I seem to recall a scene from the TV show “Parks and Rec”:
“I made my money the old fashioned way — I got run over by a Lexus!!”
“Yeah, man, I still can’t believe you got all that money; you were barely hurt.”
“Do you want to get run over? Because I know a guy ...”
What kind of “Army sargeant” gets his foot caught while grabbing a watermelon?
Walmart has those electric riding carts ,he should use them
The whole “Trial by jury of your peers” was built on the concept of “peers” being reasonable, educated, moral people. I wonder what this jury was made of?
I know someone who got a similar settlement for doing almost the exact thing on a loading dock. She was laid up for 6 months.
Wasn’t 7 million but it was 7 figures.
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And people wonder why the cost of so many things is so high.
And why storefronts are having a hard time competing with Amazon.
Can’t break your hip on the edge of a palette there.
Does this set a precedent for being able to sue the V.A.? -- just askin'
Time to ban wooden pallets.
Wooden pallets are dangerous.
Gun stocks are made from wood.
There wood pallets are part of the dangerous gun conspiracy.
$7,500,000? Wally will pay this from petty cash. Or, rather, their insurance company will.
Most of these types of cases get overturned on appeal but it is still crazy a jury would do such a stupid thing!!!
And his attorney got 1/3.
Did he have some other pre-existing condition that would make the severity of the accident more likely?
Too break one’s pelvis from tripping and falling straight down implies the person had osteoporosis or weakened bones to begin with. Was he on some sort of steroid?
An award or settlement was proper, but this size seems excessive. $5. ‘punitive’? Why must they be punished?
Does he think it was done deliberately?
I wish they’d ban the whole concept of “punitive damages”. It strikes me as ex post facto.
Walmart’s Loss Mitigation Department attorneys are recommending the chain stop selling the boneless jungle hams.
Should be appealed and the judgment thrown out in favor of a decision that is 1) reasonable and 2) includes some % of the person’s own assumption of risk.
Tort reform:
Jury only assigns percentage based upon split of liability. Can range from 0 to 100 percent but the some of all parties must equal 100.
Awards to be limited to:
Cost of medical treatment, past current and future
Plus lost wages
Plus court fees
Plus legal fees (prevailing rate, both sides)
x3 if party is found to be willfully negligent (violation of law)
x2 if party is found to be negligent (no violation of law but reasonable expectation of care)
x1 if party is found to be at fault (causes injury but not a lack of care)
Add up the cost of the award
Apply multipliers
Apply percentage based on Jury finding
subtract the lesser amount from the greater ammount
The remainder is the award.
FIVE MILLION in addition to all medical bills??? Ridiculous.
Tort Reform Now!
Watermelon? That sounds RACIST !!!
Is never being able to walk again worth $7.5 million?
To me, it isn’t.