C J Campbell wrote:

On 2007-06-30 20:26:11 -0700, quietguy said:

His use of jet fuel is one thing
that will save me from having to pay for his travels. If he'd bought
100LL I might very well have been stuck for the tab; the FBO might
have argued that I'd used the not-yet-airborne tail-number to bolster
a fraudulent claim of identity theft after actually fueling a flyable
aircraft.

Pure nonsense. Federal laws limit your liability with stolen cards

True. The liability is limited to $50.00 for credit cards.

and
you have no liability at all for a fraudulent card.

Not necessarily, you could be liable for up to $50.00 under the regs/laws.
Mastercard and Visa both voluntarily limit liability to $0 for U.S. cards
*if* they agree that the transaction was fraud and *if* the card was from a
personal account. They don't extend this voluntary limit to business
credit cards. Beyond that, YMMV from bank to bank.

Peter cannot
collude with Paul to sell Paul 100 gallons of avgas (or anything else)
and make you pay for it. This is a fundamental point of common law -- a
third party cannot be bound by a contract between two other parties.

True



If the FBO pursued its claim against you, you would be able to sue them
for defamation, claim damages for fraud, and possibly press criminal
charges for conspiracy to defraud you.

Under many states' consumer protection laws, including NJ, MA, and PA, if
you receive a bill that you are not responsible for you can sue for treble
(triple) damages and court/attorney fees if the other parties does not make
things whole in a set time frame. Typically this involves sending a demand
letter protesting unfair business practices and waiting 30 days from
receipt for the other party to rescind the phony bills. Example statue:
http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/gl-93a-toc.htm (particularly section
9). Hope this helps!