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Re: (rshsdepot) ATSF Seligman, AZ Harvey House demolition
Paul,
Read this case:
http://www.morelaw.com/verdicts/case.asp?n=04CV955&s=PA%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&d=32462
And tell me how that reconciles with what you stated below.
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From: luckyshow_@_mindspring.com
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:22 am
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) ATSF Seligman, AZ Harvey House demolition
To: rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net
> In the 40, 50 years that railroads have been abandoning
> facilities and stations and water towers and freight facilities,
> can someone tell me how many instances of injury where railroads
> had to pay damages, were sued, etc.? Does it actually happen or
> is this just about insurance costs and nothing else...for
> decades going cross country I stopped at such abandoned
> structures and looked around, at times inside. I never saw dead
> bodies, injured peeople, satanic cults or anything of the kind,
> just falling apart structures, which fell apart more the next
> year, etc....
>
> I am perplexed by all the panic to clear off everything and
> leave empty lots in their place...I see no point in it...I want
> to know how many times this structure, for instance, was
> involved in any litigation or settlement or if this really
> happens to thismega corporations with their cookie cutter
> lawyers and such which a while ago determined that these
> structures sitting there harming no one for years and years are
> all of a sudden seen as huge liabilities..
>
> I for one fail to grasp this nonsense that all else accept as
> gospel...most of these railroads were given the land for free
> and no doubt got variences and public infrastructure
> enhancements and frankly this all should just be public property
> by reversion and eminent domain.
>
Jim Dent
Oakland, NJ
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