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19 year old lot tech with no license or ability to drive stick runs over and kills coworker. Lawyer is suing the Jeep's owner.
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That's because the accident happened at work and involved two employees and you can't sue the boss in that situation.
But attorney David Femminineo claims that the person responsible is the owner of the car.
FOX 2: "You're suing the owner of the car who's getting his oil changed who did nothing in this case?"
"I have to do that," Femminineo said.
That's the law. FOX 2 reached out to the car owner's attorney - but he had no comment on pending litigation, other than to say he's going to fight this case in a trial at the end of May.
"When you hand your car over to anybody including the valet or the person at the service desk at your local dealership, you better be able to trust that person," the attorney said.
Not at all. It's just a super clickbait title - this stuff happens all the time. Basically, he has to sue the VO to get the denial of coverage and denial of liability in order to pursue secondary insurance coverages.
Essentially, it just internet filler hype.
That doesn't really refute the clown world continues statement...
This case seems exceptional to me because the tech had no license and he was assigned to work on a stick without knowledge on how to drive one.
I learned to drive a 3 speed on the column when I could barely reach the clutch about 8 or 9 years old ,in the city of Boston ,less cars back then. Lol
Sadly, there's an "Ambulance Chaser" out there just waiting to jump on any and all possible lawsuits.
I agree, too.
It seems to me, that if you take your vehicle to a legitimate repair shop/car dealership for work, once you, as the owner sign a repair order authorizing the work, and you hand them your keys, you are "out of the loop" until the work is completed, a receipt and your keys being given back to you.
I honestly do NOT see how or why, the vehicle owner has to be dragged through the mud, even remotely, over the negligence of the shop owner and "lot boy".... The shop owner should NOT have had an unlicensed driver as a lot boy, and the lot boy should have not tried to move the Jeep, if he didn't know how to drive a stick shift vehicle. You don't "practice" on a customer's car.
The owner of the car always gets sued. It's all part of the way tort liability works. It may even be required by the state's rules of civil procedure. In addition, the attorney would be open to a malpractice suit for not suing the vehicle owner as a potentially liable party.
That doesn't really refute the clown world continues statement...
This case seems exceptional to me because the tech had no license and he was assigned to work on a stick without knowledge on how to drive one.
This was a dealership, which explains a lot about their service standards.
I was at a dealership one day and wanted to test drive a sports car that was in the showroom. The salesman said he needed to go find the dealership manager to move it out of the showroom because none of the sales staff could drive a stick. After twiddling my thumbs for half an hour, I finally heard the car being started followed by the loud sound of gears grinding, over and over and over. I took the car for the test drive but had decided before I even sat in it that I'd never buy that particular vehicle or anything else with a manual from that dealership.
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