10-24-2019, 07:12 PM
(10-24-2019, 06:57 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: And the judge ruled that his parents had no way of foreseeing that he'd drink, yet you just said that every parent can! You're arguing against yourself now!
You don't understand the law.
Every parent knows there is a chance their child will drink. But that is not enough to make them negligent and responsible for what their child does while drinking.
Parents are financially responsible for damage done by their children, but that is true even if they do absolutely NOTHING wrong. That is why their insurance paid your medical bills.
What your family was trying to do was collect more money by proving that the parents were in some way negligent and make them pay more for that. But his parents were not negligent. They did not provide access to alcohol or a car. They did not do anything to be held responsible for the accident. The judge made the correct decision. You appealed it to a higher court and that court upheld the decision.
