Comments on: Liability roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/07/liability-roundup-19/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:58:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Melvin H. https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/07/liability-roundup-19/comment-page-1/#comment-339058 Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:58:22 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=60169#comment-339058 On what grounds could the deceased’s family sue for millions?

]]> By: Hugo S Cunningham https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/07/liability-roundup-19/comment-page-1/#comment-338965 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:44:03 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=60169#comment-338965 My father, an attorney specializing in defending (and negotiating) airline lawsuits, told me of a flying club who were spitting mad at a guy who rented one of their airplanes with an obvious (in hindsight) intent to crash it in a suicide. They wanted to sue his estate for the value of the plane, but wiser heads (including their attorneys) talked them out of it. Factually, they probably had a case, but if they ticked off the deceased’s family, it was easy to imagine a countersuit collecting millions of dollars.

]]> By: wfjag https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/07/liability-roundup-19/comment-page-1/#comment-338962 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:12:48 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=60169#comment-338962 Woman Sues Construction Company For Allowing Man To Kill Himself By Jumping From Hi-Rise And Landing On Her Car”:

“After Sabbatino’s body hit Donna Crockett’s car, she got out and saw ‘brain and other internal bodily matter splattered across her vehicle and the surrounding scene,’ the lawsuit alleges.

The suit says Crockett had never before seen a body and the experience left her ‘shocked, overwhelmed, panicked, distressed and completely distraught.’”

I guess that Crockett doesn’t play video games or watch Game of Thrones.

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