"The first thing we do," said the character in Shakespeare's Henry VI, is "kill all the lawyers."
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How does getting cash and making the lawyers richer ease
the pain of losing a child? This sickens me to no end.
Families of Sandy Hook victims reached a $73 million settlement Tuesday in their lawsuit against Remington Arms, manufacturer of the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle used to kill 20 kids and six staff members in the 2012 massacre.
The nine families brought a class-action suit in 2014 against Remington Arms, which made the weapon used in the mass shooting, claiming the gun-maker sought to sell the military-grade weapon to the mentally ill.
Remington had offered the families a $33 million settlement in July 2021, about $3.7 million per family, less than half of what ultimately will be doled out.
“Today is not about honoring our son Benjamin. Today is about how and why Ben died,”
said Francine Wheeler, mother to 6-year-old Ben, who was killed in the massacre. “It is about what is right and what is wrong. Our legal system has given us some justice today, but David and I will never have true justice. True justice would be our fifteen-year-old healthy and here with us.
... Using this logic, will you soon see people suing car companies when they're in an auto accident?
It's not a question of if - it's just a matter of time.
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Because, when it all comes down to it, most people
are just money-grubbing whores who'll
sell their souls for an easy buck. It's sad.
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I still think it was a staged hoax. Hey, I'd go along with anything that gets me 3.7 million in cash.
ReplyDeleteOf course, the media can't get the story right. The families didn't reach a settlement with Remington, a company that no longer exists. The insurance companies settled with the families. Even that sets a bad precedent, though.
ReplyDeleteAs was once said by the VERY dateable Ocasio-Cortez. "It's all about the Benjamins."
ReplyDeleteSo, no. Just no. It has nothing to do with justice. It has to do with greed after a tragedy. Opportunism to cash in off of your dead kid.
ReplyDeleteAnd it wasn't a Remington weapon ... it was Bushmaster, who was later bought out by Remington.
Of course, the weapon was not in any way at fault. It was just the mentally defective kid of one of their teachers. But that makes for shallow pockets.
If the law suit was truly for some noble cause then they would donate the money to a charity.
ReplyDeleteI agree with all you. Well played, gentlemen...
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