A jury has found the New York Port Authority negligent for building a parking garage under the World Trade Center and then not listening to warnings regarding Islamic terrorism. But in 1993 who was taking terrorism seriously? What about blaming terrorists for the 1993 bombing? http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/nyregion/27wtc.html?ex=1288065600&en=5ebdbd2f81b87f00&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss Hindsight is always perfect.
David J. Dean, the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs, called the verdict "an extraordinary victory." The jury, he said, clearly accepted the plaintiffs' argument that the Port Authority should have foreseen the terrorist attack, based on warnings from its own experts as early as 1985, and shut down the public parking garage.
In order to reach a verdict, at least five of the six jurors had to agree. The jury voted unanimously that the Port Authority was negligent. It found the authority 68 percent at fault for the bombing, while the terrorists who carried it out were 32 percent at fault.
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Good grief... Does our law system not understand logic anymore?
I hope things are well with you, Dr. K! Have a great weekend!
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