Florida passes bill to prevent billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos being sued if their mega-r

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Florida passes bill to prevent billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos being sued if their mega-rockets kill or injure people

Florida has signed a bill protecting the billionaire owners of space companies against civil lawsuits in case of the death or injury of a passenger or crew member.

Passengers will have to sign a waiver stating they understand the risks of spaceflight before boarding a spaceship, the bill states.

"Under Florida law, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant or crew in a spaceflight activity provided by a spaceflight entity if such injury or death results from the inherent risks of the spaceflight activity," the bill states.

For private sector companies like Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, the bill "has the potential to limit the cost of litigation to businesses engaging in spaceflight activities," a senate analysis of the bill said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/florida-passes-bill-to-prevent-billionaires-like-elon-musk-and-jeff-bezos-being-sued-if-their-mega-rockets-kill-or-injure-people/ar-AA1bj0Dx

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I don't see how this "activity" can be downgraded from strict liability

(where there is no excuse or escape from liability due to the inherent and predictable danger) to assumption of risk.

[Lovie777]

2. People's lives don't mean a damn thing to GQPs.......................

[Alexander Of Assyria]

4. Maybe, but this isn't the peg to hang that hat on.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

3. The bill isn't to protect billionaires, it's directed at the entire space tourism industry.

…Still, the bill doesn't abrogate space companies from all responsibility. It states clearly that the company is still liable in case of gross negligence, if the company knew or should have known about dangerous conditions, or it intentionally tried to hurt or kill a crewmember….

The bill passed with little opposition from any side.

[marble falls]

5. That'll never stand. What about Federal Courts?

[Irish_Dem]

6. The billionaires bribe the judges to get this kind of protection.

[Irish_Dem]

7. The wealthy and powerful use the laws to protect themselves and to punish everyone else.