Driver kills teen, sues for damages (UPDATED-he drops suit)

[EStreetJoe]

and you thought stuff like this could only happen in America..... unbelievable the greed (and stupidity) of some people are:

The full story is at the link, I'll just quote the first part of it..
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080125/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/spain_mourners_sued;_ylt=At8H5Xlfq.b43CGnxxNaKaRvaA8F

Spanish driver who killed teen sues

By HAROLD HECKLE, Associated Press Writer
18 minutes ago

MADRID, Spain - A speeding motorist who killed a teenage cyclist is suing the boy's parents over damage to his luxury car, the government says.

Enaitz Iriondo, 17, died instantly in August 2004 when businessman Tomas Delgado's Audi A8 crashed into him at 100 mph near Haro in northern Spain, an Interior Ministry traffic report said. The speed limit was 55 mph.

Iriondo was not wearing reflective clothing or a helmet, the ministry report said. As the sun had set when he crossed the path of Delgado's car from a side road, a regional court found both parties at fault and closed the case, the report said.

Delgado, whose insurance company paid Iriondo's parents $48,500 in compensation for their son's life, filed a suit in late 2006 to recover $29,400 in damages to his car and car rental costs, the ministry traffic report said.

"It's the only way I have to claim my money back," Delgado was quoted as saying by the newspaper El Pais, which first reported the story on Friday. El Pais said a ruling was expected next week.

 

[hondo]

Re: Driver kills teen, sues for damages

Wow .... If I was in that town now and knew where he parked his car, I'd key it about 100 times.

 

[slappy4428]

Re: Driver kills teen, sues for damages

Wow .... If I was in that town now and knew where he parked his car, I'd key it about 100 times.

for starters...

 

[Ace]

Re: Driver kills teen, sues for damages


At least the kid on the bicycle died doing what he enjoyed -- getting hit by an asshole in a luxury car doing 100 mph.

 

[EStreetJoe]

Re: Driver kills teen, sues for damages

What scares me is this sentence from the story "As the sun had set when he crossed the path of Delgado's car from a side road, a regional court found both parties at fault and closed the case, the report said."

Hopefully a new court/judge will look at the case and throw it out, realizing the other court screwed up by finding the dead kid at fault.

 

[Ace]

Re: Driver kills teen, sues for damages

What scares me is this sentence from the story "As the sun had set when he crossed the path of Delgado's car from a side road, a regional court found both parties at fault and closed the case, the report said."

Hopefully a new court/judge will look at the case and throw it out, realizing the other court screwed up by finding the dead kid at fault.

Yeah, like it's the kid's fault the sun set.

 

[outofplace]

Re: Driver kills teen, sues for damages

How the hell did he end up with $29,400 in damages to his car?

Wow...how the parent doesn't just snap, hunt the guy down and beat him to death with an aluminum bat upon finding out about this lawsuit is beyond me.

 

[steveu]

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This week on TruTV's Disorder in the Court...

 

[Batman]

Re: Driver kills teen, sues for damages

What scares me is this sentence from the story "As the sun had set when he crossed the path of Delgado's car from a side road, a regional court found both parties at fault and closed the case, the report said."

Hopefully a new court/judge will look at the case and throw it out, realizing the other court screwed up by finding the dead kid at fault.

I think what that means is, it was an accident. Kid shouldn't have gone into the road without reflective gear, driver shouldn't have been going 100 mph in a 55 mph zone. Doesn't make this guy any less of a tool, though.

And didn't we have something similar here in the states a while back? I remember after Cory Lidle's plane crash, the guy whose apartment he crashed into sued Lidle's estate for $2 million or some high figure. Said insurance didn't cover the total cost of repairs to his apartment.

 

[deskslave]

Re: Driver kills teen, sues for damages

What scares me is this sentence from the story "As the sun had set when he crossed the path of Delgado's car from a side road, a regional court found both parties at fault and closed the case, the report said."

Hopefully a new court/judge will look at the case and throw it out, realizing the other court screwed up by finding the dead kid at fault.

I think what that means is, it was an accident. Kid shouldn't have gone into the road without reflective gear, driver shouldn't have been going 100 mph in a 55 mph zone. Doesn't make this guy any less of a tool, though.

And didn't we have something similar here in the states a while back? I remember after Cory Lidle's plane crash, the guy whose apartment he crashed into sued Lidle's estate for $2 million or some high figure. Said insurance didn't cover the total cost of repairs to his apartment.

Why shouldn't he have sued? Lidle's not any less at fault for the accident because he's dead. Lidle ****ed up, the apartment got trashed. Not the apartment owner's fault. If the $2M is an inflated figure, then that's another thing.

As for this other guy, yeah, the kid bears some fault for pulling out in front of a car, but the car bears much more fault for driving 100 mph. Guy needs to get a life.

 

[Ace]

Re: Driver kills teen, sues for damages

What scares me is this sentence from the story "As the sun had set when he crossed the path of Delgado's car from a side road, a regional court found both parties at fault and closed the case, the report said."

Hopefully a new court/judge will look at the case and throw it out, realizing the other court screwed up by finding the dead kid at fault.

I think what that means is, it was an accident. Kid shouldn't have gone into the road without reflective gear, driver shouldn't have been going 100 mph in a 55 mph zone. Doesn't make this guy any less of a tool, though.

And didn't we have something similar here in the states a while back? I remember after Cory Lidle's plane crash, the guy whose apartment he crashed into sued Lidle's estate for $2 million or some high figure. Said insurance didn't cover the total cost of repairs to his apartment.

Why shouldn't he have sued? Lidle's not any less at fault for the accident because he's dead. Lidle ****ed up, the apartment got trashed. Not the apartment owner's fault. If the $2M is an inflated figure, then that's another thing.

As for this other guy, yeah, the kid bears some fault for pulling out in front of a car, but the car bears much more fault for driving 100 mph. Guy needs to get a life.

Yeah, this would be more like Cory Lidle's widow suing the apartment owner for the damage to the airplane.

 

[Tom Petty]

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i think we might be confusing insurance companies suing in someone else's name rather than individuals suing. i think we all know ICs are cold-hearted ****s.

 

[Duane Postum]

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At least the kid on the bicycle died doing what he enjoyed -- getting hit by an asshole in a luxury car doing 100 mph.

Hello, LeBron!

 

[outofplace]

Re: Driver kills teen, sues for damages

i think we might be confusing insurance companies suing in someone else's name rather than individuals suing. i think we all know ICs are cold-hearted ****s.

Quote from the driver:
"It's the only way I have to claim my money back," Delgado was quoted as saying by the newspaper El Pais, which first reported the story on Friday.

Sorry, this is the guy being an asshole.

And did these idiots really think the kid not wearing reflective materials was a factor? The car was going 100 ****ing miles per hour!

 

[slappy4428]

Re: Driver kills teen, sues for damages

i think we might be confusing insurance companies suing in someone else's name rather than individuals suing. i think we all know ICs are cold-hearted ****s.

Quote from the driver:
"It's the only way I have to claim my money back," Delgado was quoted as saying by the newspaper El Pais, which first reported the story on Friday.

Sorry, this is the guy being an asshole.

And did these idiots really think the kid not wearing reflective materials was a factor? The car was going 100 ****ing miles per hour!

Of course it mattered. The biker might have flown just 60 feet in the air if he was doing the speed limit.

 

[forever_town]

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Blame America anyway!

We're a bad influence on the Spaniards!

 

[MacDaddy]

Re: Driver kills teen, sues for damages

How the hell did he end up with $29,400 in damages to his car?

Those Audis are made out of aluminum, and repairing them is more complicated and much more expensive than a steel body.

 

[Tom Petty]

Re: Driver kills teen, sues for damages

i think we might be confusing insurance companies suing in someone else's name rather than individuals suing. i think we all know ICs are cold-hearted ****s.

Quote from the driver:
"It's the only way I have to claim my money back," Delgado was quoted as saying by the newspaper El Pais, which first reported the story on Friday.

Sorry, this is the guy being an asshole.

And did these idiots really think the kid not wearing reflective materials was a factor? The car was going 100 ****ing miles per hour!

i stand corrected.

 

[EStreetJoe]

Re: Driver kills teen, sues for damages (UPDATE PAGE 2)

He's dropped the suit

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/30/spain.luxury.car/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Here's the first part of the story...

Driver drops bid to sue family of boy he killed

HARO, Spain (CNN) -- A Spanish businessman withdrew a controversial lawsuit Wednesday against the family of a teenage boy he struck and killed while driving a luxury car.

Tomas Delgado had filed a suit asking the dead boy's parents to pay him €20,000 ($29,400) on the grounds that the collision that killed their teenage son also damaged his Audi A-8.

News of the case sparked outrage in Spain and generated deep sympathy for the parents of 17-year-old Enaitz Iriondo Trinidad. He was riding his bicycle home to a campground when Delgado's car hit and killed him in August 2004.

Hundreds of people descended on a courthouse in northern Spain in a show of support for the boy's parents Wednesday. They broke into applause when word came that Delgado had dropped the suit.

The businessman had insisted in a recent television interview that he was a victim, too. He was not present for a court hearing Wednesday. His lawyer told the court that Delgado felt that the extensive publicity amounted to a public lynching.

Outside the courthouse, the boy's father -- Antonio Iriondo -- told CNN he was content with the decision. Yet he also said his family will explore the possibility of criminal charges against the man.

"This is just the beginning," the father said.

 

[alleyallen]

The businessman had insisted in a recent television interview that he was a victim, too. He was not present for a court hearing Wednesday. His lawyer told the court that Delgado felt that the extensive publicity amounted to a public lynching.

Uh-oh....he said the L-word.