Report: Jaycee Dugard's $20M Settlement Approved

NewsCore ^ | Updated: Thursday, 01 Jul 2010, 1:59 PM EDT Published : Thursday, 01 Jul 2010, 1:59 PM EDT | NewsCore Reports

[GeronL]

There aren’t taxpayers left in California to elect anyone. They should leave, they should have left already.

[commish]

The settlement is the right thing to do, but it is also a "trap" set by the Calif Legislature to corner AHNOLD. They included it as part of a bigger bill after AHNOLD said he would not approve any additional spending.

The settlement was added to a claims bill Wednesday and was passed by the state Senate in a 30-1 vote and by the Assembly in a 62-0 vote. The state has yet to approve a budget, meaning Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger must formally request the measure before signing it.

So, if AHNOLD approves this bill they can attack him for blocking the budget but allowing this spending after saying he wouldn't allow any

If he sticks to his promise and refuses to approve this they bash him with the fact he is denying Jacey her due process.

Remember Democrats NEVER do anything out of the GOODNESS OF THEIR HEART it is always done with an ANGLE and POLITICS in mind.

[hennie pennie]

*ping*

[BunnySlippers]

Yeah, agreed. But if taxpayer dollars are doled out, and they are, she deserves. But, I got you.

[hennie pennie]

I heard that on the very few occasions the parole officer came by to check the creep, that he chatted OUTSIDE in the front yard, didn't even inspect this insane creep's house or backyard.

UTTER MADNESS.

[sodpoodle]

There’s a great case for liability insurance.

All government employees should be required to carry (and pay premiums for) malfeasance, negligence and liability insurance so that taxpayers are not left on the hook in these type of situations.

ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES!!!!!! And the policy underwriters should have access to their personnel records, health history, financial activity etc.,

[Grim]

This is truly insane. This means California taxpayers are on the hook for every crime committed in the state. Of course, this is the legislature being generous with taxpayer money which, incidentally, they don't have at the moment. But it's the thought that counts.

If this stands, it means taxpayers can sue every single individual in every department responsible for their failure to stop or prevent this crime. I suppose by this logic we could also sue every legislator, individually, who sat on a committee that oversees the activities of those departments. Hey, I'm all in favor. Attach their pensions, I say.

[panaxanax]

>>”The California Taxpayers are found guilty of another crime.”<<

>>”There aren’t taxpayers left in California to elect anyone.”<<

Are you arguing with yourself? Which statement of yours is true?

[Graybeard58]

States are passing laws limiting liability for wrongful imprisonment, Now they will have to pass laws concerning the subject of kidnap victims and various parole/probation offices too.

For instance:

Under existing federal law, a wrongfully imprisoned individual can receive a maximum of $5,000, total, in compensation after exoneration, no matter how many years they spent unjustly incarcerated. (28 U.S.C. § 2513).

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/etc/chart.html

State laws vary but legislatures everywhere are busy covering their own asses.

(State chart at the link)

[Graybeard58]

How much would 20 years of a person’s life be worth? Federal law says $5,000......Unbelievable.

[YouGoTexasGirl]

I agree with you about liability insurance for any civil employee who is not at a full time desk job.

I do not think taxpayers should have to dole out money for this, however sad it is. I think the family is partially at fault as was not this man her step father??!

Guess I am just sick of suing, suing, suing for all little and big issues and such large settlements which are mainly pocketed by lawyers and therapists and then we’ll hear the family is broke from frivilous spending.

We are a weak society of wimps and cheats.

[SZonian]

Your last “question” is the answer.

[gibsosa]

NO, this was not her step-dad. He was under a cloud of suspicion the whole time, and when she was abducted I believe he saw it and tried to go after and get her.

[Question_Assumptions]

That’s the fundamental problem with the whole limited liability system of corporations and employment. The entity that gets sued (a coporation, govenrment agency, school, etc.) isn’t really “punished” by the fine the way a person would be and the people responsible for the problem excape any direct consequences for their actions.