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From: scott@hou2g.UUCP (Racer X)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: $1.4M for hitting a cow (Lawsuits and judges that piss me off)
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 10:36:53 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 23 10:36:53 1985
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>The owner of the land was Digital.  The owner of the cow was NOT Digital,
>but a farmer who was renting the land.  J. Random Farmer does not have $1.4M,
>so Digital gets sued.  I believe there was some question about the injuries,
>though I did not follow the case well enough to remember.

I know of a similar occurance of the suer bringing suit against the one 
with money instead of the one at fault (not to say the owner of the cow
above was even at fault).

I was recently a witness to an accident on the NJ Turnpike (and nearly
injured myself, escaping with only a small dent and scratch on my car).
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.

GM simply was the only party even remotely related to the events who 
had money.  Thank goodness *I* didn't get sued.  I don't know if
they were successful or not.


			Scott J. Berry
			ihnp4!hou2g!scott

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