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miked10270 · 06-29-2003, 12:15 PM

Just my $0.02.

Unlike many of the posters I don't think thak thw $30mil is necessarily excessive. I see that the couple have had to have a $hitload of operations and are almost certainly facing a lot of rehabilitation & medical care - and in America that doesn't come cheap. My point is that there may well be justification for the amount awarded.

My issue is with the level of blame attached to the restaurant. I would have assumed that the drunk is at least 90% responsible for his actions. OK, the restaurant invited him, and gave him a load of free / cheap drink... But they didn't tie him up, put him in the car, start the enging and put the shift into drive! In effect the restaurant is perhaps responsible, say partly responsible for the drunk part, but a drunk is only, say, 10% as dangerous as a drunk driver.

I assume (from the fact that the perpetrator was of sufficient stature to be invited to a restaurant opening that he is of some substance and would carry vehicle insurance. He should lose his assets / his insurance should pay out towards the costs & care of the third party.

Mike.

06-29-2003, 12:15 PM	#16 (permalink)
miked10270 Banned Location: Scotland	Just my $0.02. Unlike many of the posters I don't think thak thw $30mil is necessarily excessive. I see that the couple have had to have a $hitload of operations and are almost certainly facing a lot of rehabilitation & medical care - and in America that doesn't come cheap. My point is that there may well be justification for the amount awarded. My issue is with the level of blame attached to the restaurant. I would have assumed that the drunk is at least 90% responsible for his actions. OK, the restaurant invited him, and gave him a load of free / cheap drink... But they didn't tie him up, put him in the car, start the enging and put the shift into drive! In effect the restaurant is perhaps responsible, say partly responsible for the drunk part, but a drunk is only, say, 10% as dangerous as a drunk driver. I assume (from the fact that the perpetrator was of sufficient stature to be invited to a restaurant opening that he is of some substance and would carry vehicle insurance. He should lose his assets / his insurance should pay out towards the costs & care of the third party. Mike.