BREAKING: California judge throws out lawsuit against automakers

[ragingfish]

Quote, originally posted by AutoBlog »BREAKING: California judge throws out lawsuit against automakersPosted Sep 17th 2007 8:14PM by Damon LavrincFiled under: Government/LegalYou might recall about this time last year, California State Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed a lawsuit in Northern California's U.S. District Court asserting that automakers selling vehicles in the Golden State were liable for the hundreds of millions of dollars of damages its products cause. That lawsuit, which named GM, Ford, Toyota, DaimlerChrysler, Honda and Nissan as the defendants, was thrown out today by a federal judge.Martin Jenkins, the U.S. District Judge presiding on the case, said that it was impossible to assess how much responsibility automakers had in contributing to the damage caused by global warming in California. Furthermore, he went on to say that lawmakers – not judges – should be the ones responsible for determining if automakers should be held accountable.[Source: Automotive News – Sub. Req.]Source: http://www.autoblog.com/2007/0...kers/Wonder if Lockyer was the dip**** who also sued Starbucks because the tea he ordered was too hot???

[TJinPgh]

I'm not sure I could respond to this in any kind of meaningful way without it being in the political forum.I'll simply say good.

[KNINE]

I'll second that comment.

[drunkenmaxx]

Quote, originally posted by TJinPgh »I'm not sure I could respond to this in any kind of meaningful way without it being in the political forum.I'll simply say good.exactly, frivolous.

[Kamikaze]

Quote »the U.S. District Judge presiding on the case, said that it was impossible to assess how much responsibility automakers had in contributing to the damage caused by global warming in California.Duhhh

[djb383]

Quote, originally posted by Kamikaze »DuhhhWell, you beat me to it, so I'll just say double DUH...................and good job with the correct spelling of duh, with a u, not an o.

[Atomic]

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »That lawsuit, which named GM, Ford, Toyota, DaimlerChrysler, Honda and Nissan Ummm.... Does DaimlerChrysler still exist? Isn't Chrysler owned by someone else now?Anyhoo, what a moron.

[KNINE]

Quote, originally posted by Atomic »Ummm.... Does DaimlerChrysler still exist? Isn't Chrysler owned by someone else now?Anyhoo, what a moron.Cerberus. You get a gold star today.

[ToolGuy]

Quote, originally posted by TJinPgh »I'm not sure I could respond to this in any kind of meaningful way without it being in the political forum.I'll simply say good.DITTO! Excellent!

[MRCN RCE]

Quote, originally posted by Atomic »Ummm.... Does DaimlerChrysler still exist? Isn't Chrysler owned by someone else now?.Quote, originally posted by K-NINE »Cerberus. You get a gold star today. thas right, but this suit was filed a year ago, so it was daimler chrysler then. Cerberus just bought em out this yeari agree that this was a stupid lawsuit. people will sue and try to get money for anything now, it's ridiculous. hey maybe bill lockyer will file a suit against the residents of california. it's because of us that the vehicles pollute the air, the cars don't drive themselves ya know i remember back when daimler chrysler tried to sue GM and AM General(the company that created and still makes humvees n hummers) because they said the similar grill can confuse consumers into buying something they think is a jeep. how else does a hummer resemble a jeep?? if someone is stupid enough to actually think a H1,2, or 3 is a jeep, they deserve to make the $30,000-$100,000+ mistake i hope nothin i said will throw this in the political forum. mods: if i did, IM me n i'll change it