Driver that struck teen suing dead boy's family

[Yawn]

i think its perfectly understandable that she is distressed (prob not as distressed as the boys family ofc but still CONSIDERABLY traumatised i mean she KILLED SOME1). it makes sense to blame the dead boy for that distress cos he caused the accident by not wearing proper gear, which was completely reckless not only for his own safety but others as well

:S

having said that, to SUE this boys family is pretty messed up

[GommeInc]

She won't win. You can't sue someone for psychiatric injury sustained to someone you don't know - you have to be close to them, regardless of whether or not you killed them to begin with. If she wins, half of the people involved in the Hillsborough Disaster will get pay outs too.

EDIT: Oh it's the US. Meh, depends on the state. They're stricter than us in most of them.

[Joshirin]

I hope someone kills this lady, americans are ******ed

[Kardan]

She won't win. You can't sue someone for psychiatric injury sustained to someone you don't know - you have to be close to them, regardless of whether or not you killed them to begin with. If she wins, half of the people involved in the Hillsborough Disaster will get pay outs too.

EDIT: Oh it's the US. Meh, depends on the state. They're stricter than us in most of them.

So do train drivers not get payouts when they kill people? (Genuine question).

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I hope someone kills this lady, americans are ******ed

Nothing better than grouping all Americans together because of one woman!

[Kyle]

She won't win. You can't sue someone for psychiatric injury sustained to someone you don't know - you have to be close to them, regardless of whether or not you killed them to begin with. If she wins, half of the people involved in the Hillsborough Disaster will get pay outs too.

EDIT: Oh it's the US. Meh, depends on the state. They're stricter than us in most of them.

She is suing for injury to herself, not somebody she doesn't know. Do you mean from someone you don't know?

they could of course bring a countersuit for the exact same thing. she's insane.

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A collision-reconstruction team from the South Simcoe Police Service investigated the crash; their 26-page report found that the “lack of visibility” of the cyclists “was the largest contributing factor,” and that on a dark overcast night, “the driver of the Kia did not see the cyclists on the roadway and was unable to make an evasive reaction

hopefully this poor woman can at least get a new non damaged car out of this smh

[GommeInc]

She is suing for injury to herself, not somebody she doesn't know. Do you mean from someone you don't know?

they could of course bring a countersuit for the exact same thing. she's insane.

That's what I meant, hard to write quickly when it's bonkers to begin with. She hit the boy. Whether or not he was wearing a helmet, you shouldn't drive into people.

So do train drivers not get payouts when they kill people? (Genuine question).

Public liability insurance generally covers that and a mixture of other forms of compensation schemes that come from the Government and not the deceased. Also, a train is faster and less likely to stop or move out of the way of something on the tracks

[Kardan]

Yeah, I suppose. It all depends if she saw the boys before hand I guess. You can't move out of the way if it's already happened.

[GommeInc]

The article says she just drove into the back of them. If she can't use headlights, breaks and/or a steering wheel she shouldn't be a driver. The lawyers will have a field day with her claiming they were incompetent cyclists - she's hardly the cream of the motorist crop ramming in cyclists and then trying to profit from the crime If it was the UK the courts would probably tell her to cough up money for harassing the families, or tell her she can't claim a penny if she genuinely has all these things she's trying to claim for.

[MKR&*42]

Even if these cyclists supposedly didn't wear any reflective gear, why is she not being arrested/charged for driving 10km/h over the speed limit at the very least? As Ryan has said, she shouldn't be a driver... you do not notice a cyclist at the very last half-second before you crash into them,