Posted on 02/01/2023 11:13:24 AM PST by BenLurkin
Relatives of a Ms Nakajjigo initially sought $140m in damages from the US government. The $10.5m decision came after a wrongful death trial in Salt Lake City for the philanthropist who was tragically killed on a camping trip with husband Ludovic Michaud on 13 June 2020, the Associated Press reported.
Attorneys for Ms Nakajjigo’s family argued that the US National Park Service were negligent for not securing a metal traffic control gate that whipped around in high winds and sliced through the car’s passenger door, instantly killing her.
US attorneys don’t dispute that park officials were to blame. But they argued that the damages initially sought based on Ms Nakajjigo’s future earning potential was too high, and that a figure of $3.5m would be appropriate.
The claim filed on 22 October argued that her death could have been avoided if the gate had been installed correctly or if it had been locked in place to prevent it from moving in the wind.
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How do you make God laugh?
Tell him your plans.
WOW! But, the future princess Diana or orca wimpfree? Why not a future moochie o’bamski? Too soon?
10.5 Million Dollars sounds about right.
If you value rich successful people far above the rest of us.
That’s almost as bad as that woman getting sucked into that jet engine around Christmas, or the double amputee getting shot out in California. https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2023/01/31/1921692664440074583/636x382_MP4_1921692664440074583.mp4
Whoa!
How to make a hard top sedan into a convertible in one easy step.
Next time - please remove all passengers first.
Loss of earnings and loss of earnings capacity damages have long annoyed me for that reason. A single statutory value of life — maybe even as much as one million — should be the standard.
High earners have the wherewithal to insure themselves and should do so, rather than passing the loss on to society at large. (Which directly or indirectly is what the current system does.)
Incident: 13 June 2020
Thought I remembered that incident but not the details.
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Looks like the stop sign is partway into the passenger compartment.
Agree. And we also need to look at the flip side of the coin.
The “Ghetto Lottery” is also a well known money maker for the families of many societal losers who fail to comprehend and obey police orders.
Look at the now rich families of Trayvon, Michael Brown of Ferguson, Freddie Gray of Baltimore, St. George of Fentanyl and so many others. The latest winner will be the family of Tyre.
Will they also collect a $10,000,000 payout? Will it be worth it, to win that at the price their son chose to pay, his life?
More info and photos at this link starting at about the 2:40 mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2zO_2gJJ64
Strange. It happened during Covid.
They were distancing.
What a beautiful woman!
“Ye know not the hour or the moment.”
May she rest in peace.
My “business” insurance (just myself) has doubled to $20,000 a year because of this kind of stuff. My agent said in the previous 20 years the most he ever saw for a claim was $1 million, and it was for a death.
He told me he just had a claim of $3 million for a guy that tripped on a crack and damaged his knee which would impair him (but not stop him) at his job as a home builder!
Thanks. I had seen part of that before I think.
I did not watch it all.
The Lawyer is smiling.
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