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Zid wrote on 2011-12-30 23:41
Quote from Gawker:
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If you die in a horrific train accident, be sure to aim your severed body away from any bystanders. That's the lesson from the sad, bizarre case of Hiroyuki Joho, whom a court has ruled can be sued for injuries caused by his own body parts when he was killed by a train.
When 18-year-old Hiroyuki Joho recklessly ran in front of an Amtrak barreling along at 70 mph in Chicago 2008 to catch a train, a part of his body flew onto a nearby platform, knocking 58-year-old Gayane Zokhrabov to the ground, breaking her leg and wrist. An appellate court just ruled Zokhrabov can sue Joho: "If you do something as stupid as this guy did, you have to be responsible for what comes from it," said the lawyer who handled the case.
There will likely be no countersuit.
Source:
http://gawker.com/5871847/man-killed-in-train-accident-sued-by-woman-his-flying-body-parts-injured
Well, of course there wouldn't be a countersuit, since the person being sued is dead.
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Cannibal wrote on 2011-12-30 23:43
...What?
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Kollin wrote on 2011-12-30 23:46
The stupidity of the American justice system at its finest.
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Guyverunit4 wrote on 2011-12-30 23:52
Quote from Kollin;713502:
The stupidity of the American justice system at its finest.
This.
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Bride wrote on 2011-12-31 00:05
I really have no words for this other than "what." o_o
There will likely be no countersuit.
I laughed at this too but I always feel guilty from laughing at things related to tragic events ;(
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BizarreJuju wrote on 2011-12-31 00:07
Man its always a Japanese that gets killed by a train ._.
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Shizukani wrote on 2011-12-31 00:11
Even though it is the guy's fault, that's still pretty sad.
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Joker wrote on 2011-12-31 00:17
Quote from Kollin;713502:
The stupidity of the American justice system at its finest.
Quote from Guyverunit4;713511:
This.
so you guys heard of the burglar that broke into a persons house fell from the roof into the kitchen or w/e it was and onto a knife... then sued the person they were stealing from? and WON?
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Piero wrote on 2011-12-31 00:39
Stupid America.
Because suing a dead body would work quite swell..
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2011-12-31 01:15
facepaws*
everyone is too greedy
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oasis789 wrote on 2012-01-03 10:47
Just because they ruled that she can sue doesn't mean that she'll win...
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Zid wrote on 2012-01-04 00:27
Quote from oasis789;719928:
Just because they ruled that she can sue doesn't mean that she'll win...
It's the ruling itself that's extraordinary.
Basically, in America, you can sue dead people.