This really pisses me off: 2.3million award to drunk who fell in front of atrain

[hardluck]

Drunk man run over by train awarded $2.3 million - CNN.com

The jury ruled Tuesday that Dibble was 35 percent responsible for the accident, so his monetary compensation was also reduced by 35 percent -- from $3,594,943 to $2,336,713.

WTF?!?

 

[VashioStampede]

1. Drink
2. Train station
3. ...
4. Profit

 

[-raven-]

He didn't exactly "fall in front of the train." According to the article he had been lying there and the train operator just ran him over thinking he was an "inert object." If he fell in front of the train, I doubt the train operator would call him an inert object.

 

[Noshbomb]

He got a leg up on the jury

 

[Yaason]

how much money would you accept to lose a leg for life?

 

[Tankbusterx]

He got a leg up on the jury

I see what you did there

 

[hardluck]

He didn't exactly "fall in front of the train." According to the article he had been lying there and the train operator just ran him over thinking he was an "inert object." If he fell in front of the train, I doubt the train operator would call him an inert object.

No he he did just fall in front of the train. Retards should not be granted free money.

 

[TruSoulja]

This angers me as much as the phoenix rancher who was sued by illegal immigrants.

 

[Teknoice]

god bless america

 

[Greywolf]

I hope he has to pay 50% of that in taxes and then the rest of the 75% of it for medical bills

 

[-raven-]

No he he did just fall in front of the train. Retards should not be granted free money.

Re-read the article.

Also, to play devil's advocate, what if a disabled person or a child fell onto the track and then couldn't move or was knocked out during the fall? Do we not expect a train operator to check for things on the track when pulling into a station?

 

[Fling]

I don't. It's a track. Schedules to keep and places to go.

That guy should get nothing.
Fling

 

[BadMoFo]

this makes me angrier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest.

 

[Imposter]

The article doesn't do a great job of describing what really happened, but then that's probably what they're arguing about and there is no 3rd party to ask. How much time did the train driver have to react?

 

[LostDuck]

Personally I didn't think his case had a leg to stand on.

 

[^i^Njal]

Something very similar to this happened where I live. Drunk college kid passed out on the tracks and lost his leg. In his case though, ge admitted he was retarded for letting this happen and there wasn't ever any mention of any lawsuits.

 

[-raven-]

The article doesn't do a great job of describing what really happened, but then that's probably what they're arguing about and there is no 3rd party to ask. How much time did the train driver have to react?

180 feet from the time the operator saw him according to another article on the same case. The operator claims he thought he was looking at a piece of garbage.

 

[anomaly]

but do you think he has the legs to sue in civil court as well?

 

[Noshbomb]

He'll never be able to get back on his feet.

 

[Imposter]

180 feet from the time the operator saw him according to another article on the same case. The operator claims he thought he was looking at a piece of garbage.

How fast was the train moving? How long, in time, did the operator have?