Re: Sueing a flight school in America
Sorry troops but I find that a tad narrow minded.
There may be many reasons a person sues. In my own case, following a workplace accident involving defective equipment that the company was very aware of but did nothing to rectify the problem, I was unable to work for nigh on four years but only received compensation to the amount of one year's wages so financially I lost out big style.
Greed was most certainly not my motivation. Making the employer, supplier and manufacturer sit up and take notice of their legal and moral responsibilities was the motivation and whilst in the overall scheme of things it may not have had any significant, if any, impact on their operations it will have undoubtedly have had some effect on their insurance and if anything similar occurred in the future they could find themselves not covered.
One thing I will say is think hard before bringing an action. It is quite stressful and if you are claiming real damages for personal injury you will find yourself under very close scrutiny, including being placed under surveillance by investigators who will use any trick in the book to get the information / photos they want. If you want any info on this PM me.
HTH
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