccaneer81]

Lidle and Stanger families had filed wrongful-death lawsuits against Cirrus Design Corp., maker of the airplane, in California What goes around comes around.

Yikes. I stopped reading too soon. But I still think Dr. Larry is a p**ck.

[HitmanLV]

I'm not an anti-dentite! Haha! :-)

[buccaneer81]

Lidle and/or his "instructor" are definitely liable here.

No kidding. If I rear end you, so am I. That's why I have insurance.

[buccaneer81]

LOL!!

[Larry Lucido]

But I still think Dr. Larry is a p**ck.

Aha! You're the anti-Dentite! LOL!

[Larry Lucido]

D'oh!

[buccaneer81]

The aircraft had a parachute installed, that Lidle did not deploy when he got into trouble.

I see what you're saying, but there's no guarantee it would have prevented a crash in an urban wind tunnel environment.

[gridlock]

There is a crash at 180 kts, or a crash at 20 kts.

It was just one of the compounded errors that Lidle made. Not to single out Lidle, particularly. Whenever you read about one of these crashes, it seems like it is always the result of a series of stupid mistakes spanning from when the pilot went to bed the night before right up to the moment of impact.

But at no point was one of those mistakes made by Cirrus Design. This guy would have crashed anybody else's aircraft just as hard.

[org.whodat]

So if someone crashes their car through your front window, you won't try to obtain compensation.

Ok, since the plane hit thirteen floors below the good doctors apartment, show me pictures of the damage.

[coconutt2000]

The aircraft performed perfectly right up to the point of impact. So how is it Cirrus' fault?

Are you saying the problem occurred somewhere between the stick and the seat?