Cessna years of manufacture?

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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| "Addison Laurent" wrote in message
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| On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 02:43:21 -0500, Tom Sixkiller wrote:
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| "C J Campbell" wrote in
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| Cessna built no single engine aircraft during those years. Liability
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| so Cessna and others started building planes again. The tort lawyers
| have made several unsuccessful (so far) attempts to break the 20 year
| limit. If they ever do succeed, the manufacturers will probably quit
| for good.
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| Imagine if John Edwards becomes president. Think businesses are
leaving
| in droves now, just wait.
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| Well, to point out the obvious and nitpick.....
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| As President, he'd have less control over that than he currently does in
| the Senate now. (Not that I'd want him to be President. But of all the
| problems having a trial lawyer (who potentially used *ahem* questionable
| "science" in his cases) as President - that's not one I'm concerned
| about.)
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| Three words: Tort reform veto.

One of my students, a retired prosecutor, said that public defenders often
became the toughest judges. They knew that most of what the defense does is
BS. Perhaps it is not a foregone conclusion that Edwards would be pro trial
lobby. He might know too much to fall for their crap.