What do you think of this situation

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

This comes from Failblog, from the news.


An elderly woman is standing on a train platform.

A young man makes a foolish decision to run in front of a train in an attempt to catch another train.

The man is hit by the train and his body is thus flung and hurts the woman. She is injured and in pain.

The woman sues the man, sadly he died.

Here are the two sides as I see it.

1 - A "large chunk" of his body - after the limbs have been torn off - is what caused the injury. This man is now dead, and she is trying to sue his estate. Imagine learning your son is dead, and, someone is trying to sue 50%+1 of his body. How heartless could you be to do such a thing?

2 - Some idiot decides to run in front of a train and pays the price of his idiocy by being killed. As if that's not enough, this idiot's action have caused hurt to others. Of course because the idiot managed to rip his body apart, you are suddenly the bad guy. Of course you have a right to sue the person.

So...

Is she right or is she wrong to sue?

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I'm on her side. What did she do wrong? This is not an act of God, its the act of a 18 year old kid. The kid should pay, but since he cant, the parents must.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Additionally, if you raised your son to be so stupid as to allbut commit suicide, then you SHOULD have to pay, morally and ethically, even if there was no other injured party.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

And her pain and suffering? Are you saying that I have the right to cause you pain and suffering just by doing something stupid?

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

So, playing devil's advocate, should this poor boy's parents be forced to pay?

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Then from whom else is the woman to get compensation? Is the government to now have to pay for every idiot in the country?

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Does a 18 year old have an estate?

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

the sh*t I own, minus my debts, equal about 95% of my debts.