I guess it depends on his wife on the lawsuit. Depends on what kind of person she is and if she has enough money to survive with him gone. I guess it also depends on if the seatbelt sign was on and if he was wearing it. I read about a case recently where some lady was planning on suing an airline - I seem to recall the article saying she would probably lose because she went to the bathroom with the seatbelt sign on, she said, "Everyone else was doing it" but unfortunately they hit turbulance while she was in - broke her neck. Sad, but not the airlines fault - in that case. My dad was in risk mangement - if you're not following the "rules" the company is rarely liable.
THe only reason I knew about the head trauma thing was because of a law and order episode...
It was jarring hearing him yelling from my TV this morning - very surreal. Didn't make me appreciate the commercials any more... lol From what I heard about him, he was a nice guy who refused to hawk anything that he didn't believe in. I believe that, nothing works better on wood floors than Orange Glo.