makes me reconsider my aversion to NC being a contributory negligence state.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/18/drunk.amputee.payout/index.html?iref=hpmostpop

Basically, extremely drunk fucker falls on subway tracks in NY. Gets run over and loses a leg. Jury awards him 2.3 million dollars, saying the subway train driver was 65 percent responsible because he could have stopped in time.

Sorry if old.

2/19/2009 11:01:03 AM

wtf world

2/19/2009 11:06:27 AM

for the record, my leg is for sale for $2 Million. IT'S A BARGAIN!

2/19/2009 11:08:08 AM

i wouldn't give my leg up for $2m

i kind of enjoy not being an invalid

2/19/2009 11:10:34 AM

so the driver was negligent...

2/19/2009 11:11:19 AM

the fact that he was drunk makes me think he deserved to lose the leg due to stupidity

had i been on that jury, i'd have refused to give him anything

2/19/2009 11:12:14 AM

In NC, the drunk could have gotten much more because even though he was contributorily negligent, the subway driver had the last clear chance to avoid the accident.

I wish I knew what I was talking about. In reality, I am a blathering idiot.

2/19/2009 11:13:35 AM

[Edited on February 19, 2009 at 11:13 AM. Reason : nm]

2/19/2009 11:13:43 AM

shit, have you seen the technology in prosthetics these days? I would easily give up a limb for $2 Million.

2/19/2009 11:13:58 AM

me too

2/19/2009 11:14:25 AM

He shouldn't have been awarded even one penny.
He should've had to pay for 100% of his own medical costs, for the rest of his life.
He should've had to pay to repair any damage to the subway or track.
He should've had to pay for lost subway business during repairs.
He should've been sued by the driver for emotional distress, and have had to pay for the drivers' therapy.
He should've been charged with public drunkenness, prosecuted, found guilty and sentenced.
But, instead, he gets millions of dollars.

Most american laws have truly ceased to make any sense. This crap has to stop.

Does anyone disagree that him having simply been killed by the subway would've been better?

2/19/2009 11:14:49 AM

yes, well, i have the most amazing orgasms when a lovely lady strokes my right leg

so i guess it depends on which leg i'd lose

2/19/2009 11:15:18 AM

^^ No, cause then you have to worry about wrongful death lawsuits by the family.

2/19/2009 11:16:24 AM

Quote :

"Smiley added that Dibble's drunkenness did not excuse the driver, who said in a court deposition that he mistook Dibble for an inert object."

So if instead of it being a drunk person it was huge (person-sized) chunk of steel on the tracks, I guess everything would have been ok.

[Edited on February 19, 2009 at 11:17 AM. Reason : ]

2/19/2009 11:17:27 AM

Stimulus package!

2/19/2009 11:23:51 AM

Quote :

"In NC, the drunk could have gotten much more because even though he was contributorily negligent, the subway driver had the last clear chance to avoid the accident."

Nope, not even close to true.




There are no subways in NC.

2/19/2009 2:29:28 PM