Posted on 05/05/2022 3:55:44 PM PDT by Morgana
The owner of a Jeep became embroiled in a legal nightmare after he handed the keys of his vehicle to a Michigan dealership where a mechanic died while working on his car.
The family of Jeffrey Hawkins, 42, is suing the Jeep owner, who has not been named, for $15million over the death of the veteran mechanic.
Hawkins, a married father-of-four, was killed on March 13, 2020, while changing the Jeep's oil at Rochester Hills Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership in Michigan.
A 19-year-old fellow mechanic, who didn't know how to drive a shift stick and did not have a driver's license, had started the car and removed his feet from the clutch causing the Jeep to jump forward.
Hawkins, who was performing an oil change at the time, was ran over and died instantly.
It is unclear why the 19-year-old mechanic was hired despite his lack of qualifications. A lawyer for the dealership declined to comment.
Under Michigan law, employees cannot sue their employers or fellow staff members for accidents that happen in the workplace.
David Femminineo, an attorney representing Hawkins' family admitted that the lawsuit 'seems unfair' but argued that the man who had taken his Jeep to the dealership is still legally liable for the tragedy.
'If you go to lunch and give your car to someone and an accident happens, you'd be liable for that. Same thing happens here,' Femminineo told DailyMail.com Thursday.
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One would hope your scenario is how it would play out.
David Femminineo needs to suffer Michael Avenatti’s fate.
The attorney is the spitting image of Ben of Lost fame.
Why did the 19 year old start the vehicle during an oil change ? None of this makes any sense……
Or is the Jeep owner richer than the dealership?
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I wonder that, too.
And how about the 19-yo? His trauma should net him an additional $15M.
And stuff like this is one more reason among many why people hate lawyers and think the Courts are a joke.
And it is exactly this sort of ridiculous reasoning and "proecedure" that makes the legal system look like the work of a child.
Natural Law needs to be resurrected.
Happy Friday! This is definitely absurd, but it’s also an outlier.
I've been reading about legal crap for decades, and if it's an outlier, it has a lot of outlier company.
Derick Chauvin is a good example.
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