Allstate adjuster walks thru & around our home. Documents issues… this is a result of flood, this is a result of wind-damage” Goes back to Allstate… waiting for check… it never arrives… but they have conveniently ‘REASSIGNED” the honest adjuster. the next guy, “the closer” is ruthless. doesn’t care what the first adjuster says, he doesn’t care… tells us he doesn’t care and then offers us about $3000. This is about a $50K difference!!! Then I hear from other friends, neighbors, co-workers… All of the insurance companies are doing the same thing! Tell me they’re not in it TOGETHER!!
Exactly why consumers should not buy insurance from companies like Allstate or 21st Century. You are just inviting a nightmare. How this ties into the moran who runs over his child on a lawnmover, I don’t see. Anyone with common sense would turn off the lawnmover when a 4 year old comes near it. I feel very sad for the little girl but it’s not John Deere’s resonsibility. Maybe people should be required to pass a common sense test or a driving test in order to be able to drive a lawnmover.
Tragic injury that will garner a lot of sympathy and there will be a compromise settlement. John Deere is a responsible manufacturer that produces a quality product. The father had no business driving a riding mower in reverse without proper lookout. The proximate cause is his gross negligence. The fact that there was a switch to over-ride the safety mechanism is secondary. The father obviously didn’t check the safety precautions available when he started the mower. No company should be expected to idiot-proof every product in the world.
I agree with “Dread”. I cut myself shaving, so I sue Gillette?
I trip over my laces playing hoops, so I sue Nike?
I shoot marbles with a slingshot at a tiger in a zoo and get mauled, so I hire a sleaze-ball atty & sue the entire City?
When will this madness end?
Just think how wealthy Homer Simpson could be!
Let us not forget possible contributory negligence on behalf of any turf fertilizer / weed & feed which may have exacerbated the growth rate of the lawn.
Its nice to see intelligent comments about this madness in Product Liability suits. A horrible tragedy but when will these people take responsibility for their own stupidity/negligence?!!!
I sure hope, but do not expect, Deere & the retailer defend this one & not compromise on a settlement. Time for carriers to suck up the expenses & not pay these claims.
I am not familiar with Oregon law, but I sure hope that they do not have joint and several liability.
I own a riding lawn mower and I have 3 children under 10 years old. They are not even allowed to be anywhere close to the area that I am mowing, regardless of whether I am going forward or backward. May seem like an overprotective father, but I just don’t believe in taking any chances with any instrument that can cause major injuries, including fatalities. if you ask me, the father is at least 90% at fault. What is his defense, “i would have ‘mowed’ her over while in reverse, but I certainly didn’t expect the blades to be cutting her leg off”?
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Allstate adjuster walks thru & around our home. Documents issues… this is a result of flood, this is a result of wind-damage” Goes back to Allstate… waiting for check… it never arrives… but they have conveniently ‘REASSIGNED” the honest adjuster. the next guy, “the closer” is ruthless. doesn’t care what the first adjuster says, he doesn’t care… tells us he doesn’t care and then offers us about $3000. This is about a $50K difference!!! Then I hear from other friends, neighbors, co-workers… All of the insurance companies are doing the same thing! Tell me they’re not in it TOGETHER!!
YOU ALL MAKE A PONIT AND SHOW JUST HOW KINDed YOU ARE WHEN SOMEONE GOSE THEW SO MUCH. Remmber what goes around comes around.
Learn how to spell and utilize something more than 3rd grade grammar, & perhaps we’ll TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY.
Exactly why consumers should not buy insurance from companies like Allstate or 21st Century. You are just inviting a nightmare. How this ties into the moran who runs over his child on a lawnmover, I don’t see. Anyone with common sense would turn off the lawnmover when a 4 year old comes near it. I feel very sad for the little girl but it’s not John Deere’s resonsibility. Maybe people should be required to pass a common sense test or a driving test in order to be able to drive a lawnmover.
Tragic injury that will garner a lot of sympathy and there will be a compromise settlement. John Deere is a responsible manufacturer that produces a quality product. The father had no business driving a riding mower in reverse without proper lookout. The proximate cause is his gross negligence. The fact that there was a switch to over-ride the safety mechanism is secondary. The father obviously didn’t check the safety precautions available when he started the mower. No company should be expected to idiot-proof every product in the world.
I agree with “Dread”. I cut myself shaving, so I sue Gillette?
I trip over my laces playing hoops, so I sue Nike?
I shoot marbles with a slingshot at a tiger in a zoo and get mauled, so I hire a sleaze-ball atty & sue the entire City?
When will this madness end?
Just think how wealthy Homer Simpson could be!
Let us not forget possible contributory negligence on behalf of any turf fertilizer / weed & feed which may have exacerbated the growth rate of the lawn.
Its nice to see intelligent comments about this madness in Product Liability suits. A horrible tragedy but when will these people take responsibility for their own stupidity/negligence?!!!
I sure hope, but do not expect, Deere & the retailer defend this one & not compromise on a settlement. Time for carriers to suck up the expenses & not pay these claims.
I am not familiar with Oregon law, but I sure hope that they do not have joint and several liability.
I own a riding lawn mower and I have 3 children under 10 years old. They are not even allowed to be anywhere close to the area that I am mowing, regardless of whether I am going forward or backward. May seem like an overprotective father, but I just don’t believe in taking any chances with any instrument that can cause major injuries, including fatalities. if you ask me, the father is at least 90% at fault. What is his defense, “i would have ‘mowed’ her over while in reverse, but I certainly didn’t expect the blades to be cutting her leg off”?