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What do you expect from the "legal" mentality of California lawmakers and
lawyers ??? Kalifornicate is a State to stay away from..1SG PANTANO
----- Original Message -----
From: Patricia Gibbons <wa6ube@ix.netcom.com>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 10:57 AM
Subject: [MV] legal case in Sacramento re camo-painted vehicles
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> Bill George wrote:
> > Some stupid $^$(&(&#$ idiot decided this morning would be a great time
to
> > run a red light and destroy my M1009 CUCV ! Of course if you compare the
> > damage, she got the worst of it :)
>
> George, for what it's worth, the following event was being discussed
> at our annual military vehicle camp-out at Big Bear RV park last
> spring:
>
> There is an MVCC member who lives in Sacramento California who
> was run into by another driver.
>
> The other driver was pulling out of a side-street and she failed
> to look before pulling out and hit the approaching M1009 being
> driven by our MVCC member.
>
> This case ended up going to court, and at the moment I can't recall
> which of the two parties was the plaintiff.
>
> The woman's attorney, raised the definition of camouflage at the
> proceeding
> and claimed in court that because the military vehicle had a camouflage
> paint pattern, his client could not easily see the approaching vehicle.
>
> Her attorney further emphasized the point that the <entire reason> that
> <anything> would be painted with a camouflage paint pattern is
> <expressly>
> for the purpose of rendering the item as invisible as possible and
> to blend the item into the background.
>
> The woman driver prevailed in this case and the MVCC owner was required
> to pay all damages since he was driving a vehicle that was painted in
> such a manner as to make it difficult for other drivers to see it
> easily in traffic.
>
> I will be at Big Bear this coming spring and will meet again with
> the people that were passing on this information. If I can get
> further details, especially as to whether the woman driver was
> the plaintiff or not, I'll pass it on to the group.
>
> This case is NOT a good precedent for military vehicle owners!!
> --
>
> Patricia E. Gibbons
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> City of San Jose - ITD/communications
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