"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
The radio station did take reasonable precautions. They painted and
lighted
their tower in accordance with the regulations.

Unfortunately, that concept disappeared from negligence law sometime
in the 1960's or thereabouts, and think I read it even started in good
old Kahl-i-for-nee-ah. One aviation law author writes,"Like many
other areas of the law, this is one where there is no absolute defense
that precludes success on the part of the plaintiff." He goes on to
concede that it's no more than an "obstacle," along with all the other
pasta the defense can throw at the wall for the jury to consider.
Here you have horrific deaths of ordinary people, like jurors
themselves, allegedly caused by a media conglomerate, which as a
corporation is going to have less jury sympathy than many other
corporations. Isn't it also the one formerly associated with Howard
Stern?

Fred F.