Guilty as sin
Posted on 07/06/2009 5:22:08 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SACRAMENTO -- The state will pay $335,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman former state Sen. Carole Migden rear-ended after a wild 30-mile drive in Solano County, attorneys in the case said Monday.
Several motorists called 911 after seeing the San Francisco Democrat weaving in and out of traffic on Interstate 80 and Highway 12 on May 18, 2007, in her state-issued Toyota Highland hybrid sport utility vehicle. At one point, Migden sideswiped a guardrail on I-80 near American Canyon Road.
"She's been on the phone and reading a book, doing about 80 miles per hour," one driver said in his 911 call. "She's really scary."
Migden's drive came to an abrupt halt when she rear-ended a 2005 Honda sedan driven by Ellen Butawan, who was slowing for a red signal light at the intersection of Beck Avenue and Highway 12 in Fairfield, the California Highway Patrol said.
Butawan, now 33, who suffered minor injuries, sued the state and Migden in Solano County Superior Court last year. The state has agreed to pay $335,000 to settle the suit, said Steven Gevercer, supervising deputy attorney general.
The state defended Migden because the crash happened while she was acting within the scope of her state employment, Gevercer said.
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The state has agreed to pay $335,000 to settle the suit,
Guilty as sin
And we taxpayers are responsible because?
That vehicle can go fast enough to weave in and out of traffic?
Exactly!
Brother.
Somehow, this story seems like a metaphor for our current President's reign in office.
And in the end, we taxpayers will get stuck with the bill.
Re-elect her, give her a leadership role, a pay raise, and an honorary certificate of achievement. That’s the logical next step in this lunatic state.
Any other tax paying citizen peon would have been arrested *on the spot* for reckless driving.
Yes they do and will arrest you for reckless driving.
Again, government employees and elected officials prove once more that in many incidents, they are simply above the law.
Waist Mismanagement Broad.
Migden, 60, lost her seat last year to Democratic rival Mark Leno and is now on the Integrated Waste Management Board.
She lost her seat so they give her a job. This is why this state is sinking fast
Wow...I thought Phil Spector was locked up?
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