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Michigan car owner sued after Jeep kills mechanic during oil change
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| 05/07/2022
| Landon Mion
Posted on 05/07/2022 6:08:21 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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This is insane
To: ChicagoConservative27
Never, ever give your keys to a Dealership after you first grab them.
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:13:40 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: ChicagoConservative27
"This is insane" Concur. I fail to see how the Jeep owner is liable...he was nowhere around when the accident occurred.
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:15:18 PM PDT
by
Wonder Warthog
(Not Responding to Seagull Snark)
To: ChicagoConservative27
For failure to keep the Jeep under repair? It was in a repair shop.
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:17:51 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: ChicagoConservative27
That Jeep just up and killed the mechanic all by itself.
Just like guns do.
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:18:49 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
To: Larry Lucido
It wasn’t the Jeep’s fault. The kid couldn’t drive a stick - the Jeep was a stick.
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:20:01 PM PDT
by
coloradan
(They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
To: ChicagoConservative27
“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.
To: Paladin2
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..
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:21:46 PM PDT
by
max americana
(fired leftards on cue after every election since 1992, and enjoyed seeing these bastards cry)
To: ChicagoConservative27
STUPID, arcane legal technicalities!
To: ChicagoConservative27
Don’t see how the owner has any liability, this is on the dealership and their employee.
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:23:05 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: coloradan
“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....
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:25:14 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: ChicagoConservative27
It actually makes a lot of sense. I think the lawyers for both the family of the deceased and the vehicle owner played it smart.
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.
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:32:04 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("Mr. Potato Head ... Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets.")
To: coloradan
Well, that totally makes it the owner’s fault!
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:33:07 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: ChicagoConservative27
This is why its difficult to have nice things.
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:39:42 PM PDT
by
Bayard
To: ChicagoConservative27
This is the same mentality as those who sue after a successful self-defense with a firearm.
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:43:27 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(My preferred pronouns are “monkey wrench” and “potato bin”.)
To: Wonder Warthog
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.
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:48:53 PM PDT
by
carcraft
(Pray for our Country)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Sounds like the dealership let someone unqualified to operate the vehicle have access to it that makes the dealership and operator guilty of negligent homicide, not the vehicle owner that wasn't even there.
Sounds like the vehicle owner has a dandy counter suit.
To: ChicagoConservative27
I thought this was a story about fentanyl-laced engine oil….
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:54:21 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
To: max americana
Insurance is paying, but it’s still BS
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:56:25 PM PDT
by
mykroar
(There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. - Sun Tzu)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Is this a repeat of the Jeep defect that killed the new Star Trek “Checkov” character?
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posted on
05/07/2022 6:56:34 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
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