Stupid decisions by the courts

[Lisa O'Brien]

The Supreme Court just ruled a family could sue Mazda over the death of a family member because Mazda did not install shoulder/lap belts in the rear seats of the vehicle - even though the National Highway and traffic safety Administration did not require them. To me this is ridiculous - if your in a head on collision and all but 1 survive you should count yourselves lucky - not trying to assign blame to the car manufacturer for not providing shoulder/lap belts.  If safety was such a huge concern to them, they should have bought a vehicle that had shoulder/lap belts (the article mentions other manufacturers were doing this). I'm sure (even though it does not mention it) they sued the other vehicle - is this not enough? must everybody pay? if they go to court and win the only losers will be the consumers who buy mazda products as the cost of the lawsuit will be passed on to them. I wish this country would put a stop to frivolous lawsuits.

 

http://www.detnews.com/article/20110223/AUTO01/102230407/1361/Court...

What are your opinions on this.

[Guidothesemipsuedocaptitalistpig]

Yeah when I used to live in a condo unit with a common wall I was hot even in the winter due to the heat from the neighbors unit.