South Florida Woman Suing FEC For Her Stupidity

[IRONROOSTER]

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If shed had done the same thing on a highway, would she be able to sue the driver of the car that hit her?

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Mark.

Yes, happens all the time. 

I expect to see the number of these kind of accidents go up as more and more people use iPods and are just totally oblivious to their surroundings.

Apparently our schools need to have a Common Sense 101 class.

Paul

[marknewton]

You Yanks must have a deeply flawed legal system if this woman is permitted to sue someone else for injuries she caused herself.

If shed had done the same thing on a highway, would she be able to sue the driver of the car that hit her?

If she had done this in NSW, she wouldn't have a (legal) leg to stand on.

As for the trauma to traincrew, I'm a little sad to say that after the first few fatalities, I became rather callous. If people aren't concerned about their safety and continued existence, then why should I be?

Mark.

[Anonymous]

Forget it.  All she's got to do is bawl in front of the jury and FEC can get out its checkbook.

And some personal injury lawyers will get another big payday.

She was wearing an iPod for Pete's sake.  It won't matter.  Courts are not about justice, they are about who tells the most compelling story - all she's got to do is bawl again.

FEC should get the engineer of the train to bawl in front of the jury about how the incident has affected him/her. What most people don't realize is the trauma the train crew suffers when they hit people on the tracks and such.

[TPWRY]

Forget it.  All she's got to do is bawl in front of the jury and FEC can get out its checkbook.

And some personal injury lawyers will get another big payday.

She was wearing an iPod for Pete's sake.  It won't matter.  Courts are not about justice, they are about who tells the most compelling story - all she's got to do is bawl again.

yep its absolutely pathetic but thats the way it is in the country it her fault she got it

[greyhounds]

Forget it.  All she's got to do is bawl in front of the jury and FEC can get out its checkbook.

And some personal injury lawyers will get another big payday.

She was wearing an iPod for Pete's sake.  It won't matter.  Courts are not about justice, they are about who tells the most compelling story - all she's got to do is bawl again.

[SFbrkmn]

FEC will  most likely file their own claim against this person for damage, overtime wages and lost revenue associated by trains being delayed. This is how the carriers are recouping from lost revenue like what took place here.

[Anonymous]

Sad...

They even showed the no tresspassing sign on the video! And that part at the end "despite all the efforts, trains have hit 9 people this year" really irks me too... To quote a rather famous saying from these internet railroad descussion boards, "Did the train run after these people and run them down?" They should've said "despite all the efforts, people still tresspassed and got hit" or something to that effect...

[Ted Marshall]

This one really tweaks my turnip.

http://www.local10.com/video/17043287/index.html