Mark Thorson wrote:
> Miche wrote:
>> I have a hard time seeing this as an "accident".
>
> Clearly, it was negligence on the part of the firefighters
> who were already aware of this man and his unsafe activities
> with regard to the power line. Knowing that, and having
> taken responsibility for keeping the public away from the
> power line, they failed in their duty. I'd find in favor
> of plaintiff for 2.5 gazillion dollars. :-)


Clearly??
What were the firefighters supposed to do to keep him away? I am not
sure what they mean by an "industrial saw", but that implies it was
powered, and since the line was down I am assuming it would be gas
powered. That would be quite a weapon to use against unarmed
firefighters. I suppose they could have tried lethal fore to stop him
from getting himself killed. I would suggest that repeated warnings
would fulfil their responsibility. I suppose that if the family can
find a lawyer sleazy enough to try to take the case to court the
firefighters could counter sue against the estate for the trauma the
suffered from witnessing Darwinin theory in person.