What a load of cr@p. I sure hope Audi appeals THAT verdict and settles for a far lower amount, based on the responsibility findings. If it all gets assigned to Audi anyhow, why bother sharing responsibility?
Both kid and dad should have had safety belts on. Kid was 11. Don’t know of any states that require 11 year old’s to sit in booster sets. This will either get overturn or greatly reduced when appealed. Would like to know how big dad was for his seat back to fail.
Insanity. The jury must have been high at the time of the verdict. How in the hell could they only assign 25% blame to the actual driver who slammed his car into the Audi, yet automatically assign all of the responsibility to Audi? I feel for the child, but there has to be more to this than we’re being told. Otherwise, I agree with reality bites that this is a load of crap.
I was in a rear ended, in another brand car. I was wearing my seatbelt. When the seat back breaks, you are flat on your back, the seat belt across your chest is not in contact with you and the head rest extends to the point of almost coming out. We were hit so hard, the seat broke and I actually slid out of my pants into the back seat. I would have collided with anyone back there.
What a load of cr@p. I sure hope Audi appeals THAT verdict and settles for a far lower amount, based on the responsibility findings. If it all gets assigned to Audi anyhow, why bother sharing responsibility?
This kind of makes their commercials look bad of being the safest car on the road, doesn’t it?
Not at all. You can’t blame the car for being unsafe when neither son nor child was wearing a seatbelt and the kid wasn’t in a booster seat.
Both kid and dad should have had safety belts on. Kid was 11. Don’t know of any states that require 11 year old’s to sit in booster sets. This will either get overturn or greatly reduced when appealed. Would like to know how big dad was for his seat back to fail.
Insanity. The jury must have been high at the time of the verdict. How in the hell could they only assign 25% blame to the actual driver who slammed his car into the Audi, yet automatically assign all of the responsibility to Audi? I feel for the child, but there has to be more to this than we’re being told. Otherwise, I agree with reality bites that this is a load of crap.
Joint and several liability?
I was in a rear ended, in another brand car. I was wearing my seatbelt. When the seat back breaks, you are flat on your back, the seat belt across your chest is not in contact with you and the head rest extends to the point of almost coming out. We were hit so hard, the seat broke and I actually slid out of my pants into the back seat. I would have collided with anyone back there.