The mayor of Valparaiso is looking into suing in the US over a National Geographic documentary that shows what the effects of an earthquake would be on the Chilean town. (Matt Malinowski. “Valparaiso considers lawsuit against National Geographic”, Santiago Times, Aug. 8). Hat-tip to reader F.R., who reports “The following article in Spanish adds some information. The city is consulting with Chilean politician and lawyer Jorge Schaulsohn (who per other sources studied at Benjamin Cardozo Law School and is admitted to practice in New York). Schaulsohn states that it makes sense to bring this lawsuit only in the U.S., and that the damages that can be recovered there are ‘of a different nature and amount’ (presumably compared to those recoverable in Chile).”
Overlawyered Chile edition
The mayor of Valparaiso is looking into suing in the US over a National Geographic documentary that shows what the effects of an earthquake would be on the Chilean town. (Matt Malinowski. “Valparaiso considers lawsuit against National Geographic”, Santiago Times, Aug. 8). Hat-tip to reader F.R., who reports “The following article in Spanish adds some […]
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If this one goes through, there truly is no hope for the US anymore. What do you need al-Qaida for when you have ATLA (oops! sorry: AAJ)
No where in the article do they claim that anything in the documentary is patently false. Only that, if people saw it and thought that the scenarios presented in it were accurate, that their tourism may be adversely impacted. I’m not a lawyer, but wouldn’t they need to prove that the projections NG made in a ‘what-if’ scenario are not true?