Biker awarded A$212k for hitting horse

[zadok]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599...05-421,00.html

Gotta love the defendant's reasons for trying to wheedle out of it: "slipping, falling or snake bite"

[RantyDave]

Gotta love the defendant's reasons for trying to wheedle out of it

If you look closely, that's a "nominal defendant" - meaning that the actual culprit could not be found and he was actually suing a government fund. Still ... $212k for hitting something left in the middle of the road? I have a suspicion that if it had happened here you'd get the finger, and little else.

Dave

[zadok]

I know, but that was the argument that was put up.

[Mr. Peanut]

I've heard about looking a gift horse in the mouth, but this is ridiculous!

[scracha]

If you look closely, that's a "nominal defendant" - meaning that the actual culprit could not be found and he was actually suing a government fund. Still ... $212k for hitting something left in the middle of the road? I have a suspicion that if it had happened here you'd get the finger, and little else.
Dave

There was a case here (or was it OZ?) a couple of years back where a young lad died after hitting a horse in the middle of the road. Basically the family got feck all and the horse owner got a $5000 fine.

[xwhatsit]

If you look closely, that's a "nominal defendant" - meaning that the actual culprit could not be found and he was actually suing a government fund. Still ... $212k for hitting something left in the middle of the road? I have a suspicion that if it had happened here you'd get the finger, and little else.

Dave

Yep... you'd probably get the finger, but you'd also get ACC. No ACC in Australia.

[Big Dog]

Talk about flogging a dead horse.