$1million awarded for fender-bender

Well that’s not very talkback radio of you VicePope, what with the logic and common sense and everything.

Where’s the enraged squealing? 🙂

And this is why we have appeals. If the decision was as outrageous as was reported, surely the other party (ok, the other insurer) will appeal. The appeal will settle any point of law underlying what seems a perplexing decision. On the other hand, Crispin J (unlike the rest of us) is an experienced judge who was there for all the argument and all the evidence, and I suppose it’s possible he got it right. If no-one appeals, we can assume all parties accept that he did.

Grammar? Get it right dear child. Grammar deals with sentence structure and punctuation.

Please don’t feel the need to correct me when you don’t know what you’re reference base is and I’ll refrain from thanking you….mmkay?

Oh well Nyssa, you’ve corrected the minutiae of my grammar in the past so I thought I’d return the favour.

No need to thank me, it’s the least I could do!

boomacat – care factor?

NickD – it’s kinda sad though because some people lose limbs, children or their own lives in car accidents and get nothing.

Wow, it’s impressive that so many of you have already read the court transcript and are able to speak knowledgeably about what seems to have been a very unusual case!

He is a Judge; not a Magistrate.

We’ve all learned this: you’d want him as your magistrate in a liability lawsuit.

sepi, her names no secret, just have to look at the right news article – Judith Victoria Vaughan

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22029625-421,00.html

Why is her name a secred anyway – surely it was an open court?