The decision by a lower court judge to not hold an airport in new Jersey liable for damages to an aircraft struck by a sleeping driver has been upheld by a state appeals court this week.

The suit was filed originally in 2006 after a driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed through the chain link fence separate Teterboro Airport tarmac from the road. The driver then crashed into a plane owned by Potomac Aviation Services.

The company promptly sued the airport, alleging that they failed to provide adequate protection for the airplane and that they parked it in an unsafe location,

At issue were federal and industry guidelines for the type of fencing that was used to cordon off the airport property. The aviation company maintained that chain link fencing was in violation of safety measures.

However, the airport was found not liable for the damages. “There is nothing presented that in common sense or fairness convinces us that defendants’ duty to exercise reasonable care over plaintiff’s plane or to provide a reasonably safe place for it to be parked included an obligation to install guide rail or other protective devices,” the judges concluded.

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A New Jersey man was arrested in Pennsylvania for driving the wrong way on the Pennsylvania Turnpike for nearly 10 miles on Wednesday, according to police.

The man was driving a car with New Jersey plates and the only way that police could stop him was by ramming him with a jersey barrier near mile marker 21 in Beaver County, about 20 miles west of Pittsburgh.

He was arrested for causing three or four crashes, said Lt. James McFadden.

When interviewed, the man told a reported “Yeah, I’m fine. All good,” before saying, “I have no clue” when asked what happened.

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