LAWS MADE BY LAWYERS =33.3% OR 7.9 MILLION IN THIS CASE. YES WE NEED REFORM THE SOONER THE BETTER. IF THE PEOPLE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE COURT SYSTEM THEY WOULD REVOLT. NOT JUST THIS SILLY AWARD OF 24 MILLION.
It means that Progressive DID know he had a conviction, and that if it were for DWI his license was suspended. Through the regular means of a claim investigation, I would find it hard to believe they didn’t know whether or not it suspended. It means that Progressive should have taken steps to REMOVE him from the roads be not arranging a rental car for him. And responsible for his own actions? If I’m responsible for a car accident, my insurance pays… this is the concept of insurance. Progressive was his company, so the responsibility was partially theirs. Progressive loves to insurance high risk people in Texas, so it was just a matter of time before they got drug into something like this.
Now, do I think toyota should have been involved? no…. But I do think there were other things involved that people are just overlooking and saying it’s bad tort. These people shouldn’t be able to get insurance, they need to get off the road, and as long as there are companies like Progressive making it easier for them to stay on the road, this stuff is going to keep happening.
I see all of the comments on liability, cost to carriers, fianancial impact analysis, etc., but I don’t understand.
Where is the outrage, after the first DUI,, the person was allowed to be in society?
Put them in jail for thirty years after the first conviction. By doing this, we (society) will solve the potential financial impact issues and many families will still have a living mom, dad, sister and brother.
Hmm, but this may be too simple for the mass to understand. Go ask a grieving family member, they will help to explain the facts.
i dont know about prison for 30 years for the FIRST DUI. I DONT wanna be paying his room and board as a taxpayer for his porn cable tv and law school education in prison!
i think with the FIRST DUI you take away his license for 10 years.
with the SECOND you make him a coinsurer for up to 50 % of his assets toward the cost of the claim.
AND jail him for 10 years.
the THIRD time you can throw away the key, or if its a homicide, try him for murder 1. (it WAS with malice aforethought…he got behind the wheel, didnt he??) and execute the bastard .
a violation should be tantamount to a conviction.
All the comments about the ridiculous award are from persons who have never been the victim of a drunk driver. When you consider that at best dui drivers are third and fourth time offenders. I am a victim and I say, that if the police and courts don’t do their jobs to protect us they juries should! None of us deserve to leave home in the morning and put ourselves and families at the mercy of an idiot drunk driver!! What if it were your wife, daughter, mother or father that were killed or seriously injured by one of these idiots and you discovered this was their third or fourth offense? How ridiculous would the award be then?
I worked with Helen at a Kidney Dialysis facility in Houston. She would go in every morning before anyone and set up early for the patients to get their treatments. This facility was on the East side of Houston near the ship channel. Commonly known as the rough side of town. That is why she was out so early in the morning. She was the D. O. N. for that facility. She would work 7 days a week sometimes just to keep up with her damanding schedule. Since she was the D. O. N. she didn’t have to do patient care but she did. Most days she would work 12 hours and I never saw her sit and eat lunch for longer than 15 min. She received awards for having the best results for her patients based on their blood evaluations. Dialysis patients rely on good treatments to give them a better quality of life. These patient quality of life was not the same after her death. Her son was also killed by a drunk driver. She was a great woman.
My vrey dear friend Phoenix was killed by an intoxicated driver 2 years ago by someone named Jeffrey Tate. I found this article while I was looking up articles regarding my friends death and I got chills. I wonder if Huntsville felt a sence of Deja Vu this month when Jeffrey Ross Tate ended up there after he was convicted.
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LAWS MADE BY LAWYERS =33.3% OR 7.9 MILLION IN THIS CASE. YES WE NEED REFORM THE SOONER THE BETTER. IF THE PEOPLE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE COURT SYSTEM THEY WOULD REVOLT. NOT JUST THIS SILLY AWARD OF 24 MILLION.
Actually, I work for Allstate. You don’t see us arranging rental cars like Progressive does.
It means that Progressive DID know he had a conviction, and that if it were for DWI his license was suspended. Through the regular means of a claim investigation, I would find it hard to believe they didn’t know whether or not it suspended. It means that Progressive should have taken steps to REMOVE him from the roads be not arranging a rental car for him. And responsible for his own actions? If I’m responsible for a car accident, my insurance pays… this is the concept of insurance. Progressive was his company, so the responsibility was partially theirs. Progressive loves to insurance high risk people in Texas, so it was just a matter of time before they got drug into something like this.
Now, do I think toyota should have been involved? no…. But I do think there were other things involved that people are just overlooking and saying it’s bad tort. These people shouldn’t be able to get insurance, they need to get off the road, and as long as there are companies like Progressive making it easier for them to stay on the road, this stuff is going to keep happening.
Yes, the award is too high, but just because the award is too high doesn’t take away possible negligence on their part.
Regardless of negligence, the award is ridiculously high. A reasonable award would have been sufficient.
Why punish the consumer, so attorneys and ONE family can claim victory and $24 Million?
Anyone knows or should know that companies who have to pay out large amounts of money usually shift the cost back to the consumer.
I see all of the comments on liability, cost to carriers, fianancial impact analysis, etc., but I don’t understand.
Where is the outrage, after the first DUI,, the person was allowed to be in society?
Put them in jail for thirty years after the first conviction. By doing this, we (society) will solve the potential financial impact issues and many families will still have a living mom, dad, sister and brother.
Hmm, but this may be too simple for the mass to understand. Go ask a grieving family member, they will help to explain the facts.
i dont know about prison for 30 years for the FIRST DUI. I DONT wanna be paying his room and board as a taxpayer for his porn cable tv and law school education in prison!
i think with the FIRST DUI you take away his license for 10 years.
with the SECOND you make him a coinsurer for up to 50 % of his assets toward the cost of the claim.
AND jail him for 10 years.
the THIRD time you can throw away the key, or if its a homicide, try him for murder 1. (it WAS with malice aforethought…he got behind the wheel, didnt he??) and execute the bastard .
a violation should be tantamount to a conviction.
All the comments about the ridiculous award are from persons who have never been the victim of a drunk driver. When you consider that at best dui drivers are third and fourth time offenders. I am a victim and I say, that if the police and courts don’t do their jobs to protect us they juries should! None of us deserve to leave home in the morning and put ourselves and families at the mercy of an idiot drunk driver!! What if it were your wife, daughter, mother or father that were killed or seriously injured by one of these idiots and you discovered this was their third or fourth offense? How ridiculous would the award be then?
I worked with Helen at a Kidney Dialysis facility in Houston. She would go in every morning before anyone and set up early for the patients to get their treatments. This facility was on the East side of Houston near the ship channel. Commonly known as the rough side of town. That is why she was out so early in the morning. She was the D. O. N. for that facility. She would work 7 days a week sometimes just to keep up with her damanding schedule. Since she was the D. O. N. she didn’t have to do patient care but she did. Most days she would work 12 hours and I never saw her sit and eat lunch for longer than 15 min. She received awards for having the best results for her patients based on their blood evaluations. Dialysis patients rely on good treatments to give them a better quality of life. These patient quality of life was not the same after her death. Her son was also killed by a drunk driver. She was a great woman.
My vrey dear friend Phoenix was killed by an intoxicated driver 2 years ago by someone named Jeffrey Tate. I found this article while I was looking up articles regarding my friends death and I got chills. I wonder if Huntsville felt a sence of Deja Vu this month when Jeffrey Ross Tate ended up there after he was convicted.