posted on Jul, 11 2011 @ 01:14 PM
reply to post by schuyler
If you read the entire article you will discover this is about insurance. The idea is to sue the father to force the insurance company to pay
the maximum medical benefits on the policy.
n 2007, Teddy Harrison of Anoka County, Minn., successfully sued his parents over a car crash in 2001 that left him permanently disabled.
Harrison's parents were willing defendants, as their attorney Robert King explained to The Associated Press at the time. "This suit is about forcing
the parents' insurance company to live up to its responsibility," King told the AP.
Yes this seems to be the motivation. But in the article it talks about how Kaitlyn (the daughter) is suing her father. I do not think this is really
the case. I do not think this girl knows exactly what the details truly entail, and I believe the mothers motivation is very important.
I would love to believe that the mother and the father are doing this is collaboration to have a unjust insurance system compensate what happened that
day since the shooter had no assets and his insurance wont pay because the shooting was intentional (which is bull IMO).
But due to the craziness of the US legal system and how people use it against each other (especially feuding parents). I cant help but wonder if this
is just an angry woman's vendetta against her ex to get money. I pray this is not the case
It's certainly the case that Timko's initial insurance was not sufficient for this particular eventuality. Many people only carry the minimal auto
insurance, which in Pennsylvania would pay out a mere $5,000 towards medical expenses.
Other than the above text (which says little), no where in the article does it mention how much of the event was covered by the fathers insurance
company. Or if the daughter mental health needs were already being taken care of by an insurance company, or by state insurance.
If the insurance company did not pay because of some bull loop hole than suing the father to make them pay, is not much of an issue to me. But if
there doing this just to get money because they know they can win the case or get a settlement by exploiting their daughter...then there is a
problem.
edit on 11-7-2011 by Openeye because: (no reason given)