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01-27-2013, 09:22 PM | #2 |
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Poor guy, but some people don't respect others properties. The journalist waswell aware of the value of the machine, and its limitations but decided to ignore it.
A verbal agreement (or verbal contract) is valid when it comes to court of law, and if full responsibility was agreed by both parties, then so be it. Obviously we need to hear both sides of the story, and honestly, the Porsche owner should have some sympathy, but imo, from reading the story, I really think the journalist that was at fault here. What I don't understand is why neither party has insurance, and why the journalist as an individual is responsible (and not the magazine company he works at)
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01-27-2013, 10:35 PM | #3 |
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It's that Pipers guys' fault. He let him drive it. Nothing was signed or stated that if something happened to the vehicle he would be held responsible. No contract, nothing; it's a toss-up
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01-27-2013, 11:20 PM | #4 |
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its like:
Idiot 1: Lets make your 95 years old grandpa run a 20k marathon! Idiot 2: Isn't that dangerous? Idiot 1: Nahhh! Idiot 2: All yours! *face palm* |
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01-27-2013, 11:54 PM | #5 | |
is probably out riding.
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01-28-2013, 11:45 AM | #7 |
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I wonder what the mechanical condition of the 917 was before the journalist drove it. Weren't these engines designed to be rebuilt after every race back in their day? It's possible the engine was going to blow no matter who was driving it.
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This is one of the reason I don't let friends drive my car, and I don't drive their car. You never know what calamity may strike randomly, and I treasure friendships.
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01-28-2013, 03:51 PM | #9 | |
is probably out riding.
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01-28-2013, 04:10 PM | #10 |
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That was prob just to cover an oil change and some tires after the reporter hooned his 2MM porsche
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I don't really know all the facts, so it's hard to say what really happened, but these documents give a small view into the record: UK judgement: http://wilmotslitigation.com/files/uploads/3995_001.pdf Statement from Piper's legal counsel: http://wilmotslitigation.com/news/ar...f-significance Statement from Hales' legal team in response to judgement: http://www.trackdriver.com/Response%...0v%20Hales.pdf |
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01-28-2013, 05:06 PM | #12 |
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That lawsuit would have been thrown out in the US. Consquential damages can only be substantiated if the owner of the porsche could prove a breach of contract..since there wasn't a legally signed contract there would have been nothing to breach. Add to that the probability that a decades old high horsepowered race car has every expectation to break ..no judge in their right mind would have awarded the owner a penny
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01-28-2013, 07:20 PM | #13 |
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01-28-2013, 07:50 PM | #14 |
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Well this is ignorant, it is a machine not a human.
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