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Old May 29, 2003 | 6:36 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fastflyer:
If Airbus knew about the defect, or even about the potential of this defect, and covered it up, then in the US they will lose billions of Euros in liability suits. Probably hundreds of billions. </font>
The trouble is whether the plaintiffs, if successful after appeals and all, will be able to collect from a company based in the E.U. and with relatively few assets in the U.S.
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