Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
I've always wondered, in a case like this, shouldn't the victim (even unhurt) be able to sue the DD with a civil suit and get damages beyond whatever the insurance company assesses? I'd be hitting him for a NEW-new set of wheels.
Civil cases are not uncommon in such cases. If you feel you have a loss greater than what the insurace company will settle for you have a case. Even then, if a sharp lawyer can establish previous DD from this guy, or if he can establish that he knew he shouldn't drive, or the place where he got the booze continued to serve him past a certain point, you can sue all sorts of people... A sleezy lawyer can do lots with this.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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