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A friend of the family was driving our van in a fairly deserted warehouse district of Queens, NYC on his way to The Home Depot. Past a green light he saw a van on his right side rip towards him and attempted to swerve to the left and accelerate past. It didn't quite work.
The other driver sped off after the collision. There wasn't enough time to grab a license plate number so practically no one to find out who the responsible party was. He went for a few back checkups and stopped working for several months as an independent contractor to get some rest.
Almost a year later, we get a summons to appear in court, having a suit of $5,000,000 filed against us as well as the friend for reckless driving, compensatory and aggravated personal damages, blah blah blah.
The trial was quite funny. (You have to keep in mind our family is immigrant Eastern European) Apparently the "poor trodden down Mexican" guy and his lawyer were trying to pull the race card, along with trying to justify how badly banged up he was due to "our" fault in the accident. Although he was working as a carpenter previously, it hurt him so badly that now he's doing electrician and plumbing jobs (all which require a large amount of lifting and range of motion). Witnesses testified towards our version of the facts.
Some people should be used to feed the zoo carnivores.
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