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UP loses law suit for 11.7 against them because they "couldn't stop"
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Now don't get me wrong, I think the settlement was very high. But, if memory serves (and don't quote ANYTHING that my "memory" says, because half the time it seems like it is wrong) Missy was very lucky to survive the accident. She was in a coma for about six months and I want to say that most of the doctors thought that she would never wake up. By some miracle she did wake up, and I believe she has actually recovered fairly well. So I really don't think that the family went into the accident for the money, afterwords however, who's to say. <br /> <br />As I said, I think she has mostly recovered, so I think the 11.5 Mil might be a tad high. If UP would have offered to cover her medical bills and perhaps some small compensation, whether the accident was their fault or not, I think would have been a good move on their parts to show that they cared and wanted to help out. Though that might set a bad precedent, I don't know. <br /> <br />I really don't know what I would have done, and it hard to pass judgement since I didn't sit on that jury and have only caught the occasional news story here or there. But what it really comes down to is if by some bad chance of fate you do get stuck on the tracks, get as far away from the tracks and your car as you can (and as fast as you can). <br /> <br />Just my [2c] (and you know how much [2c] is worth these days, about 1/100 of a tank of gas!)
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