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Victims Sue Thailand And Others Over Tsunami

MD11Engineer From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 13369 posts, RR: 64
Posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1214 times:

Hotel guests in Thailand are suing the Thai government, the US and the hotel chain Accor for damages due to December 26th´s tsunami. According to themthe governments and the hotel chain didn´t do enough to warn the tourists.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp.../20050307/ts_nm/tsunami_lawsuit_dc

I hope this case gets thrown out. IMO it is pure money grabbing. censored

Jan

Edit: added smiley

[Edited 2005-03-07 19:30:37]

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Gkirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24627 posts, RR: 58
Reply 1, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1180 times:

I might have guessed US lawyers would be involved, but Austrians as well?

When you hear the noise of the Tartan Army Boys, we'll be coming down the road!

Aviationmaster From Switzerland, joined Oct 1999, 2464 posts, RR: 38
Reply 2, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1172 times:

"We don't earn any money on the lawsuit. We want to help people," he said. "We are suing to get information."

I like that part of the article Silly

Russophile From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1166 times:

"We are suing to get information."

That's like fucking for virginity.

It's a bullshit lawsuit. If, and I mean if, the hotel is found not to have warned their guests (by some miracle they would have had to have known it was coming), this is leaving the door open for a lawsuit for money.

Throw this case out on it's arse.

L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29367 posts, RR: 61
Reply 4, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1146 times:

I am surprised the US Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii isn't being sued yet.

Remember about a week after when that minister from Thailand claimed that the center failed to warn them about the Tsunami?

OBAMA-WORST PRESIDENT EVER....Even SKOORB would be better.

Banco From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 14752 posts, RR: 55
Reply 5, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1140 times:

Quoting L-188 (reply 4):
I am surprised the US Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii isn't being sued yet

I think it is. the quote from the article:

"The lawsuit suggests the Thai government and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which operates a Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii, failed to issue the requisite warnings. "

Apart from the obvious stupidity of it, I'd love to know how you'd technically go about making a case that it's their responsibility.

She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot.

LHSebi From Germany, joined Jan 2004, 1049 posts, RR: 9
Reply 6, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1132 times:

I would be careful here. I heard that some of the hotel managers actually knew of the tsunami warning before the wave hit, but they chose not to tell the guests for $$$ reasons. If this is not the case, I of course do not agree with the lawsuit, but I think we shouldn't jump to conclusions without knowing everything.

Sebastian

I guess that's what happens in the end, you start thinking about the beginning.

ArmitageShanks From UK - England, joined Dec 2003, 3366 posts, RR: 16
Reply 7, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1057 times:

The USA should pay for all the Tsunami cleanup and damages, because we caused it and deserve to pay for it.

Check your bags, check your brain.

MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15814 posts, RR: 50
Reply 8, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1047 times:

"I would be careful here. I heard that some of the hotel managers actually knew of the tsunami warning before the wave hit, but they chose not to tell the guests for $$$ reasons
"

What $$$ reasons could there possibly be?

E pur si muove -Galileo

PacificWestern From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 9, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1035 times:

What a load of rubbish!!!! This is so, so wrong on so many points. What happened was a tragedy, but where do those fools get their sense of entitlement from!!?!

Hmmm...the last time I went away on vacation it rained a great deal. I spent all that money to sit in the hotel room, and my luggage got wet on the way in from the airport. Why didn't someone warn me about the rain. I wonder who can I sue for compensation. sarcastic

Bill142 From Australia, joined Aug 2004, 8326 posts, RR: 9
Reply 10, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 1000 times:

Among the charges leveled against Accor, the owner of the Sofitel hotel chain, was failure to equip its luxury resort and spa in Khao Lak, Thailand with state-of-the-art seismic detection and warning systems, despite its location "in an earthquake and tsunami fault zone."

You've got to be kidding me!. They expect a hotel to provide that sort of equipment? $20 says they aren't willing to pay extra for the trained personell to be on staff 24/7 to monitor the equipment.

Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19813 posts, RR: 56
Reply 11, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 987 times:

Quoting ArmitageShanks (reply 7):
The USA should pay for all the Tsunami cleanup and damages, because we caused it and deserve to pay for it.

Not only that, but since the fault rests entirely at Bush's feet, the UN should force him to go there and clean it up all himself. biggrin

-Mir

7 billion, one nation, imagination...it's a beautiful day

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