this has got to stop

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » May 24, 2007 9:20 pm

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=a ... &type=lgns

Get over it, the kid Messed up, he died.. no one to blame but the person
who drank and drove..
I'm sorry that he went so young. BUT IMHO each person
is responsible for themselves..

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » May 24, 2007 9:25 pm

agreed there, Wayne

flyboy55 · Post by **flyboy55** » May 24, 2007 9:37 pm

Yeah.

Having the 'world by the tail' and everything to live for doesn't immunize one from foolishness and tragedy.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » May 24, 2007 9:49 pm

flyboy55 wrote:Yeah.

Having the 'world by the tail' and everything to live for doesn't immunize one from foolishness and tragedy.

well and the father sueing the Bar..

flyboy55 · Post by **flyboy55** » May 24, 2007 10:00 pm

ragtopW wrote:
flyboy55 wrote:Yeah.

Having the 'world by the tail' and everything to live for doesn't immunize one from foolishness and tragedy.
well and the father sueing the Bar..

AND the tow truck driver AND the guy he was helping . . .

I should have been a lawyer.

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » May 24, 2007 10:10 pm

So you're speeding down the highway drunk, yakking on a cell phone, without a seatbelt and when you run into a tow truck trying to help a stalled car it is the fault of the driver of the stalled car and the tow truck driver????

Who would even dream of bringing a case like this??? If I were his family I would be apologizing to the tow truck driver not suing him

Big Jimmy · Post by **Big Jimmy** » May 24, 2007 10:15 pm

Well I hate to say this-- But I do not think his family has any recourse with the tow truck driver or people in the car. The only people he can sue is the people who supposedly overserved him. Who knows if he was drinking in his truck on the way and threw out the bottle.

His family should be more worried bout the tow truck driver sueing them.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » May 24, 2007 10:19 pm

Is the father going to sue the Person on the other end of the cell call too??

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » May 24, 2007 10:26 pm

Why do you think you sign a release when you go some tailgates?

I know that my husband attends "after hours" social functions with employees, but is very careful to ensure that he never pays for alcohol for them...only food.

There have been cases where people who brought their own alcohol to parties at someones home then left have been able to hold the host of the party liable for the accident they later had.
The host "should have" kept the person at their home till they sobered up, even though the host didn't directly serve them any alcohol.

Even people trying to avoid driving while intoxicated who were ASLEEP in their own PARKED car have been cited for DUI because they were in the drivers seat instead of some other seat in the vehicle. How nuts is that?

Rant over.

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » May 25, 2007 1:29 am

It's all about "the money he would have made" had he lived,
not about the insane justification for blaming everyone else.
If you see any chance at grabbing big bucks, you sue.

bocanuts · Post by **bocanuts** » May 25, 2007 1:35 am

Sue What!

Tequila Revenge · Post by **Tequila Revenge** » May 25, 2007 1:42 am

ragtopW wrote:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=a ... &type=lgns

Get over it, the kid Messed up, he died.. no one to blame but the person
who drank and drove..
I'm sorry that he went so young. BUT IMHO each person
is responsible for themselves..

We have a local bar that does EVERYTHING it can to entice the young barely 20 somethings in. Every Thursday is $1.00 well drinks

The bar DOES NOT HELP parents trying to help thier kids, "grow up." I agree everyone MUST be responsible for thier actions, but what we don't need is the peer pressure and the discount bar at the same time. They may lose thier license for thier poor actions.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » May 25, 2007 8:09 am

They forgot to sue Ziplock for making the baggie he had his pot in.

And they could sue the cab company that they didn't call when the bar offered.

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » May 25, 2007 8:52 am

This is another one of those lawsuits that makes headlines when it is filed, nobody hears about it when it gets tossed out of court.

green1 · Post by **green1** » May 25, 2007 9:41 am

You can almost hear Darwin blowing the whistle and yelling "Ok you, yeah you, out of the pool now!"

All of these people shoudl counter sue the family for the emotional trauma this original lawsuit is bringing them.

CapnK · Post by **CapnK** » May 25, 2007 9:59 am

don't forget the car company! It shouldn't have let him drive being so plastered.

Sue 'em all, let the Justice system sort 'em out.

STL PARROTHEAD · Post by **STL PARROTHEAD** » May 25, 2007 10:45 am

Oh you should hear the buzz here in STL!!!!!!!
What a shame!

We liked him, but ya know what????? HIS fault!!

Now, his family is making a joke about the whole thing by sueing everyone they can get their hands on!!!
a$$holes!!!!

k, done now......... feel better

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » May 25, 2007 10:54 am

Sadly, we live in a victim society. Everything we do wrong is always somebody else's fault. Nobody can be held accountable for their actions. They were deprived of Jello as kids, or McDonald's made their coffee too hot, or the bar actually served them drinks when they ordered them.

People have to man up and be accountable for their own actions. It's called free will people. You make a choice or make a mistake, well, deal with the damn consequences.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » May 25, 2007 10:54 am

We need a "loser pays" legal system. It would stop every dipstick in the country from filing suits like this if they had to pay the other sides legal expenses after the judge threw their sorry ass out on the street.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » May 25, 2007 10:55 am

SharkOnLand wrote:Sadly, we live in a victim society. Everything we do wrong is always somebody else's fault.

The Oprahization of America

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