Thread: Katrina rescuer is sued by boat owner

And they wonder why people stand by and watch things happen. Save someones life and get sued. Its crazy. People are afraid to make a move to help and with all the money hungry people its no wonder.

I am happy that man. Helped to save lives. He is a hero not a theif! He only borrowed it to save lives. People can be so freaking gready at times.

He stated why he didn't return it.

after delivering 15 people to dry ground on Claiborne Avenue near the Orleans-Jefferson parish line, Morice said he parked the boat there and left it for other rescuers to use.

Originally Posted by Blackerose

What I'd like to know is why he didn't just return it when he was finished with it?

And to everyone who says he should have left a note...

"Next time there's a major storm or natural disaster and I'm called to save lives, I'll try to remember to bring a pen and paper," he said.

He DID go back and let them know-probably as quick as he could with the situtation down there

Sometime in September or October, Morice returned to the home on State Street Drive and spoke to Lyons' wife, he said, explaining why he had taken their boat. He later e-mailed the Lyons a picture of him using the boat to rescue people.

If he was underinsured that's his own damn fault.

I'm not sure of how many, if any, of the past posts on this subject came from people directly effected by Hurricane Katrina. I actually live in Mississippi and the storm itself was tragic to say the least. However, for a fellow American that suffered loss himself to sue another over something so frivouls as a BOAT?? Unfortunately, a year later, we see and hear stuff like this every night on the news. We hear of people claiming 6 or 7 different addresses that were destroyed just to get more FEMA money illegally. The storm was bad enough but people like this are just pouring salt into an open wound. My fiancé and I opened up our home, which only sustained minimal damage, to two separate families. People needed to come together at a time like this and if that met borrowing your boat to save people then so be it. I knew people that were siphoning gas out of their personal vehicles to give to rescue workers just so they could get back out there to help. Then the same night you hear of someone who put a gun to a gas haulers head just because they had to wait in line a few hours to fuel up their vehicles.

What is the world coming to? Suing over a boat when there were people dying all around us??

Sorry for rambling, just something I am passionate about.

I have some experience in what happens when the flood waters come. We were flooded out of our home from the aftermath of hurricane Floyd back in 1999. At one time, there was 4-6 feet of water standing inside of my house. It took us over a week to get into my neighborhood and even then we had to take a boat and drive it up to my front door. We lost everything that we owned, but what we went through was not even close to what those people in New Orleans have suffered. In those times, you feel like you are living in third world country and you do what you have to do to survive, the hell with what others think is politically correct.

If the boat owner was really that concerned about his boat, first and foremost he would not have left the keys in it and secondly he would have moved it out of harms way before the storm hit. To go back now and sue the man who saved all of those lives is ridiculous. The boat owner regrets that he didn't carry adequate coverage on the boat to cover his entire loss. That is why he is looking for someone to sue for the $12,000.

Andrea

What a jerk!!! My god, people needed to be saved and this man is only concerned about his stupied boat..He had to sue of all things??? OMG...

It's so clear that the owner of the boat does not care why the boat was used
in savings lives....I hope the judge gives the boat owner NOTHING!!!!!!!
And teach the jerk that life is much more important and shame on him!!!!!

The boat is gone and GOOD!!!!!!

I am so glad that the guy who saved lives is a hero!!! And leave this guy ALONE....