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[quote user="AVRNUT"] To my way of thinking it's the same as if a tanker truck carrying oil crashed on a highway  at an underpass & exploded, destroying the underpass, several other vehicles & resulting in loss of life. Is the company that produced the oil liable & responsible? No. Regardless of wether the accident was caused by driver carelessness, mechanical malfunction on the truck or whatever, the bottom line is that the trucking company transporting the oil is ultimately responsible & liable. It's the same here with the Lac Megantic disaster. MMA contracted to transport the oil. It's their railroad. If it was human error, equipment failure, a fault in the track, the bottom line is that they are ultimately accountable for it. It's MMA's employee, MMA's equipment, MMA's track etc. When you contract to deliver a product you are agreeing to the responsibility for the safe transport of that product. Any issues that occur during that transport are equally your responsibility. Just MHO. Carl [/quote] Carl, I understand your analogy, but in this case, the federal authorities are suggesting that crude oil itself may have contributed to the Lac-Megantic disaster in the following ways: 1)      The product may have corroded the tank cars and consequently weakened them to the point where they broke apart more easily in the derailment. 2)      The product may have been abnormally volatile and flammable, which increased the damage caused by the explosion and fire. If these factors are true, I would think that the liability would extend to include the ones who produced and loaded the crude oil.
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