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Posted on 04/05/2013 5:34:38 PM PDT by InMemoriam
Trayvon Martin's parents have settled a wrongful death claim, reportedly for more than $1 million, against the Florida homeowners association where their son was killed.
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Under the terms of the settlement, Trayvon's parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, agreed to drop their wrongful death claim as well as claims for pain and suffering, loss of earnings and expenses.
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Knowing how these things work, I'd say the association's insurance carrier simply put a pencil to paper and figured out how much it would cost to defend the association in the lawsuit -- and then just settled out of court.
Weez rich!
WOW....didn’t listen to Rush today! What a true STATEMENT!!!!
SIGH.....
These Rotney King lookalikes will speand every p[enny of that million in 6 months.
They will be Obama rich only spending their blood money instead of our taxes.
They deserve no more.
I guess they’ll next go after hoodie manufacturerers and the vendors who sell them. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
“’We are living in a dying country.’ - Rush Limbaugh, April 5, 2013.”
Yup.
“We are living in a dying country.” - Rush Limbaugh, April 5, 2013
El Rushbo is right - as always. Sadly, I never thought I would hear him say that. But, since November 6, I most strongly concur.
They should not have payed a cent. The boy tried to kill a watchman.
“Wait a minute. Isn’t one feature of the castle doctrine and stand your ground that you cannot be sued in civil court for defending yourself?”
They didn’t sue Zimmerman, they sued the HOA.
Sorry, but if someone is trying to cause death or serious injury to you, and you kill that person in self-defense, it’s not wrongful death. The homeowner’s association whimped out. And now shootings in self defense will be followed by lawsuits. Oh well, I guess it’s better to be sued than to be dead.
“They often decide to settle rather than take the chance on an unfavorable verdict.”
If there was a settlement it contained a confidentiality agreement. That’s why there hasn’t been anything published about how much the settlement was for. Hell, it could have been for $10...or $10 million. But my suspicion is any settlement would have been much closer to the former than to the latter.
The amount in the settlement is not known, and supposedly not to be made public by any involved party.
This is a Crump “avoid the appeal of the denial of a court ordered deposition” move.
Well, I guess the entire shakedown operation had to hurry up and happen before the opportunity for reparations from deep pockets was lost.
George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin.
That's a fact, and not disputed by anyone.
Am I alone in wondering what justice was served by this settlement?
Zimmerman isn't personally paying for it.
We don't know if it was murder, or justifiable self-defense yet.
Here in Texas, yes. If the grand jury finds the shooting justified, there won’t be a civil suit.
Of all the crap I’ve read in the last few weeks, this is the most disgusting. It truly is time for a civil war.These people have been awarded money because their son was an attemted murderer.How much more slap in the face are we supposed to take? I’m not going to sleep well tonite.
How much of that money do you suppose they will still have when Geeorge Zimmerman wins a civil lawsuit aginst them and their deceased son? Imagine some of that money going to George Zimmerman.
Will this have any effect on George Zimmerman’s trial? The homeowner’s association is essentially saying that Martin’s death wasn’t his own fault.
Your comment is offensive. While I believe Zimmerman is getting a raw deal, Trayvon is dead and doesn’t believe to be called names like that.
A person’s life is valued around future earnings. 20-30 yrs at 40-50k is around $1M. The insurance company didn’t want a $10-20M award (and don’t forget the legal hours the case would eat) and settled for the lowest amount if they lost.
Let’s find out who the insurance company is so we’ll know who not to buy insurance from before they can throw us to the hyenas.
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