As the column did not mention Thrasher, it was interesting that he would volunteer to defend the new law. If I were in his place, I would not want to be reminding the public of my part in it. If anybody should be ashamed, it's the legislators who enacted it. The manufacturer is blameless. And so is the owner.
Nobody has a claim.
I don't think so, but Thrasher and a majority of the Legislature seem to. That's the business lobby's line. When it comes to supporting facts, Florida legislators could sooner tell the name of the second deputy defense minister in Burkina Faso than the number of successful product liability lawsuits involving cars over 12 years old or airplanes over 20. There are, as Thrasher says, some loopholes. Another loophole concerns products that the manufacturer warrants to have a longer life.