Originally Posted by Polaris43

Was the guy single?

In many states, if a person is single, their life has no monetary value. Parents or girlfriends / boyfriends didn't technically loose anything financially (according to the law) so they have no right to sue for lost income.

This is the worst kind of wrong. Unmarried = worthless

I know this because my brother was killed on his bicycle in Indiana. There wasn't a thing we could do. The procecutor wouldn't file charges and we had no recourse in civil court. They have since changed the laws regarding minors and a parent's ability to sue for wrongful death but I think it still holds that there's no ability to sue for lost income on unmarried folks.