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Topic	Question for armchair lawyers/cops. What would happen if the gun dad killed Bart
ThePieReborn 12/21/19 12:28:41 PM #5:	UnfairRepresent posted... I would have assumed that his ass would be grass because he hit a kid Am I misunderstanding the post or you saying hes more in the shit if he hit Homer because Homer's job and adulthood would be taken into account in damages? There would be more sources of damages in the case of wrongful death than the emotional trauma/loss of companionship/etc. While Bart has those intangibles going in the Simpsons' favor in any wrongful death action for him (and the jury would be more incited because a kid was killed), Bart doesn't have that easy-to-calculate amount of guaranteed damages for the loss of income/homemaking services that Homer and Marge have. Not necessarily "more in the shit," but rather the amount of damages beyond the ever nebulous emotional harm caused by the death is much more certain and less subject to the whims of the jury because we can attach a hard value to the loss of Homer's wages or Marge's homemaking. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! <cite>ThePieReborn posted [p:931883886] in Question f... [t:78271690]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite> <quote>I would have assumed that his ass would be grass because he hit a kid Am I misunderstanding the post or you saying hes more in the shit if he hit Homer because Homer's job and adulthood would be taken into account in damages?</quote>There would be more sources of damages in the case of wrongful death than the emotional trauma/loss of companionship/etc. While Bart has those intangibles going in the Simpsons' favor in any wrongful death action for him (and the jury would be more incited because a kid was killed), Bart doesn't have that easy-to-calculate amount of guaranteed damages for the loss of income/homemaking services that Homer and Marge have. Not necessarily "more in the shit," but rather the amount of damages beyond the ever nebulous emotional harm caused by the death is much more certain and less subject to the whims of the jury because we can attach a hard value to the loss of Homer's wages or Marge's homemaking. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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