John Hawkins, Craig Newmark, Haje Jan, David Svendsen, GM InsideNews, RightNation and their commenters aren’t impressed with the jury’s decision. Neither is the Henderson Daily Dispatch editorial board.
We covered the case Nov. 17.
Amazingly, a jury awarding $61 million in a ludicrous case like this is so “dog-bites-man” these days that there’s been no next-to-no follow-up press coverage, other than a Miami Herald profile of the plaintiff, Joan Hall-Edwards, that might as well have been a press release from the attorney; the story makes no effort to question whether the driver is to blame for falling asleep or losing control when he swerved after waking up from hitting the rumble strips or Hall for not wearing his seatbelt properly. (Susannah A. Nesmith, “Jury: Ford must pay for teen’s death”, Miami Herald, Nov. 18).
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