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Homless Guy's life worth 500k, making a bus monitor cry is worth 750k WTF
Posted by: OBAMA HAHAHAHAHAH ()
Date: July 23, 2012 11:56PM

WTF is this world coming to. The fucking lawyers have fucked up our society and bleading heart liberals. Why would anyone work anymore?

http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/va_beach/500K-accepted-in-homeless-mans-death

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2012/jul/22/bullied-bus-driver-fund-has-more-than-700000/

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Re: Homless Guy's life worth 500k, making a bus monitor cry is worth 750k WTF
Posted by: Vexxxed ()
Date: July 24, 2012 05:19AM

Had to read no farther than "The family of a homeless man"..........

What sort of family would allow a homeless man to remain homeless?

And then sue for damages?

Fucking people..this would be a great planet if not for all the people.

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Re: Homless Guy's life worth 500k, making a bus monitor cry is worth 750k WTF
Posted by: More of the Story ()
Date: July 24, 2012 05:55AM

Vexxxed Wrote:
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> Had to read no farther than "The family of a
> homeless man"..........
>
> What sort of family would allow a homeless man to
> remain homeless?
>
> And then sue for damages?
>
> Fucking people..this would be a great planet if
> not for all the people.

The man was 52-year-old Michael Marmon Knockett. The photo below is a verified photo of Knockett taken moments before he was killed. (Original at PilotOnline.com at http://media.hamptonroads.com/cache/files/images/489271.jpg)

The family's attorney, Carl LaMondue, is going to pocket about 40% of the $500K settlement, leaving them with about $300K. From PilotOnline.com
During a hearing in Circuit Court, Judge H. Thomas Padrick Jr. initially rejected the deal after the family of Michael Knockett said they had thought the offer was for nearly twice as much, $900,000, and would rather take the case before a jury than accept the lower sum. Deputy City Attorney Christopher S. Boynton said that much was never on the table.

But in a change of heart, three of Knockett's biological children reconvened about 15 minutes later and accepted the $500,000 to satisfy their claim. They had originally sued for $25 million.

The agreement means that, after paying attorneys and court costs, Knockett's daughter, Inena Tatem, will take home about $201,000, and his two sons will receive about $43,000 each, said Tatem's attorney, Carl C. La Mondue. A third biological son, who is in prison for murder, agreed to the settlement and waived his rights to any of the money, an attorney told Padrick.
Hopefully, they're going to donate the settlement to a charity dedicated to helping the homeless in memory of their father.
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Re: Homless Guy's life worth 500k, making a bus monitor cry is worth 750k WTF
Posted by: WashingTone-Locian ()
Date: July 24, 2012 07:29AM

You don't know why the guy was homeless. It could have been drugs or mental illness. His kids could have spent years offering him help that he refused. I guess you think running over a guy sitting in the middle of a beach isn't worthy of a lawsuit? Sounds pretty fucking worthy of one to me.

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Re: Homless Guy's life worth 500k, making a bus monitor cry is worth 750k WTF
Posted by: Vexxxed ()
Date: July 24, 2012 11:20AM

WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> You don't know why the guy was homeless. It could
> have been drugs or mental illness. His kids could
> have spent years offering him help that he
> refused. I guess you think running over a guy
> sitting in the middle of a beach isn't worthy of a
> lawsuit? Sounds pretty fucking worthy of one to
> me.


If they tried at all, they didn't try hard enough.

Sorry bro but history shows the rule, not the exception. If his kids were the exception, they wouldn't be in prison or settling for pennies on the dollar.

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Re: Homless Guy's life worth 500k, making a bus monitor cry is worth 750k WTF
Posted by: Here we go again... ()
Date: July 24, 2012 12:03PM

You sure picked some crappy examples to show man's inhumanity to man.

The guy was RUN OVER. Don't you think that deserves some consideration? It is sad, however, the the vultures will take a good portion of the settlement.

In the case of the bus monitor, these were DONATIONS - from kind-hearted people.

Geez.

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