On that we agree, Lee. I remember watching this as i’m outside of Philadelphia, close to Camden, when it all unfolded. Those families are peices of crap ghetto dwellers and should be in jail for their allowing this to happen. Instead the get to shake down a compnay AND still have a pending lawsuits against the City. For what?? The only thing the City should be sued for is allowing this scum to exist.
The comments about the “ghetto dwelling” parents is what is disturbing. I have seen these comments from time to time and am always amazed that I probably encounter people that think this way in business. The truth is that greed (and stupidity) knows no bounds…
I am not hiding either I am Maria. I do completely agree. Just because it might be a poorer area doesn’t matter. You would be suprised at how everyone can be greedy whether you are rich or poor. Oddly enough I have seen more that are better off be more greedy in my life so far.
My first assumption was that they suffocated in the trunk. However, there should be a whole lot of air in the back of a broken down Toyota. What was the cause of death? Something is not right here.
What I never understood about this is why the kids did not call out when they were searching for them? I remember playing in an old junk yard with my brother and we were in the front seat and could hear my mother calling out our names. We knew they were looking for us and answered. Something just doesn’t seem right about this.
David, I agree that while we are all angry with the parents, name calling does no good. As insurance professionals, we all know that there is generally not a “stupidity exclusion” in our policies, and that our legal system has gotten completely out of hand. I read a great book a while ago that discusses how, not so long ago, it was considered shameful for the legal profession to advertise for clients. Now, we cannot even watch TV for 5 minutes without some sort of commercial drumming up clients for a class action suit. We have made it so easy to shift responsibility for our actions everywhere but to ourselves. As long as lawyers continue to run our country (check out how many of our government officials are lawyers), we will continue to have laws that favor a litigious society. However, as professionals, we should be exhibiting the behaviors we want others to emmulate. Name calling is not one of them.
the almighty dollar stands out on this frivilous lawsuit. wonder if the money they gotten from Toyota is going to be used to pay the lawyer for the lawsuit against the city? i think toyota settled out of court just because. if it went truly went to court, it might have been worse on the family for their grave error. toyota probably thought that it cost lest to settle vs going to court and having the family pay not only financially but emotionally. the CITY on the other hand, will fight tooth and nail. our society today is so much into everyone’s is responsible instead of their own. it’s ridiculous.
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On that we agree, Lee. I remember watching this as i’m outside of Philadelphia, close to Camden, when it all unfolded. Those families are peices of crap ghetto dwellers and should be in jail for their allowing this to happen. Instead the get to shake down a compnay AND still have a pending lawsuits against the City. For what?? The only thing the City should be sued for is allowing this scum to exist.
The comments about the “ghetto dwelling” parents is what is disturbing. I have seen these comments from time to time and am always amazed that I probably encounter people that think this way in business. The truth is that greed (and stupidity) knows no bounds…
I am not hiding either I am Maria. I do completely agree. Just because it might be a poorer area doesn’t matter. You would be suprised at how everyone can be greedy whether you are rich or poor. Oddly enough I have seen more that are better off be more greedy in my life so far.
My first assumption was that they suffocated in the trunk. However, there should be a whole lot of air in the back of a broken down Toyota. What was the cause of death? Something is not right here.
My guess would be heat stroke and/or dehydration, not suffocation.
What I never understood about this is why the kids did not call out when they were searching for them? I remember playing in an old junk yard with my brother and we were in the front seat and could hear my mother calling out our names. We knew they were looking for us and answered. Something just doesn’t seem right about this.
That makes me wonder if they were put there, or if they were never looked for that hard.
David, I agree that while we are all angry with the parents, name calling does no good. As insurance professionals, we all know that there is generally not a “stupidity exclusion” in our policies, and that our legal system has gotten completely out of hand. I read a great book a while ago that discusses how, not so long ago, it was considered shameful for the legal profession to advertise for clients. Now, we cannot even watch TV for 5 minutes without some sort of commercial drumming up clients for a class action suit. We have made it so easy to shift responsibility for our actions everywhere but to ourselves. As long as lawyers continue to run our country (check out how many of our government officials are lawyers), we will continue to have laws that favor a litigious society. However, as professionals, we should be exhibiting the behaviors we want others to emmulate. Name calling is not one of them.
the almighty dollar stands out on this frivilous lawsuit. wonder if the money they gotten from Toyota is going to be used to pay the lawyer for the lawsuit against the city? i think toyota settled out of court just because. if it went truly went to court, it might have been worse on the family for their grave error. toyota probably thought that it cost lest to settle vs going to court and having the family pay not only financially but emotionally. the CITY on the other hand, will fight tooth and nail. our society today is so much into everyone’s is responsible instead of their own. it’s ridiculous.