Posted on 05/07/2022 6:08:21 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A Michigan man who left his car at a dealership for an oil change and tire rotation is being sued after his vehicle was involved in the death of one of the dealership's employees.
Sergio Enrique Diaz-Navarro took his red 2019 Wrangler to a Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership on March 13, 2020, and 19-year-old lube technician Daniel Thompson worked on the car. After the service was complete, the vehicle "lurched forward" as the young employee attempted to operate it, crushing 42-year-old mechanic Jeffrey Hawkins against a cabinet, court records show.
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Never, ever give your keys to a Dealership after you first grab them.
Concur. I fail to see how the Jeep owner is liable...he was nowhere around when the accident occurred.
For failure to keep the Jeep under repair? It was in a repair shop.
Just like guns do.
It wasn’t the Jeep’s fault. The kid couldn’t drive a stick - the Jeep was a stick.
“When you hand your car over to anybody including the valet or the person at the service desk at your local dealership, you better be able to trust that person.” At least that’s what the scum lawyer says. Well, that being the case, who exactly did the owner turn the keys over to? If that person isn’t the one that caused the death, then I’m guessing instant dismissal and counter-suit from hell.
that’s why they’re called “stealerships”. And how can a car just “lurch forward” (unless the car is named Christine). This is just nuts, and I feel for the Jeep owner who has to spend money on a lawyer for a really stupid lawsuit.
Steve Lehto would love to hear this story..
STUPID, arcane legal technicalities!
Don’t see how the owner has any liability, this is on the dealership and their employee.
“the Jeep was a stick.”
Let me tell you a minor story about giving my m/t GMC Suburban to a a local Cadillac/GMC dealership....
Maybe the lawyers here are being smart about this.
1. The family of the deceased employee wants to sue the employer for $15M.
2. Michigan law does not allow them to do this (this is established under the state's worker compensation insurance law), so they sue the owner of the vehicle.
3. Michigan law DOES allow a customer to sue a business establishment, so the insurance carrier for the vehicle owner files a third-party claim for contribution from the business owner.
4. The family of the deceased gets $15M from the vehicle owner. The vehicle owner gets $15M from the business owner to cover his loss. Justice is done.
Well, that totally makes it the owner’s fault!
This is why its difficult to have nice things.
This is the same mentality as those who sue after a successful self-defense with a firearm.
I believe the family wants to get workman’s comp for the death along with a settlement from a law suit. If they sue the dealership they lose workman’s . This way they may pick up a settlement AND workman’s comp.
Sounds like the vehicle owner has a dandy counter suit.
I thought this was a story about fentanyl-laced engine oil….
Insurance is paying, but it’s still BS
Is this a repeat of the Jeep defect that killed the new Star Trek “Checkov” character?
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