Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!hplabs!hp-pcd!john From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Re: $1.4M for hitting a cow (Lawsuit Message-ID: <4000042@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 16:18:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.4000042 Posted: Tue Aug 20 16:18:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 14:38:04 EDT References: <984@sphinx.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 21 Nf-ID: #R:sphinx:-98400:hp-pcd:4000042:000:805 Nf-From: hp-pcd!john Aug 20 12:18:00 1985 <<< < Subject: Re: $1.4M for hitting a cow (Lawsuits and judges that piss me off) < < Okay, it sounds excessive. But before we agree on that all the way, < why didn't you say anything about the injuries that plaintiff sustained < or claimed that she had? < Or are you saying that the owner of the land (& the cow) has no < responsibility in the matter anyway? < -- Mitch Marks @ UChicago < 1.4 Million is not as outrageous as it may seem. If you are 21 years old and make at least $25K a year then your lifetime earnings will probably exceed that. If you are disabled to the point that you cannot work the rest of your life because of someones negligence then that could be a fair settlement. You need more facts than the orginal poster provided. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john