California man wins suit over airplane toilet ice that damaged his boat SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) =97 A Santa Cruz man won a suit against American=20 Airlines alleging that one of the company's planes released two chunks of=20 toilet waste, known euphemistically as "blue ice," onto the skylight his=20 boat. After the chunks came crashing down and damaged his boat, Ray=20 Erickson tracked down the plane =97 American Airlines Flight 1950 =97 and= sued=20 in small claims court. He receive'd the court's ruling in the mail Friday.= =20 A judge ordered the airline to pay him $3,236 =97 almost the entire amount= =20 Erickson had sought. Mike Fergus, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation=20 Administration, was surprised at the decision. "I'll be darned," said=20 Fergus, who hadn't heard of any similar suits succeeding before. The=20 airline has 30 days to appeal the ruling. Airline officials could not be=20 reached to comment Saturday. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Mas Site: www.tntisland.com/tntrecords/mas2003/ Site of the Week: http://www.carib-link.net/naparima/naps.html TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************