Actually, I do not believe anyone can pay any amount of money that will substitute for Trayvon's life. That's why such lawsuits make me sick. The parents are more concerned about the money they can get for their son's death than they are about the fact that their son died.
Speculation with no proof to back it up.
Lose a child to someone else's negligence and get back to us.
Next car wreck you are in and your car is totaled turn down the insurance money.
And if they do not offer you what it is worth since lawsuits make you sick do not file suit and take what they offer.
Insurance companies OFFER THE COVERAGE. And when there is a negligent act UNDER THE COVERAGE what, you would turn it down?
Sure, right.
You believe the insurance companies are fair and just offer it without filing suit?
Nice try. The last car accident I was in, they paid for the loss of my car, what my car was worth at the time. None of us was injured. We didn't demand any kind of retribution for the accident, our lost time, etc. Only the amount our car was worth at the time of the accident, it cost us a lot of money to replace our car.
Their is no way to replace their son. The very first thing the mother did was patent Trayvon's name in various forms. It's obvious they weren't in morning for him, they just want the money. The kid deserved better. I hate that there are parents like that out there. Face it, if Trayvon's parents had really cared, he wouldn't have been wandering around alone after dark after having been suspended from school (especially for the THIRD time that year). He would have been GROUNDED. And when his father got home and Trayvon wasn't there, he would have checked everywhere including the hospitals and the police to find him. He didn't. He just "assumed" Trayvon spent the night at a friend's house.
How do you know how this family feels towards their son?
None of what you post has anything to do with the FACT that the home owners association allowed an untrained man with a history of making bad decisions carry a gun on their property and act as an agent of theirs which resulted in the death of someone on their property.
Let me appeal to your reason and common sense:
UNDER THE LAW IN EVERY STATE, proximate cause determines liability.
George Zimmerman was the proximate cause of the death of Trayvon Martin.
That makes the home owners association liable and they HAD AN INSURANCE POLICY THEY BOUGHT with that SPECIFIC language in it.
Nothing to do with how his parents treated him or the fact they did not discipline him enough.
EVERYTHING TO DO WITH ZIMMERMAN
NOT BEING DISCIPLINED BY THE HOA.
No training, no backup, nothing the HOA did to make sure Zimmerman knew what he was doing.
Does not make it a criminal case but under the civil law of this country the HOA specifically bought a policy that had specific language that if an agent of theirs that SHOULD HAVE BEEN under their control and wasn't kills someone whether it is self defense or not then they are liable for the damages.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Just because YOU believe a claim should not be made means nothing. The law has been this way for a long time.
I commend and applaud the Martin family for making the claim. Because NOW the HOA will THINK TWICE and NOT allow another Zimmerman to carry a gun untrained on their property.
The insurance settlement WILL SAVE LIVES.
