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   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article <441585cd$0$93711$540ea2cf@novia.net>, Q   
    writes   
      
   >"banana"  wrote in message   
   >news:aO++LJA3iVFEFwQ$@borve.demon.co.uk...   
   >> In article <4414e8b6$0$93771$540ea2cf@novia.net>, Q   
   >>  writes   
   >>   
   >> >"banana"  wrote in message   
   >> >news:yFzEZiACAOFEFwlh@borve.demon.co.uk...   
   >> >> In article <1142207737.499147.142810@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,   
   >> >> volcaran  writes   
   >> >>   
   >> >> >banana wrote:   
   >> >> >> In article <1142189837.379901.23720@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>,   
   >> >> >> volcaran  writes   
   >> >> >> >   
   >> >> >> >banana wrote:   
   >> >> >> >> In article <26z1WKABOBFEFwWu@borve.demon.co.uk>, banana   
   >> >> >> >> >> HIS.borve.demon.co.uk> writes   
      
      
      
   >> I should start by saying that I don't believe there is the REMOTEST   
   >> possibility that these hypothetical circumstances existed.   
   >   
   >What are you talking about?  There is a situation where there is clearly   
   >liability, because the driver was driving at excessive speed,   
      
   Cause?   
      
   >and tests have   
   >shown him to have been drunk.   
      
   Provenance?   
      
      
      
   >The only thing that's hypothetical, IMO, is whether Diana's next-of-kin   
   >would actually sue.   
   >>   
   >> But for the sake of argument, if the circumstances did exist, then ask   
   >> a) who would be the potential plaintiffs,   
   >   
   >The next-of-kin of those who were killed, including M. Paul, and the man who   
   >was injured.   
      
   That man was a bodyguard. If a bodyguard lets his principal get into a   
   car driven by a drunk, the bodyguard is negligent.   
      
   Did you say 'including M. Paul'? Think about it...   
      
   >> b) how much of a leg two out of the three of them would have to stand on   
   >   
   >It seems cut and dried to me.   In fact, Fayed's liability for Diana's   
   >wrongful death is the most obvious thing in the world.   
      
   I stopped reading there.   
      
   --   
   banana     "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
               give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
               Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
               rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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