Strange, Thunderbird does not seem to allow me to remove my own posts.

I saw your clarification that the estate construct does indeed works 
different than our system.
How likely is it that a 18 yo kid has a life insurance or a medical 
insurance that could cover the bills?


On 20-2-2012 9:09, andrel wrote:
> On 20-2-2012 2:24, Darren New wrote:
>> On 2/19/2012 15:34, Stephen wrote:
>>> On 19/02/2012 11:24 PM, Darren New wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Why *shouldn't* she get the money from the person who caused the
>>>> injury?
>>>
>>> Because he is dead.
>>
>> Even better. He doesn't need it any more. :-)
>
> Just for clarification, the USA system might work different than ours.
>
> In the Netherlands the heirs inherit everything a person owns including
> his debts. Here suing a dead person would mean suing the heirs. Assuming
> that he did own less than the doctor's and lawyer's bills, losing their
> son could also be a financial disaster for the parents.
>
> If otoh the system works in such a way that the medical and other costs
> must come from his personal belongings, you might argue that he does not
> need it anymore anyway.
>
> Still this wasn't a case of suicide and in the eyes of a simple European
> not even a case of negligence, but simply a case of bad luck.* This
> whole concept of trying to blame someone for bad luck is completely
> alien to me. At the same time I understand why the US system (the
> combination of a broken health system and no cure no pay lawyers) gives
> rise to this sort of ridiculous court cases where everybody looses
> except the lawyers.
>
> *) she might as well be hit by the remains of a deer crossing the line.
> Oh no, that wouldn't work as just bad luck. She could sue Amtrak for not
> preventing the deer from going on the track...
> A goose dying in mid air and dropping precisely at the front of the
> train at the right time. Amtrak should have put up nets in the
> neighbourhood of stations...
>
>


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