The government is ALWAYS negligent; that's it's nature.
How about the bridge inspector himself? How about the planner who okayed the roadwork and knew of the danger?
We NEVER hold INDIVIDUALS responsible, because their pockets aren't deep enough...follow the money and that is ALWAYS the bottom line.
The TAXPAYERS will be fleeced, not the negligent individuals that made the negligent decisions.
Lawyers should be limited to individual defendants, NOT wholesale assault on the "Government" (i.e., the TAXPAYERS).
For all the high blood pressure, stress, and inconvienience of the tax burden, your argument goes to NEGLIGENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT in not seeing how TAXES are causing un-told numbers of deaths, health issues, etc. due to the BURDEN their negligent taxing is causing Americans.
Is there no end to the fleecing?
If you hit your thumb with a hammer, is it YOUR fault, or is it the Governments fault for lack of regulation?
Gimme a break.
We are not talking about a lack of a government regulation here but the negligent maintenence of government owned and operated bridge. If the bridge was privately owned and operated individuals could sue the company that owned the bridge and not just the employee who was negligent in inspecting the bridge. There is a legal principle called Respondeat Superior which allows people to sue businesses, governments, etc for the negligent actions of their employees which are committed in the course of their employment. Also, civil suits are not designed to punish the negligent party but rather to compensate the injured party. So, allowing people who have suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars of damages in medical bills and the like to sue on government inspector would not be nearly adequate to compensate them.