Four years ago I wrote about my incredulity and Derrick Thomas’ family suing General Motors. Thomas was an NFL player who died when he rolled his automobile. Thomas was driving way too fast for conditions and not wearing his seatbelt. He was thrown from his vehicle and sustained injuries that killed him 16 days after the accident. His mother sued General Motors arguing that the company hadn’t done enough to make the vehicle safe in rollover, even though the only person in the car wearing a seatbelt walked away from the accident unharmed (a third person who was unbelted died at the scene).
A jury this week rejected the lawsuit, voting 10-2 not to award Thomas’ family any damages.
Well, there are still at least 10 sane people left in lawsuit happy America.
Source:
GM Wins In Derrick Thomas Wrongful Death Trial. The KansasCityChannel.Com, August 18, 2004.