That money will not bring back your loved ones or ease the pain of losing them?
Current article:
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2...ollision82028/
Here is the original story from 2008:
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2..._i_crash40687/
This wreck happened on May 12, 2008. I remember seeing the pictures of the car after the cement truck rolled onto it. Every morning on my way to work, I see the two crosses in the grass by the rest area where the accident happened.
The family waited a year before filing a lawsuit against the truck driver, trucking company, DOT, and even the manufacturer of the cement truck. Yet it blatently tells you the 15 year old driving the car was at fault by making an abrupt lane change from an on-ramp lane [which eventually goes into a rest area] into interstate traffic. She could have easily kept going into the rest area (slowing down passing through of course), and come out the other side with a second chance to properly merge into traffic. Or switch places with her mother because she was definitely NOT ready to drive on I-26.
In my opinion, there is NO case. The girl driving the car was 100% at fault in this accident. There has been no record of the cement truck speeding, being overloaded, etc. In all honesty, the driver of the truck should be able to sue this family because he was a non-fault victim in this accident. The truck DID have cement in it, as it poured out onto the car once the truck rolled onto it. That late in the day, I doubt it was even close to full. Do people really think these vehicles can stop on a dime or swerve without consequence? Even empty, the truck most likely would have rolled in this situation.
Whats more is that the mother let her 15 year old daughter drive on an interstate just minutes after receiving her learner's permit. My parents would not let me drive on the interstate until I had my license at 17 (got my permit at 16.5, which is the law in NJ) and had driven on regular roads often. I certainly wasn't ready for the interstate right after receiving privileges to drive! There were alternate routes the mother could have had her daughter take once leaving the DMV. Or, she could have driven on the interstate herself instead.
I never stop being amazed by how sue happy many people are. I cant even believe a court would waste their time on this, and think that the judge should throw this case out the window - because really, I dont see a case at all. I know many people would probably say Rob and I would go sue happy if something happened to either of us in a wreck too, but we've both agreed that 1. it wont make our lives better; 2. it wont bring us back to life. And if the accident was either of our faults, we'd have NO place to even consider suing.
Whew. I've been following this story (and just mentioned it to Rob the other day, wondering if the other daughter wishes she had been driving in case she may have done something differently, or if she is glad she wasn't because she'd have done the same and died instead....sometimes I morbidly think of things like that), and I was actually somewhat shocked the lawsuits are coming out now, a year later. There had not been any charges filed against the driver of the truck then, and he has to live his life daily knowing he was involuntarily involved in this accident that claimed two lives.
Current article:
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2...ollision82028/
Here is the original story from 2008:
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2..._i_crash40687/
This wreck happened on May 12, 2008. I remember seeing the pictures of the car after the cement truck rolled onto it. Every morning on my way to work, I see the two crosses in the grass by the rest area where the accident happened.
The family waited a year before filing a lawsuit against the truck driver, trucking company, DOT, and even the manufacturer of the cement truck. Yet it blatently tells you the 15 year old driving the car was at fault by making an abrupt lane change from an on-ramp lane [which eventually goes into a rest area] into interstate traffic. She could have easily kept going into the rest area (slowing down passing through of course), and come out the other side with a second chance to properly merge into traffic. Or switch places with her mother because she was definitely NOT ready to drive on I-26.
In my opinion, there is NO case. The girl driving the car was 100% at fault in this accident. There has been no record of the cement truck speeding, being overloaded, etc. In all honesty, the driver of the truck should be able to sue this family because he was a non-fault victim in this accident. The truck DID have cement in it, as it poured out onto the car once the truck rolled onto it. That late in the day, I doubt it was even close to full. Do people really think these vehicles can stop on a dime or swerve without consequence? Even empty, the truck most likely would have rolled in this situation.
Whats more is that the mother let her 15 year old daughter drive on an interstate just minutes after receiving her learner's permit. My parents would not let me drive on the interstate until I had my license at 17 (got my permit at 16.5, which is the law in NJ) and had driven on regular roads often. I certainly wasn't ready for the interstate right after receiving privileges to drive! There were alternate routes the mother could have had her daughter take once leaving the DMV. Or, she could have driven on the interstate herself instead.
I never stop being amazed by how sue happy many people are. I cant even believe a court would waste their time on this, and think that the judge should throw this case out the window - because really, I dont see a case at all. I know many people would probably say Rob and I would go sue happy if something happened to either of us in a wreck too, but we've both agreed that 1. it wont make our lives better; 2. it wont bring us back to life. And if the accident was either of our faults, we'd have NO place to even consider suing.
Whew. I've been following this story (and just mentioned it to Rob the other day, wondering if the other daughter wishes she had been driving in case she may have done something differently, or if she is glad she wasn't because she'd have done the same and died instead....sometimes I morbidly think of things like that), and I was actually somewhat shocked the lawsuits are coming out now, a year later. There had not been any charges filed against the driver of the truck then, and he has to live his life daily knowing he was involuntarily involved in this accident that claimed two lives.
Its pathetic, really.
