Easy there Big Mike! What if we discovered that Caucasians had double the probability of loss that African Americans had. Would we have a responsibility to set rates accordingly, or would that be considered racist?
There’s no details on why they were liable because they weren’t liable. They settled outside of court, which could be a legal expense saving play. Parents sued the police dept citing failure to investigate, which sounds pretty weak to me.
“This amount is being paid as a compromise settlement of a disputed claim, liability for which is expressly denied by the city of Waterloo and the Travelers Co., and the payment of the above sum does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of any person,” City Attorney Jim Walsh wrote in the settlement terms summary.
settling this out of court does not truly make sense, unless the city felt it was going to pay more in legal costs then actually defending the city like it should have. how would the bus driver to know that because it was a neighbor that this tragedy was supposed to happen? was this person a pedifiler prior to the incident? if so, where was the parents responsibility to know that? if they filed because of the police department, that does not make sense since they found him guilty of the grevious crime. i think they just wanted to find extra money including the attorney (mainly the attorney). it’s a shame that we can’t stop these frivilous lawsuits no matter how small. i know that this was settled out of court, but the burden is not on the city. these lawsuits would stop, if we charged back the costs back to the plaintiff for all costs. this would unburden the courts and stop some of the backlog.
Let’s be honest. The city caved in because this invovles a certain “minority” group that, as Ally aptly points out, always sues. The city didn’t want to have to deal with the possibility the plaintiff’s would play the only card they have in their deck…..DISCRIMINATION. Yes, I said the “D” word. That certain ethnic “minority” has put the ball in play so let’s call it what it is and stop dancing around it.
Defense counsel should have filed for S.J. Court have to stop catering to plaintiffs who “claim” something exists when it does not. In this case, liability. NO NEGLIGENCE, NO LIABILITY, NO MONEY.
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What kind of crack is that, Ally? Why not mention the “perceived” ethnicity of the two killers, while you’re at it, huh? Good grief!!
Easy there Big Mike! What if we discovered that Caucasians had double the probability of loss that African Americans had. Would we have a responsibility to set rates accordingly, or would that be considered racist?
There’s no details on why they were liable because they weren’t liable. They settled outside of court, which could be a legal expense saving play. Parents sued the police dept citing failure to investigate, which sounds pretty weak to me.
“This amount is being paid as a compromise settlement of a disputed claim, liability for which is expressly denied by the city of Waterloo and the Travelers Co., and the payment of the above sum does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of any person,” City Attorney Jim Walsh wrote in the settlement terms summary.
Judging by the names of the two un-married individuals who purported to being the grieveing parents, I don’t think they were European or Asian.
pretty lousy job of explaining why the city was found liable in this case. Claim Journal: you get a D-.
A “D” is being waaaay to generous
agreed.
settling this out of court does not truly make sense, unless the city felt it was going to pay more in legal costs then actually defending the city like it should have. how would the bus driver to know that because it was a neighbor that this tragedy was supposed to happen? was this person a pedifiler prior to the incident? if so, where was the parents responsibility to know that? if they filed because of the police department, that does not make sense since they found him guilty of the grevious crime. i think they just wanted to find extra money including the attorney (mainly the attorney). it’s a shame that we can’t stop these frivilous lawsuits no matter how small. i know that this was settled out of court, but the burden is not on the city. these lawsuits would stop, if we charged back the costs back to the plaintiff for all costs. this would unburden the courts and stop some of the backlog.
Let’s be honest. The city caved in because this invovles a certain “minority” group that, as Ally aptly points out, always sues. The city didn’t want to have to deal with the possibility the plaintiff’s would play the only card they have in their deck…..DISCRIMINATION. Yes, I said the “D” word. That certain ethnic “minority” has put the ball in play so let’s call it what it is and stop dancing around it.
Defense counsel should have filed for S.J. Court have to stop catering to plaintiffs who “claim” something exists when it does not. In this case, liability. NO NEGLIGENCE, NO LIABILITY, NO MONEY.
that always sues?
People in my area usually always sue – no matter what their race may be -when they have come to harm at the hands of another.
Racist much?