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Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage to his car
You couldn't make it up...
Spotted this in todays Grauniad but couldn't find it on their site. However, Yahoo also had the story. "The youth had been cycling alone at night without reflective clothing or a helmet" "A Spanish driver who collided with a cyclist is suing the dead youth's family $29,300 for the damage the impact of his body did to his luxury car. Businessman Tomas Delgado says 17-year-old Enaitz Iriondo caused $20,500 of damage to his Audi A8 in the fatal 2004 crash in La Rioja region. Delgado, who has faced no criminal charges for the incident, wants a further 6,000 euros to cover the cost of hiring another vehicle while his car was being repaired. His family won 33,000 euros compensation from Delgado's insurance company after the firm acknowledged he had been driving at excessive speed and this could have contributed to the incident. "I'm also a victim in all of this, you can't fix the lad's problems, but you can fix mine," Delgado told a newspaper, ahead of a January 30 legal decision on his suit." The family said they had previously pitied Delgado for the guilt he must feel at killing their son but were now disgusted that his greatest concern appeared to be money." "This was the final straw, a kick in the teeth," the youth's mother Rosa Trinidad said.. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/0...ain_driver1_dc |
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Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage to his car
That is pretty sick. I hope he loses, and that the courts kick it out as
greedy nonsense. But they probably wont... "POHB" wrote in message ... You couldn't make it up... Spotted this in todays Grauniad but couldn't find it on their site. However, Yahoo also had the story. "The youth had been cycling alone at night without reflective clothing or a helmet" "A Spanish driver who collided with a cyclist is suing the dead youth's family $29,300 for the damage the impact of his body did to his luxury car. Businessman Tomas Delgado says 17-year-old Enaitz Iriondo caused $20,500 of damage to his Audi A8 in the fatal 2004 crash in La Rioja region. Delgado, who has faced no criminal charges for the incident, wants a further 6,000 euros to cover the cost of hiring another vehicle while his car was being repaired. His family won 33,000 euros compensation from Delgado's insurance company after the firm acknowledged he had been driving at excessive speed and this could have contributed to the incident. "I'm also a victim in all of this, you can't fix the lad's problems, but you can fix mine," Delgado told a newspaper, ahead of a January 30 legal decision on his suit." The family said they had previously pitied Delgado for the guilt he must feel at killing their son but were now disgusted that his greatest concern appeared to be money." "This was the final straw, a kick in the teeth," the youth's mother Rosa Trinidad said.. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/0...ain_driver1_dc |
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Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage to his car
The family said they had previously pitied Delgado for the guilt he
must feel at killing their son but were now disgusted that his greatest concern appeared to be money." Not said this for a while: Gun, Petrol, Matches. |
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Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage to his car
Mark T wrote:
The family said they had previously pitied Delgado for the guilt he must feel at killing their son but were now disgusted that his greatest concern appeared to be money." Not said this for a while: Gun, Petrol, Matches. I agree. According to the Torygraph, the guy was doing 100mph in a 50 zone. I hope the family get some very good lawyers, and get their expenses awarded to them when the case get thrown out. Martin. |
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Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage to his car
On Jan 26, 11:40*pm, Martin Dann wrote:
Mark T wrote: I agree. According to the Torygraph, the guy was doing 100mph in a 50 zone. *I hope the family get some very good lawyers, and get their expenses awarded to them when the case get thrown out. Martin. I agree that this is absolutely stupid. What would everyone's opinion be if the driver hadn't been speeding and the accident was entirely the cyclist's fault? |
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Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage to his car
"The youth had been cycling alone at night without reflective clothing or a helmet" its similar to when someone on a bike ignores a red traffic light, goes down a one way street the wrong way, or when a motorcyclist doing 90 smashes into the side of a woman in a punto....blame the car. I would sue for stress as well.... Oh, I cycle and drive, by the way, before you start.... |
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Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage to his car
On 27 Jan, 08:06, wrote:
On Jan 26, 11:40*pm, Martin Dann wrote: Mark T wrote: I agree. According to the Torygraph, the guy was doing 100mph in a 50 zone. *I hope the family get some very good lawyers, and get their expenses awarded to them when the case get thrown out. Martin. I agree that this is absolutely stupid. What would everyone's opinion be if the driver hadn't been speeding and the accident was entirely the cyclist's fault? well no, while riding at night with out lights is dangerous, by the same token driving a car and assuming everything will be lit up is if any thing more dangerous. roger |
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Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage to his car
On Jan 27, 9:27*am, roger merriman wrote:
On 27 Jan, 08:06, wrote: On Jan 26, 11:40*pm, Martin Dann wrote: Mark T wrote: I agree. According to the Torygraph, the guy was doing 100mph in a 50 zone. *I hope the family get some very good lawyers, and get their expenses awarded to them when the case get thrown out. Martin. I agree that this is absolutely stupid. What would everyone's opinion be if the driver hadn't been speeding and the accident was entirely the cyclist's fault? well no, while riding at night with out lights is dangerous, by the same token driving a car and assuming everything will be lit up is if any thing more dangerous. roger It doesn't say he had no lights, only no reflective jacket.. You'd think the absence or otherwise of lights would be relevant to the story, if you were to make an opinion as to whether or not the cyclist was partially at fault. Jen |
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Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage to his car
jen wrote:
On Jan 27, 9:27 am, roger merriman wrote: On 27 Jan, 08:06, wrote: On Jan 26, 11:40 pm, Martin Dann wrote: Mark T wrote: I agree. According to the Torygraph, the guy was doing 100mph in a 50 zone. I hope the family get some very good lawyers, and get their expenses awarded to them when the case get thrown out. Martin. I agree that this is absolutely stupid. What would everyone's opinion be if the driver hadn't been speeding and the accident was entirely the cyclist's fault? well no, while riding at night with out lights is dangerous, by the same token driving a car and assuming everything will be lit up is if any thing more dangerous. roger It doesn't say he had no lights, only no reflective jacket.. You'd think the absence or otherwise of lights would be relevant to the story, if you were to make an opinion as to whether or not the cyclist was partially at fault. Jen ah yes i'd got mistraked by relfective clothing. roger -- www.rogermerriman.com |
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Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage to his car
roger merriman wrote:
On 27 Jan, 08:06, wrote: On Jan 26, 11:40 pm, Martin Dann wrote: Mark T wrote: I agree. According to the Torygraph, the guy was doing 100mph in a 50 zone. I hope the family get some very good lawyers, and get their expenses awarded to them when the case get thrown out. Martin. I agree that this is absolutely stupid. What would everyone's opinion be if the driver hadn't been speeding and the accident was entirely the cyclist's fault? well no, while riding at night with out lights is dangerous, by the same token driving a car and assuming everything will be lit up is if any thing more dangerous. roger Wot he said |
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