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Pa. Jury Awards $10M to Teen Injured Wearing Lap Belt in Crash
East News • February 11, 2008
A Pennsylvania jury awarded $10.2 million to a teenager who was paralyzed in a drunken driving crash while wearing a lap belt in the backseat.
The belt tore into Chelsea Pursell's abdomen, ...
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| Subject | Posted By | Posted On |
|---|---|---|
| RE: Assumption of risk? | JGD | Feb 14, 2008, 7:07 am |
| RE: Forest Gump on the Jury? | Dread | Feb 12, 2008, 8:23 am |
| Forest Gump on the Jury? | johnny | Feb 11, 2008, 4:10 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: RE: Jury Duty | lastbat | Feb 11, 2008, 3:18 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: Jury Duty | wudchuck | Feb 11, 2008, 2:49 pm |
| RE: RE: Jury Duty | Randy | Feb 11, 2008, 2:12 pm |
| RE: Jury Duty | I want to see other verdicts | Feb 11, 2008, 1:55 pm |
| RE: Jury Duty | Eli | Feb 11, 2008, 1:55 pm |
| Jury Duty | rum and coke | Feb 11, 2008, 1:39 pm |
| Money for Misery | Calif Ex Pat | Feb 11, 2008, 1:33 pm |
| It Ain't Gonna Change | Dreadd | Feb 11, 2008, 1:32 pm |
| RE: MONEY?! | lastbat | Feb 11, 2008, 12:54 pm |
| RE: MONEY?! | SWFL Mark | Feb 11, 2008, 12:48 pm |
| MONEY?! | wudchuck | Feb 11, 2008, 12:27 pm |
| RE: Wait... the POLE was 10% at fault? | DWT | Feb 11, 2008, 11:49 am |
| RE: Wait... the POLE was 10% at fault? | Stat Guy | Feb 11, 2008, 9:43 am |
| Wait... the POLE was 10% at fault? | Anon | Feb 11, 2008, 9:29 am |
| Assumption of risk? | Dustin | Feb 11, 2008, 7:45 am |
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Subject: RE: MONEY?!
I am a little surprised they didn't bring the dram laws into this - which leads me to believe there was nobody to sue there.
I want to know what the make, model and year of the car were (just for yucks and grins). Lap belts in the middle (which is where I'm assuming she was sitting) are still standard on most cars. I don't even know if VW has a model with center-seat shoulder belts. Since lap belts are and accepted standard, and she was using it, I don't see how VW comes into play. Since breath-alcohol starters are not standard equipment, I don't see how VW comes into play. Since VW can't engineer a seat-belt against drunk drivers going full-speed into a pole, I don't see how they come into play.
And the pole!? Give me a freakin' break.
When can we start slapping jurors silly for passing down these ridiculous awards?
The gal has minimal sympathy from me for being paralyzed, but she chose to get into a car with a drunk driver. If anybody pays it should be the driver. Personally, I place 100% on the injured person.