Larry Silverstein suing airlines for 9/11

[TradeNurkicNow]

And now, something we can all agree on: this guy is a total dicknose.

The owner of the World Trade Center is arguing in federal court that the airlines who planes were flown into the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001 should pay him billions in compensation.

Larry Silverstein is attempting to collect $3.5billion from United Airlines, US Airways and American Airlines - on top of nearly $5billion he has already received from his insurance company.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tml?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

i love juice!

 

[3RA1N1AC]

well a plane didnt fly into building 7

 

[Natebishop3]

12 years later? Has anyone ever tried to sue for something 12 years later?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

yes.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

well, someone has to pay for the building.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

he should sue saudi arabia

 

[Natebishop3]

well, someone has to pay for the building.

They're called insurance companies.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

They're called insurance companies.

didn't pay for it all. they have to recover their full costs.

 

[Natebishop3]

didn't pay for it all. they have to recover their full costs.

So just curious, but if someone carjacked me at knife point and cashed my car into your house, you think you could sue me 12 years later?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

you can sue anyone for anything

doesnt mean you will win

 

[Further]

I love stories like this. Everything just makes sense.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

So just curious, but if someone carjacked me at knife point and cashed my car into your house, you think you could sue me 12 years later?

I'd sue your insurance company if the carjacker died and relief didn't come from anywhere else to cover my repairs in full.

If you did not have insurance, I'd sue you.

 

[Further]

I'd sue your insurance company if the carjacker died and relief didn't come from anywhere else to cover my repairs in full.

If you did not have insurance, I'd sue you.

Then you have a problem with logic and winning lawsuits.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Then you have a problem with logic and winning lawsuits.

no. the insurance company will settle before going to court.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

no. the insurance company will settle before going to court.

Ok, then you have a problem with entitlement. You honestly believe that if something bad happens to you, "someone" needs to make you whole, even if that entity wasn't responsible? That is a ridiculous world view, IMO.

Sometimes bad stuff happens, and sometimes you have to just deal with it.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Ok, then you have a problem with entitlement. You honestly believe that if something bad happens to you, "someone" needs to make you whole, even if that entity wasn't responsible? That is a ridiculous world view, IMO.

Sometimes bad stuff happens, and sometimes you have to just deal with it.

That is "dealing with it".

 

[Natebishop3]

Ok, then you have a problem with entitlement. You honestly believe that if something bad happens to you, "someone" needs to make you whole, even if that entity wasn't responsible? That is a ridiculous world view, IMO.

Sometimes bad stuff happens, and sometimes you have to just deal with it.

Rich people don't get rich, or stay rich, by ever "dealing with it" lol

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Rich people don't get rich, or stay rich, by ever "dealing with it" lol

I'm not sure that's a club I want to join if those are the entry rules.

 

[Further]

I'm not sure that's a club I want to join if those are the entry rules.

They aren't the rules. I know many very rich (50 mil +), some fall in that camp, but most don't.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

They aren't the rules. I know many very rich (50 mil +), some fall in that camp, but most don't.

That's heartening.

 

[Further]

That's heartening.

All the ones I know came from modest means, I think the blue bloods are different. Grew up believing they deserve it just for being alive.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Why am I not surprised who the one person arguing for this motherfucker is

 

[Haakzilla]

...this is all a nonsensical diversion from what's really happening right now in terms of the intelligence leak Snowden and Wikileaks have in their graspe in regards to the many links between NSA and 9/11, Blackwater and the Bin Laden Construction Group, et al

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

well a plane didnt fly into building 7

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

 

[maxiep]

All the ones I know came from modest means, I think the blue bloods are different. Grew up believing they deserve it just for being alive.

That hasn't been my experience at all (blue bloods as you say, not the people that are self-made). Most people from modest means work impossibly hard and don't know any other way of living. Those who grew up with money simply don't even think about it. They don't think they "deserve" it, they think of money the way we think of oxygen: it's always there and in unlimited supply, so they take having it for granted.

 

[maxiep]

One wealthy entity suing other wealthy entities. Why do we care?