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Umm, Mark, I'm not quite sure that's accurate. I believe it is that _serving_ members of the armed forces cannot sue their service. As far as I know, there is no prohibition against civilians suing the US government, or any departments thereof. Maybe that makes me one of those idiots you described, I dunno, but until very recently, I couldn't sue because I was on active duty. Not that I had any reason to, of course. I'm sure the courts would need adequate justification to haul the military in a courtroom, though. As far as suing an individual while he is on duty, you're quite right. So what about it, Lawyers, am I an idiot? Rich L ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Steingart <cavedive@at*.ne*> To: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*> Cc: Tech Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; VB Tech <vbtech@ci*.co*> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 8:43 PM Subject: Re: Juno Death > Well, > > To be quite honest, I doubt the competency of any lawyer who says he is going > to sue any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. As any idiot can tell you, they > are totally protected by Federal Law from civil litigation even if they cause > death due to negligence, destroy your reputation due to slander or libel, > make false accusations or anything else. > If you don't believe me, ask the family of Seaman Hartwig (USS Iowa). > > Additionally individual members of the armed forces are protected under the > same federal act, from civil litigation as long as they were acting as agents > of the government when the questionable act occured. Translation: A Soldier > or Sailor who kills someone while drunk driving may be sued, however if he > kills someone while drunk driving on duty, you will have one hell of a time > trying to sue him, even though he may still be disciplined by the military as > well as prosecuted by the civil authorities. > > Steingart > > > > > > > I think it really sucks when a diver dies. In some situations people > > should pay. In other situations the money grubbing is really sickening. > > Suing the Navy and Coast Guard, just how far does this idiot lawfirm > > think they are going to get with that? Now one tragedy is going to be > > compounded by several more. And the only thing which will be accomplished > > is the lining of the pockets of a bunch of money-grubbing shyster > > lawyers. This sport is not fun anymore. > > > > Jim > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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