52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMan attempting to rollerblade across America killed in hit-and-runwww.the-independent.comexternal-linkmessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1302arrow-down14
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minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYou’d get taken to the ER. If you are a tourist in Norway you’d also get billed for the full amount.
minus-squarekibblebits@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoDo you think there would be a difference between the bill in the United States and the bill in Norway? I already know the answer. Do you?
minus-square52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoThe lady who hit him has auto insurance and that’ll pay the bill.
minus-squarekibblebits@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt might cover part of his funeral costs.
minus-square52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoState minimum is $25k. Them there’s underinsured motorist coverage. Then, after that, a court may take her assets to pay the expenses. The family can get at least $250k for “wrongful death,” but potentially more.
minus-squarekibblebits@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoGood thing insurance exists. Otherwise we would have to punish the guilty.
minus-square52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoShe could still be convicted of manslaughter.
minus-squarekibblebits@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoShe needs to be removed from the road, but that’s unlikely in Kansas.
minus-square52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIn Kansas anyone can summit a concern for an elderly prison’s ability to drive and it results in mandatory driver test before the next renewal.
You’d get taken to the ER. If you are a tourist in Norway you’d also get billed for the full amount.
Do you think there would be a difference between the bill in the United States and the bill in Norway?
I already know the answer. Do you?
The lady who hit him has auto insurance and that’ll pay the bill.
It might cover part of his funeral costs.
State minimum is $25k. Them there’s underinsured motorist coverage. Then, after that, a court may take her assets to pay the expenses. The family can get at least $250k for “wrongful death,” but potentially more.
Good thing insurance exists. Otherwise we would have to punish the guilty.
She could still be convicted of manslaughter.
She needs to be removed from the road, but that’s unlikely in Kansas.
In Kansas anyone can summit a concern for an elderly prison’s ability to drive and it results in mandatory driver test before the next renewal.