“Driver sues families of crash victims”

Vermont: “The driver in a [one-car] fatal accident in Westmore two years ago has sued the families of the two [passenger] victims of the crash. Charles Meyer and his mother Julie Jensen, who had a summer home in the area, said they have been the subject of critical public sentiment and claim that the two […]

Vermont: “The driver in a [one-car] fatal accident in Westmore two years ago has sued the families of the two [passenger] victims of the crash. Charles Meyer and his mother Julie Jensen, who had a summer home in the area, said they have been the subject of critical public sentiment and claim that the two other teenagers were partly responsible for their deaths.” The legal action appears to be in the nature of a counterclaim before the fact against the families, who are expected to sue Meyer over his role as driver and Jensen for having entrusted the car to the youths. “Meyer, 14, was driving without a license.” (AP/Boston Globe, May 28; Sam Hemingway, “Westmore double-fatal takes another odd turn”, Burlington Free Press, May 28).

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