The last thing I want to do is sue the local fire department though. I've seen houses burn to the ground because of political garbage like this and just like any other profession, firefighters remember things like lawsuits -- especially when the moneys spent in settlement could have been used to procure livesaving / live-sustaining equipment. At 05:44 PM 7/18/99 -0400, you wrote:
One example that always stuck in my mind:
Breaking down a door that would have opened if they tried the handle.
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Very few local governments even have top-notch legal representation, and many don't know how to defend something like that against a good legal team.
Deepak Jain AiNET
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