When did we, as a society, start giving people the idea that they should be financially rewarded for fucking up? Or that their families should?
As if the story of deceased Cardinal pitcher Josh Hancock wasn’t tragic enough, it appears the Hancock family is determined to make it worse. Hancock of course was the Cardinal reliever who drove a rental SUV into the back of a tow truck on Highway 40 in St. Louis killing himself but luckily injuring no one else. It was later revealed that Hancock had a blood alcohol level of nearly twice the legal limit, was speeding, and was using his cell phone at the time of the crash.
No. No. No. This story is crazy. The Hancock family members bringing this lawsuit should have their citizenship revoked and be thrown out of the country. I don’t give a damn about their grief. As soon as they decided to sue everyone else for their son’s stupidity, they lost my sympathy. Their son died because he made bad choices that cascaded. No one else was directly responsible for his death except him.
I’m sick and tired of these frivolous lawsuits. I wouldn’t shed any tears if a madman started stalking and killing the lawyers that are responsible for convincing people to file them.
The only person responsible for Josh Hancock being dead is Josh Hancock. If I die while driving drunk and talking on a cell phone, please tell everyone I died because I made an idiotic series of decisions and encourage them not to repeat my mistakes.