I don't know how to post the article, but does anyone know about this accident with this model who walked into the propeller of a small plane? It was horrible. Her hand was cut off and she lost an eye, terrible, but I was just reading on TMZ that the pilot told her when she left the plane to walk AWAY from the propeller and she walked into it (unfortunately) and this terrible thing happened. Well, the insurance company offered her 200,000 and she rejected that and wanted more $. Finally they settled for an undisclosed amount. While this is horrible and I feel awful for her, my question is, Why more than 200,000? What did the plane do wrong? The pilot (who was a family friend) told her to walk AWAY from the propeller and the plane was just doing what a plane does. She made an unfortunate mistake but why in this society is everything always someone else's fault when sometimes, it isn't?

Sorry if this sound insensitive.

it shows that the world only owes SOME a livin.

people can always look at the poor of the u.s.

and say "they act like someone owes them a livin"

but then, look at all the people that get paid like

'someone owes them a livin'

i ain't hatin, but i can see whut she did for a livin

as somethin that the world needs to survive.

if a factory worker severs his hand on a non work

related incident, he'll be lucky to get a quarter mill.

KingBAD said:

it shows that the world only owes SOME a livin.

people can always look at the poor of the u.s.

and say "they act like someone owes them a livin"

but then, look at all the people that get paid like

'someone owes them a livin'

i ain't hatin, but i can see whut she did for a livin

as somethin that the world needs to survive.

if a factory worker severs his hand on a non work

related incident, he'll be lucky to get a quarter mill.

Yeah but my question is, Why does the airplane's insurance company have to pay her? The plane was doing what it's suppossed to, she walked into IT, I'm just wondering why whenever someone has an accident (as awful as it was) the finger gets pointed at someone (or something) who wasn't at fault.

One could certainly make a case that, regardless of which direction the pilot told her to walk, the prop should have been stopped before anyone was walking near the plane. You don't keep the prop spinning when people are boarding and de-planing - for the precise reason that a spinning propellor is invisible.

It obviously isn't the plane's fault. But then, she didn't sue the plane - she sued the pilot. And it may not have been her choice, entirely. If she has health insurance, her insurance company would have sued - to recoup what they spent on her health care (which was a considerable sum, I'm sure). They get that portion of the damage award - she would get any compensation for pain and suffering.

Genesia said:

One could certainly make a case that, regardless of which direction the pilot told her to walk, the prop should have been stopped before anyone was walking near the plane. You don't keep the prop spinning when people are boarding and de-planing - for the precise reason that a spinning propellor is invisible.

It obviously isn't the plane's fault. But then, she didn't sue the plane - she sued the pilot. And it may not have been her choice, entirely. If she has health insurance, her insurance company would have sued - to recoup what they spent on her health care (which was a considerable sum, I'm sure). They get that portion of the damage award - she would get any compensation for pain and suffering.

Yeah that makes sense. I guess the propeller should have been off before she deboarded the plane.

lauralevesque said:

Genesia said:

One could certainly make a case that, regardless of which direction the pilot told her to walk, the prop should have been stopped before anyone was walking near the plane. You don't keep the prop spinning when people are boarding and de-planing - for the precise reason that a spinning propellor is invisible.

It obviously isn't the plane's fault. But then, she didn't sue the plane - she sued the pilot. And it may not have been her choice, entirely. If she has health insurance, her insurance company would have sued - to recoup what they spent on her health care (which was a considerable sum, I'm sure). They get that portion of the damage award - she would get any compensation for pain and suffering.

Yeah that makes sense. I guess the propeller should have been off before she deboarded the plane.

and insurence is a wager that pays if such things happen.

we put it on our cars houses boats or whutever, to pay when the unlikely happens.

BUT when a reasonable amount is offered and refused, we are back to my

original post...

Maybe she rehearst accepting one of the

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MacDaddy said:

Maybe she rehearst accepting one of the

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Harsh.

One of the first things I would do when getting into or out of a plane is ask where the propellers are if I could not see them. Simple. I care that much about myself. I'm aware of my surroundings (maybe to an obsessive degree). I greatly respect airplanes in that they are huge and have the potential to be very deadly.

If I walked into one's propeller and then was given 200,000... I imagine I'd want more like a million.

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