Talk:Merion air disaster

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As of 5:45pm Eastern U.S. Time Dec 8 2019 the article contains "The wives of the two helicopter pilots split a $5 million settlement, mostly to those killed and injured on the ground and damage to the school's property. More than a dozen lawsuits followed the crash, most settled out of court. All of the four pilots families involved reached settlements with victims for an undisclosed amount." That's nonsense. The pilots' families wouldn't have any liability. Only the pilots could be held to have behaved negligently. Their families were innocent. Any settlement would come from the pilots' net worth at the time they died, diminishing the inheritance their heirs would have otherwise received. But the heirs aren't being found liable for negligence. And what does "split a $5 million settlement" mean? Do you mean they split a $5 million LIABILITY that they had to PAY? Or that their deceased spouses' employer was found guilty of negligence and they RECEIVED a $5 million SETTLEMENT? Please be clear. "Split" doesn't differentiate between "paid" and "received".74.64.104.99 (talk) 22:57, 8 December 2019 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson[reply]