Originally Posted by
Spacemunky
My advice would be to get as much money in damages as the court will allow. People need to be punished HARD for that type of behavior......every driver who opens a door while not looking or on a cell phone is thinking about only one person...HIMSELF.....this is root cause of 99% of accidents especially in LA (MEMEMEMEMEMEME capital of the world). Selfish behavior that hurts others needs a spotlight pointed at it for the rest of this scumbag city to see.
Uh, no.
The OPS deserves to be made whole. That's reasonable and just.
But accidents are not a means to win the lottery.
"Selfish behavior that hurts others needs a spotlight pointed at it for the rest of this scumbag city to see." Really? Do you honestly believe that a court judgement would make one iota of difference to anyone else? Do you peruse the court records every day to learn life lessons? I doubt it. It's highly unlikely that a cut-and-dried accident like this will ever make it to a courtroom. It will be a private transaction between the OP and the insurance company. And that's all.