Deep pockets in action. Let's see, someone got hurt, look around for someone with money and somehow, blame them, and make them pay. Personal responsibility? What's that?

Rogers' wife, Kristin Finn, also was awarded $500,000 for "loss of consortium."

Does that mean "loss of hot steamy sex"? 500k seems low. Unless he was really bad at it to begin with.

$8.6 million is a stupid amount of money to award anyone. Do we really need the state to put up a sign warning some wild animal might cross the road? Really?

"Caution - bunnies crossing?"

A couple years ago three feral hogs were crossing a dark highway in Texas and took out the front end of my Miata. They walk with their head down, making them almost impossible to see even with headlights on high.

My son has hunted hogs for years and was trained by professional hog hunters. The night I hit the hogs (about 40-50 miles from home) those same hunters were after three hogs in the area. They tracked them to the bloody pool on the highway where I'd hit them.

For those who believe it's wrong to hunt haven't seen one of these beasts up close. They're not native to the U.S., they're dang mean and they ruin the terrain for native animals.

Oh, and they're quite tasty, too.

It's still not enough money to get old one-eye up and running again.

Motorcycle pig

Pig motorcycle:

Hmmm looked up some other articles, he doesn't appear to be paralyzed, just a brain injury. It may effect his ability to walk, but nothing about him being paralyzed.

We are truly a nation of morons.....blames the brain-dead jury......

Rogers' wife, Kristin Finn, also was awarded $500,000 for "loss of consortium."

I need a picture of the wife. I could give her consortium to make up for that which she has lost....

/prolly looks like the husband, but with tits.

Misuse of spiffy tag.

Looks like he'll be living high on the hog.

//aisle seat please.

I think you misspelled the tag, subby.

How much do I get for running over wild whores

Hunter S. Thompson still alive there?

There was an article about somebody losing a frivolous lawsuit sometime last week. I couldn't believe my eyes. In fact, I think it might have been a dream. There's no way somebody lost a frivolous lawsuit in America. It just doesn't happen. Must have been a dream.

The stupidity of jurors is almost frightening to me.

Meh, it'll get reduced on appeal.

Wild bores don't usually get much money for being pigs.

elleonheels:

For those who believe it's wrong to hunt haven't seen one of these beasts up close. They're not native to the U.S.

Hey, they're just causing road hazards that US hogs are too lazy to cause.

Give PETA his address.

Karma Chameleon: Hey, they're just causing road hazards that US hogs are too lazy to cause.

Is the biggest hazard caused by the boss hog?

WhyteRaven74: Karma Chameleon: Hey, they're just causing road hazards that US hogs are too lazy to cause.

Is the biggest hazard caused by the boss hog?

Eh, I'm sure General Lee would never have tolerated such a danger, not like the pigs are some kind of earls or dukes that need to be catered to.

Jim_Callahan: not like the pigs are some kind of earls or dukes that need to be catered to.


heh well said ;)

The story is alittle lacking, but if they have proof that the state created the situation and failed to address it that's deserving of something. He should just thank god Cali isn't a contributory negligence state.

Well the problem is that the state put a pig paradise right by the highway and was well aware of pigs being all over the highway as a result. The 8.6 million is just how much it's going to cost to keep this near vegetable alive until he dies of old age. That's why lawyers recommend that if you accidentally injure someone, you may as well finish the job. A wrongful death award would not be 8.6 million in this case.

Carry on.

You're all a bunch of douchebags. The article said that most of the money will go to the biker's medical expenses - he will have to be tended to every day of his life and cannot walk.

Jesus. From all the deer I hit in Michigan I should be richer than Bill Gates by now. Well, I didn't get brain damage from it. I did get it from Jim Beam and Labatt's though...hmmmm I think I got me a lawsuit here.

Oh, and shouldn't his insurance company be paying for this?

Huh, my ex-boyfriend was a wild bore also. Wonder if he was related?
/to the pig, I mean

PIG BOMB! (new window)

Last night there was a show on the Discovery Channel called "Pig Bomb" that explained the wild hog problem here in the US. Evidently it is becomming a huge problem.

One thing they mentioned, but said scientists "couldn't explain", was that the wild hog population has exploded in the last 30 years. Isn't that about the time that the beef and poultry industries started screaming that pork kills? Seems easy enough to explain to me.

Tellingthem: Oh, and shouldn't his insurance company be paying for this?


If he had medical insurance there was probably a lifetime limit on how much they'd pay which he'd have hit a long time ago and there's always a good chance he didn't have any. Disability insurance companies might have a problem paying a drunk driver's claim and that might not cover much more than loss of income. Auto insurance also may not cover much either given the circumstances and the kind of coverage most people have.

I say they were right in awarding him the damages. Plenty of people can drive perfectly well (or well enough to not get pulled over) while a little inebriated). He must have been a ways away from where he had had the drinks, and if his BAC hasnt caused him to crash then, I doubt it would when the boars crossed the road.

NY state has fences along the highway so there arent as many deer/large animal collisions on highways. Pennsylvania on the other hand, has no fences, and huge swaths of roadway are paved red with the blood of all types of animals

Damn. I crashed my car while drunk driving in the rain at night*. Farkin' state should pay me some money, because they knew that when it rained at night, it is dangerous to drive, but they did nothing to prevent the sun from setting or the rain from falling.

How soon until a similar lawsuit is brought, and actually won??

*Not really. I've never driven drunk.

StoneyBologna: You're all a bunch of douchebags. The article said that most of the money will go to the biker's medical expenses - he will have to be tended to every day of his life and cannot walk.

Then maybe it's best to take him back behind the woodshed and put him down?

FTFA A test found Rogers had a blood-alcohol level of more than .10 after the crash, but the jury concluded that wasn't a major factor in the crash.

WTF?

StoneyBologna: You're all a bunch of douchebags. The article said that most of the money will go to the biker's medical expenses - he will have to be tended to every day of his life and cannot walk.

Maybe he should've thought about that before getting his drunk ass on a motorcycle.

/subatomic violin

Another stupid mother farker who gets hurt because of alcohol... and quickly finds someone to blame...

DIAF California.

AHEM

Scroll down a bit. (new window)

Pigs not a big problem, ya say?

And thus the roll out of the nanny state continues.

More signs to warn people that there might actually be animals on country roads.

how did they get the same exact jury from that McDonalds trial?

Funny... as many times as I've ridden my motorcycle through there, I'd never known the back-story on the sign.

There's enough weird shiat in California that you just sorta nod and continue on your way most of the time, without giving it a second thought.

See it here via Google Street View:

Linkie Linkie

Us taxpayers would have ended up picking up his bills one way or the other in the end any how. Just the idea that he won that though farking pisses me off.

elleonheels:
For those who believe it's wrong to hunt haven't seen one of these beasts up close. They're not native to the U.S., they're dang mean and they ruin the terrain for native animals.

I agree with you completely.

He must have had one hell of a lawyer to win that case.
But he won't get paid because California is broke.

Nothing spiffy about this one subby, states don't just print up money, they have to take yours. This will get overturned on appeal though... I hope anyway.

I vote for the asinine tag for this one. As someone who routinely drives through mountains, I can tell you that mostmotorcyclists are irresponsible daredevils, who endanger the lives of almost everyone the get near. It is no surprise that one would not be able to avoid crashing into a bunch of wild pigs. Hell, sometimes they can't avoid crashing into trees. The pig were in their habitat and the state should not be held responsible for that. Riding a motorcycle is inherently dangerous. The law should be clear: if you choose to roar down the road with nothing surrounding you to protect you in the case of a crash, you're on your own.

There is a sign around here that says "warning possibility of insects on road" I laughed and thought some1 prob sued them for hitting a bug with their winsheild...then I thought 'nah they would've never won that one' appears I was wrong

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StoneyBologna 2009-03-28 11:36:46 PM
You're all a bunch of douchebags. The article said that most of the money will go to the biker's medical expenses - he will have to be tended to every day of his life and cannot walk.


That's unfortunate, sad even, but that doesn't mean he can raid the rest of the citizens pockets. He was legally drunk. The hogs are wild animals. they don't belong to the state. If he had hit a tree I'm sure some people would still think the tree was at fault.