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Posted on 11/30/2004 7:55:58 AM PST by wallcrawlr
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Former U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow will not have to pay any money out of his own pocket for an accident that killed a Hardwick, Minn., man.
The lawyer representing Randy Scott's family said today that he will let stand a federal judge's ruling that Janklow was on duty Aug. 16, 2003, when he sped through a stop sign near Trent.
That means federal taxpayers, not Janklow, would pay any monetary awards from a wrongful death lawsuit because Janklow is covered by the Federal Tort Claims Act, which protects federal employees from negligence claims when they're on duty.
The federal judge now will dismiss the civil lawsuit against Janklow and the Scott family will file a new claim against the U.S. government.
Janklow, 65, was elected to the House in 2002 after serving 16 years as governor. He resigned from Congress in January, spent 100 days in jail for the criminal convictions and paid a fine.
Ronald Meshbesher of Minneapolis, the Scott family lawyer, said he decided on no further appeals because it likely would take too long to get a ruling and was ``an uphill battle.''
He said he has two years from the day of the accident to file a claim with the government but an appeals decision could take longer.
``I think the law is wrong but that's just the way it is,'' Meshbesher said. ``The government is picking up his problem and taking him off the hook completely.''
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Outrage piled upon outrage.
Shocking!
I'd go to jail for a year if i was promised Janklow would be my cellmate the entire time.
The terror I would instill in that SOB would make the devil himself "Giggle" with joy.
RIP Randy Scott.
The lawyer is letting it stand because the US govt has deeper pockets.
This is just another example of the priveleges that an elected official gets when in office. If a military member commits a crime, the military quickly cuts the ties that bind and the military member is on their own to deal with any civil/criminal litigation after the military has taken their pound or two of flesh out of them.
The govt needs to let this guy go out on his own and let him fend for himself!
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this POS needs to be in a crowded jail cell with multiple "bubbahs" for a loooong time
The results of lawyers making laws - enforcing laws - judging laws.
HITLERs
This is sickening.
Our tax dollars at work ~ Bump!
How do I get one of those "commit crimes with impunity" passes?
Janklow's free pass is only temporary. His judgement day will come . . .
This ought serve as a caution for those about to enter the voting booth.
See post # 10.
Nice ride. :)
I hope a drunk driver takes him out, because we're not only getting no justice, we have to pay for his evil actions?
Damn government.
They're not giving up - they're going to steal a lot more money from taxpayers (who committed no wrong against them) instead.
If they were "giving up", they'd give up, instead of filing a new lawsuit against the taxpayers.
Maybe some federal employee can post relevant law or policy. I was a state employee for 18 years. If someone was drunk driving and sppeding the state was free to not pay damages since the person was violating the law, even though on-duty. Law violations, outside-the-scope of duties, were standard exceptions to the state indemnifying the employee.
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