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Title: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: Slide Panda on June 04, 2010, 06:50:55 AM
"Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car"

"According to a report in The Globe and Mail, a lawsuit launched by a woman who leapt from a moving car during a domestic squabble might make people ponder the merits of being a designated driver.

Indeed, the lawsuit â€" which is headed to trial â€" could set a precedent by making designated drivers liable for intoxicated passengers who cause themselves harm."

Please note, the woman suing has jumped from stuff before:
"The legal eaglets contend Sanayhie knew Richardson was prone to leaping from speeding vessels (she once jumped off a moving boat after becoming agitated.)"

http://www.thepassinglane.ca/2010/06/designated-driver-sued-after-drunken-passenger-jumps-from-car.html (http://www.thepassinglane.ca/2010/06/designated-driver-sued-after-drunken-passenger-jumps-from-car.html)

Really? You're going to sue because you jumped from a moving car? Too bad she's not eligible for a Darwin award
Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: DCXCV on June 04, 2010, 07:01:04 AM
Simple solution - take her on a hot air balloon ride and make her mad.
Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: Grampa on June 04, 2010, 07:05:07 AM
welcome to the future


zero personal responsibility





Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: erkishhorde on June 04, 2010, 07:13:22 AM
Stupid law suit. If the idiot were to win, I bet you could also make the connection that a taxi driver is responsible if you jump out of the taxi while on the freeway and get hurt or an insane person's care taker is responsible if the looney offs their self while the care taker is taking a piss.
Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: Drjones on June 04, 2010, 08:14:11 AM
 [roll]  I'd like to be  :o  but sadly I'm just  [roll]
Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: metallimonster on June 04, 2010, 08:22:24 AM
Man this kind of shit really pisses me off.


BP is right zero personal responsibility.

She should just be shot.
Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: cyrus buelton on June 04, 2010, 08:54:57 AM
sounds like someone I know!!!!

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: Slide Panda on June 04, 2010, 08:56:08 AM
Quote from: cyrus buelton on June 04, 2010, 08:54:57 AM
sounds like someone I know!!!!

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Kinda bet you want her to jump from a moving car too...
Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: cyrus buelton on June 04, 2010, 08:58:35 AM
Quote from: yuu on June 04, 2010, 08:56:08 AM
Kinda bet you want her to jump from a moving car too...

It'd be easier then what my wife is going to do in a few hours.
Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: zooom on June 04, 2010, 09:03:07 AM
Quote from: cyrus buelton on June 04, 2010, 08:58:35 AM
It'd be easier then what my wife is going to do in a few hours.
[tangent]
flog her a million times as she is chucking her shit out the front door and telling her to live elsewhere?
[/tangent]

I agree with taking her on a hot air balloon drunk and pissing her off...
Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: cyrus buelton on June 04, 2010, 09:17:04 AM
Quote from: zooom on June 04, 2010, 09:03:07 AM
[tangent]
flog her a million times as she is chucking her shit out the front door and telling her to live elsewhere?
[/tangent]

I agree with taking her on a hot air balloon drunk and pissing her off...

[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

she gets 10 minutes of supervised packing for 2 nights and then Sunday she can come get her boxes which we will pack for her.

Already got the new Schlage deadbolt for my front door in the car  [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: GAAN on June 04, 2010, 09:20:21 AM
good samaritan law

Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: RAT900 on June 04, 2010, 09:33:33 AM
Quote from: Mother on June 04, 2010, 09:20:21 AM
good samaritan law



exactly what I was thinking...isn't there a samaritan law protecting the moron from giving a ride to the other moron
Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: cyrus buelton on June 04, 2010, 09:44:47 AM
Quote from: Mother on June 04, 2010, 09:20:21 AM
good samaritan law

Doesn't that vary by state if they adopted it?

As far as I know, it isn't a federal law.
Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: Goat_Herder on June 04, 2010, 11:44:18 AM
Here's another ridiculous lawsuit and another case of zero personal responsibility...

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/06/01/woman-sues-google-claiming-maps-gave-dangerous-directions/?KEYWORDS=google+maps (http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/06/01/woman-sues-google-claiming-maps-gave-dangerous-directions/?KEYWORDS=google+maps)
Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: GAAN on June 04, 2010, 12:49:52 PM
Quote from: cyrus buelton on June 04, 2010, 09:44:47 AM
Doesn't that vary by state if they adopted it?

As far as I know, it isn't a federal law.

Every state has a good samaritan law

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_states_have_the_Good_Samaritan_law (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_states_have_the_Good_Samaritan_law)

<deleting comment on state vs. federal authority>
Title: Re: Designated driver sued after drunken passenger jumps from car
Post by: Slide Panda on June 04, 2010, 12:57:55 PM
Well on this exact matter state vs fed doesn't matter - since this little gem is from Canuckistan. So for once, just once, the Canadians are dealing with this sort of stupid.