You just can't make this stuff up.


"A Canadian family whose 17-year-old son was knocked off his bike and killed in 2012 were shocked to discover the driver who hit him plans to sue for $1.35 million.

Brandon Majewski had been cycling along a road near his Alcona home with two friends when Sharlene Simon hit them with her SUV, injuring two of them and killing Brandon.

Now the 42-year-old is suing Brandon's estate and the 16-year-olds she injured over claims she has suffered emotional trauma, and alleging that the friends were negligent. "

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...n-him.html

Loser pays fixes it.

Im not discounting that this woman has sufferd trauma, nor that she was not at fault in the accident... Still to sue the parents of the boy she killed....

This is causing the family she hurt more pain. I'd counter sue for twice the amount and ruin that woman's life for what she's doing.

(04-29-2014 01:06 AM)Ole Blue Wrote:  This is causing the family she hurt more pain. I'd counter sue for twice the amount and ruin that woman's life for what she's doing.

Not saying that the lawsuit is justified or that she should have done it, but I believe I read an article that the family is suing her and that her lawsuit is a counter suit to get the family to drop their lawsuit.

(04-29-2014 06:38 AM)EpicNiner Wrote:  

(04-29-2014 01:06 AM)Ole Blue Wrote:  This is causing the family she hurt more pain. I'd counter sue for twice the amount and ruin that woman's life for what she's doing.

Not saying that the lawsuit is justified or that she should have done it, but I believe I read an article that the family is suing her and that her lawsuit is a counter suit to get the family to drop their lawsuit.

This makes it an even more classless move by her.... All the "pain and suffering / I cant go to work" is bs

FYI 90 kph = 55 mph.

Couple of interesting things

1 - The woman’s husband, Jules Simon, a York Regional Police officer, is also suing for $100,000 for damages and expenses incurred because of his wife’s suffering.

2 - While all the witnesses were held for hours on scene while things were sorted out the driver and her husband were let go right away....

My guess is that she had a drink in here (perhaps not drunk) and they wanted her to get home so it was out of her system...

I despise coming around a corner and seeing a cyclist in the middle of my lane, but to sue the dead kid's family is as low as it gets... If I were a cyclist, I'd stay off the roads simply because I know how angry I get when I'm stuck behind some disrespectful shiit on a bike that won't get over. Seriously, if you come around this corner and there is an oncoming car, you've got two choices, cyclists or head on collision. With all due respect, I'm taking out some cyclists in this scenario.

A former neighbor and friend of my daughter, when she was 8 or 9 rode her bike out in front of a car (her fault) and almost died. She now suffers from some mental problems as a result.

The lady who hit her was suing them for the damage to her vehicle. Thankfully, she eventually dropped the suit.

(04-29-2014 09:25 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  A former neighbor and friend of my daughter, when she was 8 or 9 rode her bike out in front of a car (her fault) and almost died. She now suffers from some mental problems as a result.

The lady who hit her was suing them for the damage to her vehicle. Thankfully, she eventually dropped the suit.

That's just ridiculous. I would have wanted to kill that woman for trying to sue. I get pissed off at the cyclists who are grown...

My Nephew was hit by a car while biking. He wore his helmet so he lived but had many broken bones. My family was up in Buffalo for a reunion at the time so my Brother from San Antonio helped build a ramp on the back of her house so that he could get in and out while he healed.

He was in the wrong but fortunately the woman that hit him was so happy he lived that she did not give a fat rats behind about her car...

(04-29-2014 09:24 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  I despise coming around a corner and seeing a cyclist in the middle of my lane, but to sue the dead kid's family is as low as it gets... If I were a cyclist, I'd stay off the roads simply because I know how angry I get when I'm stuck behind some disrespectful shiit on a bike that won't get over. Seriously, if you come around this corner and there is an oncoming car, you've got two choices, cyclists or head on collision. With all due respect, I'm taking out some cyclists in this scenario.

Get over where? Into the ditch on the side of the ride maybe? Onto a shoulder full of broken glass? I try to get over as close as I can when riding but there aren't always choices. I have had people throw cups and other stuff at me, blow air horns, sic their dogs on me, had people punch me. The only reason is because I am causing them to have to slow down for a minute or so before they can pass me. If you would rather take out some cyclists than slowdown I would seek counseling.

(04-29-2014 10:04 AM)mairving Wrote:  

(04-29-2014 09:24 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  I despise coming around a corner and seeing a cyclist in the middle of my lane, but to sue the dead kid's family is as low as it gets... If I were a cyclist, I'd stay off the roads simply because I know how angry I get when I'm stuck behind some disrespectful shiit on a bike that won't get over. Seriously, if you come around this corner and there is an oncoming car, you've got two choices, cyclists or head on collision. With all due respect, I'm taking out some cyclists in this scenario.

Get over where? Into the ditch on the side of the ride maybe? Onto a shoulder full of broken glass? I try to get over as close as I can when riding but there aren't always choices. I have had people throw cups and other stuff at me, blow air horns, sic their dogs on me, had people punch me. The only reason is because I am causing them to have to slow down for a minute or so before they can pass me. If you would rather take out some cyclists than slowdown I would seek counseling.

Not what he said.

Cyclists really need to be more aware of roads they chose to ride on. There are places they just have no business. For safety reasons. For some reason, many cyclists are arrogant pricks. Especially when you get a bunch of them together. Same for joggers. Dammit, find a park or trail of some flat open stretch of road, not some hilly, winding, narrow, rural, rock wall on one side, sheer drop off the other.

(04-29-2014 08:38 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  Couple of interesting things

1 - The woman’s husband, Jules Simon, a York Regional Police officer,

The blue wall extends north of the border, eh.

Here's the deal. It's called negligence. Once you remove the emotions from the situation, the question is whether the driver of the car or the boys on bikes were liable for accident. Then you move on to the specific claims of the person not responsible and their damages. I know it sounds awful, but even a person that loses their life could still be liable for the damages they cause due to their negligence.

Here's another situation. Let's say you are driving in a big city and one of the bike messengers cuts between cars and rolls in front of you. You cannot stop and hit him and break his leg. Not only is the messenger not going to get money for his injuries, but he is also on the hook for your car damages due to his reckless (and definitely negligent) operation of the bicycle.

You feel for the kids that loss their life and for the injured cyclist, but we are also responsible for our actions and the damages they cause. It would be interesting to know more facts here, but it sounds like the authorities hired an independent scene re-constructionist.