When monster trucks attack.One reason to proceed with caution on tort reform is that good lawyers and sympathetic jurors sometimes provide the only way to get the bad guys. Here's an example. Jim Hoebeck was recently killed when his car was smashed into by one of those pickup trucks that have been jacked up by their owners so that they loom loom, frame or machine used for weaving; there is evidence that the loom has been in use since 4400 B.C. Modern looms are of two types, those with a shuttle (the part that carries the weft through the shed) and those without; the latter draw the weft from a menacingly over ordinary vehicles. A jury found liable the driver-owner who had installed the suspension lift A suspension lift is a modification, often done by Jeep, truck, suv and offroad enthusiasts to raise the ride height of their vehicle. Suspension lifts (also referred to as lift kits or leveling kits) enable steeper ascent, descent and breakover angles, higher ground clearance, and and the company that manufactured the lift kit. Since there are no laws forbidding these lift jobs, lawsuits are the only way we can protect ourselves--and we need protection. In one state, Virginia, police statistics show that, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. U.S. News & World Report's Danielle Knight, fatality rates fa·tal·i·ty rate n. See death rate. fatality rate see case fatality rate. , on average, were 29 times as high for crashes involving modified pick-ups as for those involving ordinary trucks. |
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