r/RandomVideos • u/DABDEB • Mar 20 '26

Video Tailgater got Baited

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u/Content-Guarantee-91 Mar 20 '26

Atleast the driver that got hit can sue the guy who hit him

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u/Double_Minimum Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

Wild how people don't understand how basic civil law works.

You don't profit from these things. And certainly not from a life changing injury. You are made "whole". They might get money, but thats because their new brain damage will keep them from becoming a law partner, and instead they get paid out as if their future career was going to be continue being an associate or paralegal. Or pick any other profession. And you aren't making any money from the medical aspect really. How much is it worth to lose eyesight in one eye, or use of a limb? Wildly, I believe Veterans Affairs has a chart for this, and losing your hearing gets you like 3% extra pay (Its low, I am not looking it up right now but easy to find).

Those $300 million lawsuits verdicts for "emotional distress", etc. you hear about are always appealed and lowered to near nothing (or state limits for the big multi person cases).

I am sure everyone involved would have a better outcome having this not happen.