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Corporate

Apr. 10, 2012

Titanic: one hundred years later, what has changed?

Like Titanic's owners, corporations today benefit from an artificial limitation of liability.

Eric B. Kingsley

Partner, Kingsley & Kingsley APC

Labor & Employment

16133 Ventura Blvd #1200
Encino , CA 91436

Phone: (818) 990-8300

Fax: (818) 990-2903

Email: eric@kingsleylawyers.com

Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA

Eric is the former board chair of the Anti-Defamation League's Los Angeles Region.


One hundred years ago this Saturday, the infamous Titanic hit an iceberg and sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic. The tragedy of the sinking is its complete avoidability. The hubris of a company that declared her unsinkable and failed to plan for any disaster sealed the fate of the 1,500 souls who died that fateful night. Had the White Star Line properly trained its crew and provided sufficient lifeboats, few would have died. By comparison, with almost twice the number aboa...

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