After all this foolishness, Patomac Aviation should be forced to pay all of the attorneys & court bills. And then someone should sue them for frivilous litigation!
Yes, the driver should be held responsible but — in NJ, 15% to 20% of the cars on the road are not insured, and another 15% to 20% carry only minimum liability (property
damage) limits of $5,000. and there are a great many direct-writer and captive agent carriers whose agents sell only minimum limits. That seems to answer the question, folks – but but doesn’t resolve the problem. Attempts to do so will fail since there is no real regulation of agents or carriers in this area.
The driver of the car was probably some irresponsible dirt bag who either had no insurance, or minimum limits. 10K doesn’t go very far in terms of aircraft repair. He’s probably non-collectibe as well. This should get filed in the “_hit happens” drawer. The airport should counter-sue for its defense costs.
Since this occurred on land owned by the government, and probably at the hands of an uninsured illegal alien, can’t our government step in and offer some kind of airplane damage stimulus package? Imagine the jobs created by putting up 15 foot cement barriers at all airports around the country!!
Although rare, simple logic may have governed this finding. Airport parking lot is for planes, parked legally and securily. Car with driver who fell asleep at wheel goes through fence and damages plane. Airplane storeage equals planes not cars. Appears to be a fair ruling.
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After all this foolishness, Patomac Aviation should be forced to pay all of the attorneys & court bills. And then someone should sue them for frivilous litigation!
What what about the most negligent person in this occurrence, the sleeping driver? I can only assume that his personal auto policy was inadequate.
Yes, the driver should be held responsible but — in NJ, 15% to 20% of the cars on the road are not insured, and another 15% to 20% carry only minimum liability (property
damage) limits of $5,000. and there are a great many direct-writer and captive agent carriers whose agents sell only minimum limits. That seems to answer the question, folks – but but doesn’t resolve the problem. Attempts to do so will fail since there is no real regulation of agents or carriers in this area.
The driver of the car was probably some irresponsible dirt bag who either had no insurance, or minimum limits. 10K doesn’t go very far in terms of aircraft repair. He’s probably non-collectibe as well. This should get filed in the “_hit happens” drawer. The airport should counter-sue for its defense costs.
Since this occurred on land owned by the government, and probably at the hands of an uninsured illegal alien, can’t our government step in and offer some kind of airplane damage stimulus package? Imagine the jobs created by putting up 15 foot cement barriers at all airports around the country!!
I am still wondering what country road the article speaks about. In Teterboro…a country road??
I think it was a typo for county road. What’s an extra R between friends?
Although rare, simple logic may have governed this finding. Airport parking lot is for planes, parked legally and securily. Car with driver who fell asleep at wheel goes through fence and damages plane. Airplane storeage equals planes not cars. Appears to be a fair ruling.