Casper Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/1cb1549ae08145c99b9daaea0c779764/OH--Motorcycle-Crash-Payment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowdog Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 $1.2mil in Hospital costs!?!?! Everyone suing everyone is a problem all in itself but damn that is a lot in medical! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 If the pothole was large enough, and if it had actually been there long enough to put the DOT on notice of a dangerous condition, I don't think it's a terrible policy decision. If we're talking about a small pothole that he should have been easily able to avoid, or one that should not have caused him to lose control, then it's BS. But if Elmo has taught us anything lately, it's that settling is sometimes cheaper than fighting in court, even when you're right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadTrainDriver Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Good for him...and I'm surprised it wasn't more than $300,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawlins87 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 There was a pothole the size of a boulder 270n from broad on the west side. Wonder if its the same one...edit-read the article. Different road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exarch Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 1.2mil? He must be a vegetable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh1234 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 I find it interesting that the accident happened 5 years ago... This dude has been waiting for this court case to finalize for a looooong time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 1.2mil? He must be a vegetable...Nope.....I had shoulder surgery that was outpatient, and was in the hospital "tops" for 6 hours. That came out to a whopping $33k, so 1.2 million is very very doable. Oh and the amount of time that has passed for this poor guy to finally win his claim.......fucking ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenZJ Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Wow, Lima must be a gold mine for something like this! Looking at our streets youd think we dont have a road department. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vw151 Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Usually I'd say that's dumb, but with 1.2million in medical costs I'm ok with the state ponying up a bit. After all, our taxes are us paying for a service. If the roads were privately owned and we paid some sort of membership we'd also expect the roads to be safe. Having said that, if he didn't incur all those bills and profitted from this then I'd have a different opinion. Sounds like all of the money went to the hospital and or insurance company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh1234 Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Usually I'd say that's dumb, but with 1.2million in medical costs I'm ok with the state ponying up a bit. After all, our taxes are us paying for a service. If the roads were privately owned and we paid some sort of membership we'd also expect the roads to be safe. Having said that, if he didn't incur all those bills and profitted from this then I'd have a different opinion. Sounds like all of the money went to the hospital and or insurance company.And 5 years' worth of lawyer fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 If the DOT was aware of the risk created by that specific pothole and did not take reasonable steps to mitigate that risk then they are liable.If the pothole opened up recently enough that the DOT had no reasonable opportunity to fix it then they're in the clear. It's all about knowledge of a risk and failure to mitigate.Same thing happens in supermarkets - a slip/fall generally only becomes the store's problem if they were aware, or should have been aware, of the dangerous condition and did not take reasonable steps to mitigate the risk. If you slip on something that's only been on the floor for a couple of minutes then, well, sorry 'bout your luck. Maybe you can get a nuisance settlement. If you slip on something that's been there an hour and has been reported to the staff... Then the store is clearly negligent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 I hit a pothole and didn't wreck. Can I get at least 30 bucks for saving the state all that money and grief? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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