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BBtB · 06-29-2003, 04:01 PM

Rat, nice human intrest peice there. Really tugs at heartstrings and all. Of course, there is very few facts in the whole thing and they are surrounded by mental imagery. We have no idea how much this man had to drink. You are so quick to say he must have been falling off his ass drunk. So drunk that anyone could look at him and quickly notice he was drunk. Whats to say he didn't have two beers? Would he not then be considered a drunk driver? He probably would but there is a decent chance that the beer did not have much to do with the accident. Did anyone take his BAC? Maybe but it sure wasn't mentioned in this article. The point is there is alot of assumptions we could jump to with this particular case but what about as a whole? So all restaurants and bars should be responsible for what the person does both there and atleast on their way home? What if he stops at a friends for 20 minutes then leaves again? Are you STILL responsible for him till he gets home or just till the friends house? But what if his friends is a block away, he stops there to pick up one thing then drive home, still intoxicated from your bar. Are you THEN responsible for him? What if he smoked pot in your parking lot? He WAS on your property at the time. What if he isn't even drunk. What if you just served him some really good ribs and he got all loggy? What if on his way home he is thinking about those ribs and just sorta drifts asleep for a second. He then wakes up in a ditch. Are you responsible for that? Maybe he should have ate (drank?) less. Is that last scenario as plausible? Now but I am sure it has happened before. What if he is a trucker? What if he stops to get something to eat at midnight. What if he asks for caffinated coffee and you give him non caffinated? He then falls asleep killing a family of four in a VW. You are of course directly responsible.

And 39 million being fare based just on medical bills? Okay I don't know what doctor you are going to but he is ripping you off. I mean it IS expensive but I highly doubt it exceeded even 100K and probably wasn't even that much. I mean even if I did think outback was responsible (which I don't) I don't think they should get more then 200K. That should pay their medical bills as well as put a nice down payment on a decent home.

06-29-2003, 04:01 PM	#19 (permalink)
BBtB ClerkMan! Location: Tulsa, Ok.	Rat, nice human intrest peice there. Really tugs at heartstrings and all. Of course, there is very few facts in the whole thing and they are surrounded by mental imagery. We have no idea how much this man had to drink. You are so quick to say he must have been falling off his ass drunk. So drunk that anyone could look at him and quickly notice he was drunk. Whats to say he didn't have two beers? Would he not then be considered a drunk driver? He probably would but there is a decent chance that the beer did not have much to do with the accident. Did anyone take his BAC? Maybe but it sure wasn't mentioned in this article. The point is there is alot of assumptions we could jump to with this particular case but what about as a whole? So all restaurants and bars should be responsible for what the person does both there and atleast on their way home? What if he stops at a friends for 20 minutes then leaves again? Are you STILL responsible for him till he gets home or just till the friends house? But what if his friends is a block away, he stops there to pick up one thing then drive home, still intoxicated from your bar. Are you THEN responsible for him? What if he smoked pot in your parking lot? He WAS on your property at the time. What if he isn't even drunk. What if you just served him some really good ribs and he got all loggy? What if on his way home he is thinking about those ribs and just sorta drifts asleep for a second. He then wakes up in a ditch. Are you responsible for that? Maybe he should have ate (drank?) less. Is that last scenario as plausible? Now but I am sure it has happened before. What if he is a trucker? What if he stops to get something to eat at midnight. What if he asks for caffinated coffee and you give him non caffinated? He then falls asleep killing a family of four in a VW. You are of course directly responsible. And 39 million being fare based just on medical bills? Okay I don't know what doctor you are going to but he is ripping you off. I mean it IS expensive but I highly doubt it exceeded even 100K and probably wasn't even that much. I mean even if I did think outback was responsible (which I don't) I don't think they should get more then 200K. That should pay their medical bills as well as put a nice down payment on a decent home. __________________ Meridae'n once played "death" at a game of chess that lasted for over two years. He finally beat death in a best 34 out of 67 match. At that time he could ask for any one thing and he could wish for the hope of all mankind... he looked death right in the eye and said ... "I would like about three fiddy"