My cousin just passed away last Friday in a drunk driving accident R.I.P.

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CALICOE509 said:
How the fuck do u want some one that lost a loved one not to be offended by an ignorant ass comment like that, the fuck that hit him was drunk
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The guy who hit who? Did you even read the article, you idiot? His cousin was in the passenger seat. The drivers car went off the road and ultimately his cousin was thrown out the window and died. There was no car-on-car collision.

So like I said: how can the driver be held financially liable when the passenger willingly hopped into the car in the first place?
 
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R.I.P. to your cousin, but honestly, he did not wear his seat belt dude. If he did, that changes things.

CALICOE509 said:
Yea I hear that, but that's something to say if he crashed for speeding and it was his fault or something of that sort, in this case dude was drunk and caused a DEATH! Put yourself in his position.
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I never knew seat belts were designed to only save you from things you might get yourself into, but not something someone else might get you into.
Just because you are in the passenger seat, doesn't mean the driver has that batmobile armor going on over the car and ain't shit gonna happen.

Fuck car accidents and the people in it for the cash. I have got into two of them and both times the people were trying their best to get some cash from me. Trying to show off some bootleg bruises they got from the seat belt, requesting to be taken away by the ambulance immediately.. Thankfully, no one ever died in my accidents. I am just glad I ain't balling because the court cases never went through in their part to sue. :hurt:
 
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layziemarv said:
My cousin was a victim to a drunk driver. From what I was told, he wasn't wearing a seat belt. He died on the scene. Regardless, can my cousin's family still sue the drunk driver for wrongful death?

http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/38513/

R.I.P. Harry Cabuag Martinez
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rip to your cousin...

DJxREMARKABLE said:
sorry to hear about your cousin. i lost a little 2 year old cousin that was hit by a drunk driver. he lost control of his car and hit my little cousin while he was playing in the front yard

R.I.P. Harry
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rip to your little cousin, smh @ him/her dying at 2 years old.

DFresh77 said:
R.I.P. to your cousin and my condolences goes out to you, family & friends.

I'm burying a friend today at 11am.....
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rip to your homie...
 
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RiP..

What I don't get is how the court system let's these drivers keep their DL with more than 2 DUIs.. Like that guy in Santa rosa i believe who had 6 fucken DUIs that ended up hitting and killing that lil girl acouple months ago.. There needs to be a limit to where counciling isn't going to cut it anymore and they just need to revoke DLs for life.. Fuck the bullshit..
 
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layziemarv said:
My cousin was a victim to a drunk driver. From what I was told, he wasn't wearing a seat belt. He died on the scene. Regardless, can my cousin's family still sue the drunk driver for wrongful death?

http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/38513/

R.I.P. Harry Cabuag Martinez
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I used to work as a law clerk for a personal injury firm doing car accident work. You can sue for wrongful death. You gotta find out if the state you live in follows contributory negligence or comparative negligence. In some states, since your cousin assumed the risk, its a complete bar to recovery. Other states can hold that the driver was 50% at fault and the passenger was 50% at fault. If they find the total claim to be 1 million, then the driver would be liable for $500,000.

Your cousin having knowledge that the driver was drunk and not wearing a seatbelt factor into it, but at the end of the day, it was the driver who fucked up and operated a vehicle while drunk and killed somebody. Either way, the money doesn't come from the driver, it comes from his insurance company.

RIP


Edit: There's also a dramshop act that will let you sue any establishment that sold alcohol to the driver during that day.
 
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Madison Kaine said:
The driver who was drunk will be charged with manslaughter
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i thought under the new cali law they get charged with murder?

ok..it says u CAN be charged with murder.

13385. (a) On or after July 1, 2008, all application forms for driver's licenses or driver's license renewal notices shall include a requirement that the applicant sign the following declaration as a condition of licensure:

“I am hereby advised that being under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or both, impairs the ability to safely operate a motor vehicle. Therefore, it is extremely dangerous to human life to drive while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or both. If I drive while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or both, and as a result, a person is killed, I can be charged with murder.”
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