2012-01-14, 11:16 AM
MasPan Wrote:As absurd as this is, I support the decision - even though his death was an accident, he put himself in that situation via excessively reckless/careless behavior and as a result he injured someone else. It's reasonable to expect that the cost of medical treatment be covered by the person responsible for the injury, even in the case of an accident.
Agreed. Trying to outrun the train has a foreseeable risk of being hit by the train causing immediate death and the flight of one's body. I don't see the issue here or cause for concern/uproar. It does suck for the estate though.
EDIT: After having read the article, the blogger believes the lawsuit to be frivolous and immoral. I disagree. This woman was injured at no fault of her own and sustained injuries, likely loss of work, time recuperating, and having to deal with memories of a dead person's body parts flying at her. Also, her medical insurance likely requires her to sue the estate to get any coverage at all. If you want to bring up an issue here, have a problem with such poor health care in America that it compels a person to sue a dead teen's estate to pay for medical bills.
