Classless Lawyers

[BFritz21]

(05-10-2016, 05:06 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I doubt anyone here is going to change your mind, but it actually could have happened anywhere.  In fact you guys were drinking before you even went to the cemetery.  A 15 year old drunk driver could crash on any road.  

I have said all I am ggoing to say here.  I just hope that seeing everyone's opinion will at least open your eyes to the fact that it was not a "slam dunk" case that your lawyer screwed up, or some crooked judge conspired against you.  In fact it seems that due to a complicate set of circumstances it was legally problematic to find someone to collect from, and the jury just felt like you and the driver were responsible for your own actions.

Show me another place with roads that narrow and dark.  Show me another road with things filled with headstones that we could have clipped and trees that close to the road.

The driver had under a beer before we got to the cemetery.  He was also speeding back there because there were no cops and no other cars.  Given that and the above sentences, no, we could have not wrecked anywhere.

He also created an atmosphere where this kind of behavior was accepted and even encouraged.

We were also 15, and not all 15-year-olds act like that, but there's a reason of why adults have control until kids are 18.  In fact, the human brain isn't even fully developed until a person is in their 20s (24 I think is the average), meaning that kids don't make good decisions, which is why adults have control.

(05-11-2016, 09:09 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Great post.

I like Brad, but when something like that happens, you really have to get past the victim mentality. I'm sure that's tough when everyone from his lawyer to his family were probably telling him he was the victim... but honestly lawyers are paid to do that and family is probably only going to say that because they don't want to pile on after a traumatic event. 

Don't get me wrong, I do have sympathy for Brad's ordeal, but I don't think anyone should've been held legally responsible for what happened. I'm glad he got some money out of it though, if that makes sense. We all make mistakes as teens. It's just really unfortunate that Brad's mistake really cost him. That said, I'm a believer in God and that things happen for a reason. 

Maybe Brad was on a bad path and this was what God meant for him. I know he's a motivational speaker now and he's really doing some great things. 

No one was telling me I'm the victim and I've never had that mentality.  

I was also not on a bad path.

Like you said and I said above, we all make mistakes as teens, so having an adult promote this kind of activity was just setting up for something bad to happen.