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. :-)



I'm glad you put a smiley at the end. How many times did someone
have to tell the guy to stay away from the line before the message
was clear? He was drunk and angry that his electricity was off,
and he was gonna show "them", by cripes. Natural selection.
Go sue Mother Nature.

gloria p