Comments on: Emotional distress from seeing victims in other vehicle http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/emotional-distress-from-seeing-victims-in-other-vehicle/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ilya http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/emotional-distress-from-seeing-victims-in-other-vehicle/comment-page-1/#comment-27711 ilya Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:05:33 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7444#comment-27711 Wow. just wow. Do US laws have ANY notion of "common sense"? I mean, whatever the other legal, precedent, etc considerations are, just dismiss the case as making no sense whatsoever? And the cost of this "decision" is probably in 10Ks already. Wow. just wow.

Do US laws have ANY notion of “common sense”? I mean, whatever the other legal, precedent, etc considerations are, just dismiss the case as making no sense whatsoever?

And the cost of this “decision” is probably in 10Ks already.

]]> By: Ron Miller http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/emotional-distress-from-seeing-victims-in-other-vehicle/comment-page-1/#comment-27706 Ron Miller Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:51:42 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7444#comment-27706 Absolutely. I'm amazed that these two things happened together: (1) someone wanted to bring the case, and (2) a lawyer was willing to file it and ride out an appeal with him. In the final analysis, this guy's claim is indecent. But I'm not sure how to craft the law: "If someone gets into an accident with you and his little girl dies, you can't sue him for YOUR emotional damages from seeing her death." Actually, reading it back, I like that law. But it is not very practical. Absolutely. I’m amazed that these two things happened together: (1) someone wanted to bring the case, and (2) a lawyer was willing to file it and ride out an appeal with him. In the final analysis, this guy’s claim is indecent. But I’m not sure how to craft the law: “If someone gets into an accident with you and his little girl dies, you can’t sue him for YOUR emotional damages from seeing her death.” Actually, reading it back, I like that law. But it is not very practical.

]]> By: Todd Rogers http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/emotional-distress-from-seeing-victims-in-other-vehicle/comment-page-1/#comment-27696 Todd Rogers Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:33:27 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7444#comment-27696 This guy obviously believes in (or has his lawyer argue for) divine concepts. I wonder if karma is one of those things. This guy obviously believes in (or has his lawyer argue for) divine concepts. I wonder if karma is one of those things.

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