BA038 PAX to Sue?
 

Hi guys. I am pretty new to the forum and excuse me if this is not my place, just trying to contribute - happy contrails...

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20...6323e80_2.html

What sort of legal advantage do you see them profiting from here?

Tom

Given that the majority of 'injury' was psychological I wonder how money compensates for that?

I'm suprised it's Taken this Long!!! :ugh:

Chief ambulance chaser available
 

John Edwards is unemployed.

Not legal, purely monetary of course. Really surpirised it has taken this long for talk of bringing a damages action against BA to arise. Just look at the Air France A340 which went for and adventure off the end of the runway in Toronto last year, I believe that the passangers of that flight have already issued proceedings seeking huge damages, inspite of the fact that most walked away.

The big difference is that the Air France incident was proven to be partly due to the company's shortcomings in training etc. As yet, no cause for the BA incident has been found. IF BA are found to be at fault, then expect the lawyers to start cashing in.

This is a reflection of the society in which we now live. Any crew here never claimed for a car accident. Its the same in the maritime and rail sector.

As I have said before - Good luck with trying to sue Boeing. You might as well try suing the White House.

I'm not sure the Toronto and Heathrow cases are exactly comparable.

As I recall, the A340 incident happened after at least one go around in poor weather probably causing a fair amount of anxiety within the cabin then managed to cause a fair few injuries amongst the SLF as well as destroying their belongings.

In Heathrow, it is apparent from most of the statements that few of the passengers were aware of anything amiss until the plane actually dropped short of the runway. Secondly, those unfortunate few who were injured suffered relatively minor injuries and finally the damage to the cargo area of the 777 at Heathrow appears from all of the media coverage to date to be relatively minor, therefore although the passengers are likely to have suffered the inconvenience of not getting their luggage straight away, they should still be able to reclaim it at some point, probably substantially undamaged.

Frankly, it's disappointing to see that litigation is being considered, as it brings us that much closer to the litigous culture that exists almost unchecked in North America. I would have hoped that the passengers would have been sufficiently realistic to realise how lucky they were to walk away and appreciate any efforts the Company would have been able to make towards recompense and restitution.

I'm not sure just how U.K. law stands on this versus how it would be viewed in the U.S. I suspect that the defendants might have a harder time had this happened on the other side of the pond, say IAH, EWR, ORD, or MCO.........

Dysag

Well I think that after final report is published it would be possible for lawyers to put a blame either on BA or Boeing or GE or any combination of them. Crew and maintenance issues (if any) goes to BA, the rest goes to manufacturers. And considering previous cases it is most likely that ALL of them will be blamed doesn't matter who's fault it was.

p.s. and to a furter extend if manufacturers are involved, FAA and EASA will likely to be sued as well.

p.p.s. just sitting next to my lawyer here :)

Hi Tommy'C
 

Hi Tommy'C,

Of course it is your place - all contributions are very welcome:):D:ok:

You don't have to be an old "b......" in order to contribute:)

Keep up the good work!

BRGDS

Must be the passengers from California :)

In the good old days in Britain, the pax would all have been give a hot cuppa and a fancy biscuit from a mobile tea truck and every one would have been happy then someone invented lawyers !!

:mad: ungrateful bastards the lot of them. Instead of giving thanks for their lives, they want to sue. Sometimes I wonder if some people are worth saving:confused:

Well said Airman. The sorry thing is, most of these guys realize what a job BA did...but the power of finance prevails :rolleyes:

Cargo One

I'll be truly amazed if anyone manages to sue GE on this one. Perhaps their sales team could be had up for incompetence?

There should be a certain line... Passenger did paid for the SAFE trip from A to B. They never paid anything to the pilots. They paid to airline. Did the trip ended safely? NO. Who they should blame and seek compensation? Airline. Very easy. If it is B or GE problem, they will be made involved at a later stage. Before that it is quite reasonable to chase airline.

Just imagine you went into a decent restaurant and expected to have and pay for a good food. And then it ended up with a serios stomach issues. And a feedback to your complain is "but you are still alive, why you not appreciating this???". Would you tolerate that?

Am I being too cynical to rewrite this? ...

"Our firm would like to get some business out of the accident, but since we haven't been engaged by anyone yet we have got on to the Press Association to get our name advertised to possible clients."

My son has just said to me

Daddy when I grow up I want to be a Personal Injury Lawyer!

God I'm proud

Mr cynical:);)

People have been mentioning GE is that General Electric as i thought Rolls Royce engines were on the 777?

Regards,

Jamie R