GOOD GOD... We've got so many STUPID people in this state! Now the taxpayers get stuck with a $9 MILLION bill, because a DRUNK motorcyclist hits a pig on his motorcycle.
Even the wife gets a cool $.5 million... how nice of them!
Who are these IDIOTS!!??
I gotta get outta hear in a few years, this place is LOCO!!
I do not know anyone who believes that the deer strike was anyone else's fault but mine. Wild life cannot be held at fault, and short of sterilizing the Earth, humans cannot be held accountable for the wildlife's behavior. A sign would not have changed the interaction one iota.
Why wait “a few years” to leave?
8.6 million for hitting a pig while drunk?
On the bright side, think how much they would’ve awarded him if he’d claimed to have hit a pink elephant.
the state made a big mistake by putting up those signs. By doing so they gave the impression that they should have known to do so sooner. Otherwise I don’t see how negligence by the state could be proven.
That amount certainly does seem just a bit over the top. I wonder how much he’s actually going to get though? I’m sure the $8.6 million will first be used to pay his medical bills. If he’s in a wheelchair, no telling how much that was. And you know the lawyers are going to skim 1/3rd off the top. By the time it’s all said and done, he might be getting $100k. I know when my wife was in an accident many years ago, (other driver fell asleep and came across the road). She was in a coma for a week, hospitalized for a month, and was unable to work for 1/2 a year. After paying the hospital bills, and lawyer, she walked away with a whopping $23,000.