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Remember, they have INSURANCE, and won't go out of business because of this. Their insurance company lawyers handle everything. The track does not hire an attorney. The track does not dish out any money for an attorney. The will not go under because of this!
p.s. I am NOT for suing at all, I am just pointing out what happens when someone gets sued.
2) Don't assume an insurance company won't pull its policy or raise rates prohibitively after a claim, frivolous or not.
And, you can always go to another insurance company to get a different policy if they raise rates.
Insurance companies are corporate greed times 1,000!!! The worst lawyers are those who work for insurance companies!
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Progressive insurance sent a lawyer to court to defend a guy that killed another driver.
The driver ran a red light and broadsided a car killing a young woman who was insured by Progressive.
Progressive tried to argue that she was at fault and not the driver that ran the red light and killed her.
Just so they wouldn't have to pay a legitimate claim the policy she had purchased.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/transportation/cars/progressive-…
I have to just sit here and shake my head after I read what you said happened.......as in " what did he expect"? Everyone "hopes" to get out of a practice day or race day unharmed.......but sometimes that doesn't happen.
And another thing......how in the world would this be the tracks fault? They can't control what the riders will do on the track.....and even though it was you he got tangled up with......this kind of stuff happens.
Keep us updated on the what is going on with it if you have time. I'd be curious to know.
So they will go after everyone involved to try and recoup some money.
We were having a party at our house for our kids T-Ball team one year. One parent shows up with a volleyball net and sets it up in the yard. He then proceeds to break his ankle playing volleyball. He had insurance. But guess who started asking where the accident happened and then started quizzing about my insurance coverage? Yep, the insurance company was looking for some money. I just told them I had no homeowners insurance. I was not going to do their work for them. Guess they didn't want to put any effort into it either because nothing ever became of it.
Unbelievable.
Don't you just love being the host on deals like this.
Did the guy even ask you if he could bring it?
Approximately 20 other motocross riders were practicing on the track when RIDER arrived—there was not a race occurring at the track. RIDER put on his goggles, helmet, and chest protector, and proceeded to ride his motorcycle on the track. RIDER had been riding on the track for approximately 30 minutes when he went up a ramp for a jump and fell, landing on the downslope of the ramp, which placed him outside of the view of the other riders. RIDER was not hurt, and proceeded to stand and pick up his motorcycle. Approximately 30 seconds later, a motorcyclist on the track struck RIDER. Approximately 20 seconds after that collision, a second motorcyclist struck RIDER. RIDER's initial fall took place near a platform where a person employed as a “caution flagger” would typically stand. From the platform, a “caution flagger” can see riders who have fallen down, and then alert other riders, who are unable to see fallen motorcyclists, that there is a fallen motorcyclist on the track. There was at least one caution flagger at the track when RIDER fell; however, at the time of the fall, the caution flagger was not on the platform near the location where RIDER fell. RIDER saw a caution flagger on the far side of the track from where he fell, and he saw the caution flagger run towards him prior to being struck by the second motorcyclist.
I hear people on all levels feels frustrated because law suits are way to common, and has taken over common sense in many areas. Heard teachers not being allowed to do their work properly because dysfunctional parents sued teachers from anything from hugging the wrong crying children to their kids falling down from "dangerous" jungle gyms...
The collective good has become secondary to personal greed. Nothing wrong with the lawyers (don't blame the players like FTE) it's the justice system that's flawed for me. I saw this ad every time I went to the track. Kind of symbols the madness for me.
That said, New Mexico tends to be a plaintiffs' friendly state, not all of them are.
Not quit understanding your logic here... Some of the dumbest things I have seen at a track with equipment operators were riders...and heck I now alot of people that build airplanes that have no idea how to fly one, doesnt make them incompetent to do their job properly...
I personally dont think that being a dirt bike rider has any thing to do with it, I would say as a society we are lacking in common sence department when it comes to doing something that could put someone elses life in danger...
She wasn't the one who was driving the car when they went to Micky Ds, her son was. She was burned so horribly is was insane! Have you, BuDz34, seen the pictures? It was like someone took a blow torch to her upper leg, it was incredibly awful. If you haven't seen the pictures, you shouldn't be commenting.
Micky Ds knew their coffee was super hot and they had been burning people for years. They had complaints but did nothing about it.
Pit Row
ie..., go after everyone else's insurance company!
The sweat pants Liebeck was wearing absorbed the coffee and held it next to her skin. A vascular surgeon determined that Liebeck suffered full thickness burns (or third-degree burns) over 6 percent of her body, including her inner thighs, perineum, buttocks, and genital and groin areas. She was hospitalized for eight days, during which time she underwent skin grafting. Liebeck, who also underwent debridement treatments, sought to settle her claim for $20,000, but McDonald's refused.
If someone is ignorant enough to stick something between their legs that they now fully well could burn them(and if you have drank coffee or hot chocolate you know that) then it is their own stupidity and it should of never seen the inside of a courtroom. Its not like they gave her a cup and the cup failed.
Liebeck placed the cup between her knees and attempted to remove the plastic lid from the cup. As she removed the lid, the entire contents of the cup spilled into her lap.
During discovery, McDonalds produced documents showing more than 700 claims by people burned by its coffee between 1982 and 1992. Some claims involved third-degree burns substantially similar to Liebecks. This history documented McDonalds' knowledge about the extent and nature of this hazard.
McDonalds also said during discovery that, based on a consultants advice, it held its coffee at between 180 and 190 degrees fahrenheit to maintain optimum taste. He admitted that he had not evaluated the safety ramifications at this temperature. Other establishments sell coffee at substantially lower temperatures, and coffee served at home is generally 135 to 140 degrees.
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm
Unfortunately our society is always looking for someone else to blame, and someone always has to pay.
You and Tapakwiman don't even know the story and you are commenting on something you don't even know about. You are following the TMZ gossip trail on that story!!!!! The story the insurance companies through out!
Originally she sued for only $20,000 (medical bills plus future med bills), but Micky's only offered her $800! She ultmately received, $640,000.
That is a very dangerous precedent.
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