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Old 25th Aug 2019, 12:35
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Just a Grunt
 
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Originally Posted by Bam Thwok


How about Reckless Endangerment for a start ?

Reckless endangerment is a crime consisting of acts that create a substantial risk of serious physical injury to another person. The accused person isn't required to intend the resulting or potential harm, but must have acted in a way that showed a disregard for the foreseeable consequences of the actions.
Yeah, but you have to suffer a loss... Mere negligence isn’t compensable - something bad needs to actually happen to you. At best, there might be a nervous shock/ptsd claim, but I wonder how many of the pax actually understood the potential implications of the failure to divert.
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