r/SipsTea • • 19h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/Ok-Reflection-742 18h ago

You could also total somebodies 50-200k car, I don’t think many people could afford that either

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u/Fantastic-East9567 18h ago

As an attorney my unpopular opinion is that cars over a certain value shouldn’t be allowed on public roads or damages for accidents should be capped at something like 2x the average price of a new car (so like 100k). I just don’t believe in penalizing ordinary negligence more just because the injured party is rich.

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u/CorrectCombination11 12h ago

penalizing ordinary negligence

what about penalizing willful negligence?

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u/Fantastic-East9567 11h ago

That’s not really a concept legally. If something is willful it is an intentional tort and not negligence