Big Oil Could Help Shipowner Avoid Liability For Bridge Collapse

The observations about insurance are a bit confusing. Typically, property insurance would be available to pay for the repair/replacement the bridge. This is based on the insurance contract between the bridge owner and its insurer, and the contract calls for payment without regard to fault, unless, of course, the owner intentionally caused the damage. The insurer would then have a subrogation cause of action against the responsible party/parties, which is where the limitation of liability issue is triggered. In the insurer's suit, the Shipowner can assert the limitation of liability provision to partially shield itself against civil liability .

With the Supreme Court packed with right wing "originalists", and with elections deniers securing positions in state governments, the outlook for our democracy surviving decreases with each passing day. Hey, the founding fathers sort of gave a decent try(which part of a person is the 3/5ths part?) and Lincoln and the Roosevelts tried to improve things. But when the Roberts court open the doors of government to big money, "We the People" never stood a chance!

One reaction to these articles that say the lobbyists won is "The American voter is really stupid to vote for and elect these people to Congress and the Senate that respond favorably to what the lobbyists want." Then I wonder if I am just being naive. Perhaps the voters vote favorably for the same people in each state as the lobbyists want support for. Or maybe the lobbyists support both sides in each election, and it doesn't matter who the voter votes for. Or is it a matter of "horse trading"? I.e., I will support your bill if you support mine. Or the reverse. I'll vote against your bill, if you vote against mine. I have to assume there is a website that shows each member of the legislature and where that legislator's financial support has come from. If there is not such a site, there ought to be. It is no wonder that some voters have such a negative opinion of the legislators; at the same time, the claim is that they love their own legislators.

We spend a lot of media time saying that Trump will end democracy. It seems to me that the lobbyists referred to in Lever articles have already ended democracy--or they are doing a heck of a job convincing those that are paying them that their lobbying is providing good value. I think I probably am naive about the complexity of the "system" and those in the system are counting on that. I think we could use an article explaining what I don't understand.

Newsflash:.....those fancy "new" nuclear plants being built by Bill Gates et al (with Billions in US gov subsidy to boot)......no liability! "Price Anderson Act 1957, i believe.