Diatryma
Whats wrong with lawyers making money? Everyone needs to live. If you want/need a good lawyer then you have to pay the price. Same as a good plumber, electrician etc....... What I hate is lawyers making money unscrupulously - no evidence of that here.
What's wrong with lawyers making money ? Nothing at all.
They have their job to do....BUT
In these cases, a Judge makes a decision based on a very difficult to verify position that opens the field up for legal challenges that will go until the Sun cools down.
The apportioning of blame in this instance is guaranteed to do just that.
There was an alternative judgment that was used years ago that involved exposure to hazard in the absence of criminal negligence.
There was no criminal negligence in this case.