This should be somehow criminal. The girl and her lawyer have crossed a line into criminal frivolity. I hope counter-suits are planned.

I think she should repeat the experiment (without anyone else involved), until she gets it right.

Yeah, I'm an evil bitch. I don't care if someone wants to kill him/herself. Been there, done that. Failed in the attempt and crawled back to sanity.

But you don't take anyone with you. And you don't commit suicide by cop, or train. As a comedienne once said "You are the otter of your own fat."

Ok, if I'm the grieving guy and got handed this, I'll bet I could file a bigger lawsuit claiming the loss of my family, my sanity, and the fucking car. I hope he lands on her like two and a half tons of scrap iron.

This is why "Loser Pays" must be made law if every state. No other developed country lets people get away with nuisance law suits without having to pay.

If that were my daughter she wouldn't have to worry about repeating the experiment.. She would for sure end up wishing she had succeeded the first time though.

Here we go:

"The girl and her father filed the lawsuit on July 15 contending Thompson, four months pregnant, caused the crash."

They don't say how old the girl is, so I'm assuming she's a minor. That her father is filing this suit with her makes me want to punch both of them.

She is beyond the pale of compassion or consideration. Put a handgun to her selfish head, tell her "This is how you should have done it." Then pull the trigger on this worthless piece of trash. Use the second round in the chamber on her worthless father.

"Merciful" and "a gentle spirit" have never been terms used to describe me.

No. I don't believe it. I refuse. Nope. Nope. Nope. I will not admit that this is true. No. It's not.
It's better for me to just live in denial on this one.

Why is this miserable lawsuit allowed to go forward?

Why isn't she in prison for murder? She planned the wreck, carried out the plan, and killed people. Seems open and shut to me, but then I'm not a prosecutor. if this little bitch wins money, I swear I will kill her myself.

Ditto everyone's outrage. What scares me is some jury might decide to reward this monster.

The girl is apparently being charged with deliberate Homicide, so she isn't getting off scott free. BUT, her dad is still a fucking twit. It must be someone else's fault that your kid is fucked up right? Because you can't just admit that she needs counceling and a swift dose of justice or something right?

I know that Amy and several posters don't necessarily believe in God or the afterlife...but I just have to say it...

This girl has a space in Hell with her name on it.

Evil. Just flat out evil.

The article Amy links to has a link to a source story that gives a bit more detail. The "girl" probably is a is a minor, given that her name is never revealed in the story. But when you are engaged in adult acts like driving a car, you should be held to adult responsibilities.

She is charged with two counts of "deliberate homicide". In her defense, she and her father hired a "self-employed engineer" to argue at a preliminary hearing that there's no actual evidence that she was the one on the wrong side of the highway.

They probably think that filing this lawsuit helps them with their defense somehow.

A story from two weeks later (http://www.kpax.com/news/winter-pleads-not-guilty/) gives her name and states that she is being tried as an adult. If convicted, she faces life in prison.

"Why is this miserable lawsuit allowed to go forward?"

Because judges view advocates as "my tribe, right or wrong". If they didn't, the lawyer would be facing disbarment and a year in the slammer for contempt.

Amy, you should ask Walter Olsen for some words on this...

The girl is a minor-there's no way this lawsuit is of her own volition. There has to be parents behind this, or an unscrupulous lawyer, or a clever defense attorney who thinks that this is a way to muddy the waters.

But still-this girl needs to be locked up. If there was ever a definition of danger to society, she is it.

My guess is this will be thrown out.

I agree with pricklypear: she should try again, maybe with a razor in a bathtub where she can't hurt anyone else. This is a horror.

Agree that this girl should be locked up. And her father too.

Lots of comments from local residents attached to this article

She is beyond the pale of compassion or consideration. Put a handgun to her selfish head, tell her "This is how you should have done it." Then pull the trigger on this worthless piece of trash. Use the second round in the chamber on her worthless father.

This.

Forget loser pays, this is a good example why lawyers should be sueable or frankly given the death penalty for bringing such lawsuits.