[raydan]

There is a crime victime compensation in Canada, Brenda, but this happened in the USA. Although I know the program does exist there, I think it's a State-by-State thing.

[andyt]

Brenda Brenda:

For cases like this, there should be a fund to help out these people. I am sure that is too "socialist" for most, but shit like this can happen to ANYBODY.
So, it should be mandatory to have insurance on your car. A percentage of every payment should go into a fund, so when shit like this happens, kids do not have to sue their parents, but can go to that fund, and get compensated that way. Then the fund can sue the perp, and try to get their money back. The victims are double victimized now, and THAT is never a good thing.

It probably is mandatory to have insurance in that guys' state. It certainly is in Canada. And this girl would be covered by dad's insurance.

The reason they are suing is that dad's insurance didn't pony up enough money for the treatments she needs. Your fund would likely also have limits on what it pays out. Not sure anybody would be further ahead in that scheme.

And victim's compensation doesn't pay out much either.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

andyt andyt:

Brenda Brenda:

For cases like this, there should be a fund to help out these people. I am sure that is too "socialist" for most, but shit like this can happen to ANYBODY.
So, it should be mandatory to have insurance on your car. A percentage of every payment should go into a fund, so when shit like this happens, kids do not have to sue their parents, but can go to that fund, and get compensated that way. Then the fund can sue the perp, and try to get their money back. The victims are double victimized now, and THAT is never a good thing.

It probably is mandatory to have insurance in that guys' state. It certainly is in Canada. And this girl would be covered by dad's insurance.

The reason they are suing is that dad's insurance didn't pony up enough money for the treatments she needs. Your fund would likely also have limits on what it pays out. Not sure anybody would be further ahead in that scheme.

And victim's compensation doesn't pay out much either.

Nope, it sure don't. My ex step daughter was attacked by a goof with aids. When she turned down his request for a date, he attacked and bit her. (This same asshole was known to have infected over 20 women in Canda and the Caribbean).
Her victim's compensation payout was $25,000 for what is essentially a death sentence.

[QBall]

andyt andyt:

QBall QBall:

$1:

While he may seem the most obvious target for a lawsuit, Squillaciotti -- who was convicted of two counts of attempted murder and weapons charges and is currently serving a 13- to 26-year jail term -- has no assets, and his insurance would actually not apply because the shooting was intentional. The former Marine has also been diagnosed wtih schizophrenia.
The suit does name his wife and passenger, Chastity Squillaciotti. as a defendant, climing that she bears some responsibility because she knew about her husband's mental health issues, but neglected to prevent him getting behind the wheel while aggravated.

Wow, the lawyer for the kid has some balls. Not only is he suing the dad but the passenger of the other vehicle? After the weasel takes his cut of any settlement, assuming there is one, the kid is going to be left with very little as I doubt any judge/jury is going to hold the dad or other guy's wife liable, or if they are their liability is going to be very small.

If they find dad liable, it will be dad's insurance company that will have to pay. That's the whole point, since dad has no assets and is brain damaged so can't work. We've seen this sort of thing before, where a kid sues a parent with the parent's full collusion because it's the only way to get the insurance company to pay up.

One thing the weasel lawyer understands that you don't seem to is that if there's only a very small award made, his cut of that small award will also be very small (since they take a percentage of the award) and not worth his time. So he's obviously decided that it's worth the risk for a big payout by dad's insurance company. If there was no weasel lawyer involved in this case, the girl would get diddly squat. If you were involved in an accident, good bet you'd be running to a weasel lawyer too - the more weaselly the better.

The only reason the shooter isn't being sued is that he has no insurance and no assets.

This is a Hail Mary shot by the lawyer. The law schools are churning out so many lawyers every year that many of them will take any case. Better a piece of a small pie than no pie at all. The lawyer is hoping for an out-of-court settlement, period. Why else would you sue the passenger of the other vehicle?

[DerbyX]

PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:

Nope, it sure don't. My ex step daughter was attacked by a goof with aids. When she turned down his request for a date, he attacked and bit her. (This same asshole was known to have infected over 20 women in Canda and the Caribbean).
Her victim's compensation payout was $25,000 for what is essentially a death sentence.

My sympathies. Not to start anything (just playing devils advocate) but how much should victims get? This money is all coming right out of the tax payers pocket.

[gonavy47]

Maybe we should start shooting the lawyers?

[Brenda]

gonavy47 gonavy47:

Maybe we should start shooting the lawyers?

Nah, we should just not put everyone who wants to through law school, only to become sleezeball lawyers... There are wayyyy to many... Makes you wonder why they are still so expensive??

[DerbyX]

This is similar to the case I posted about a year ago where the lawyers of the "occupant" in a car that crossed over into the oncoming lane and crashed head on into another car actually sued the victims in the other car and justified his actions. Despicable lawyers who shame their profession.