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From: mmar@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Mitchell Marks)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: $1.4M for hitting a cow (Lawsuits and judges that piss me off)
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Date: Sat, 24-Aug-85 02:55:11 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 24 02:55:11 1985
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> An elderly couple was rear-ended and driven into a guard rail by a
> drunk driver (some kids in a parents car) going 85 or so.  Neither the 
> kid driving nor his parents had enough money to satisfy the victims, so
> they proceeded to sue GM, *the maker of their car*!!!!  There were no
> defects in their car, nor did any negligence on GM's part contribute
> to either the cause, unavoidability, or severity of the accident.

How do you know the assertion in your last sentence?  Are you real sure
there were no defects, etc?  I'd say that remains to be seen -- that's
presumably part of the suit.
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            -- Mitch Marks @ UChicago 
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