It's more fallout from a trend of judicial legislation and activism that plagues the nation with theories being upheld in court that have no connection to sane reality. This is the same mentality that has had burglars suing property owners for injuries they sustain climbing through windows, and winning!
We need tort reform, and we need it about forty years ago.
We are making law in this country simply for the purpose of making grieving victim's relatives feel better. That is truly horrific and shocking.