Reverse over the Body
Yesterday I was told by a lawyer friend that, should I happen to hit a young person while driving, I should try and reverse over the body. This would ensure the young person was dead. I should do this because a handicapped young person might result in a massive legal settlement whereas a dead one would merely involve a few thousand for the parents. It must be amazing being a lawyer.
# posted by Bryan Appleyard : 8:02 AM
7 Comments:
At February 27, 2008 9:10 AM,
philip walling said…
Who is this lawyer friend who talks such rubbish?
Why does he think you have insurance?
At February 27, 2008 9:55 AM,
Nomis said…
Perhaps he's a lawyer for an insurance company.
At February 27, 2008 10:53 AM,
elberry said…
i'd have thought if you ran a chav over in your black truck of death, death would be guaranteed. Reversing over the cadaver would surely only result in post-mortem mutilation. Not that i've anything against post-mortem mutilation.
At February 27, 2008 12:53 PM,
Peter Burnet said…
Did he mention anything about that irksome murder charge?
At February 27, 2008 1:23 PM,
Randy (Internet Ronin) said…
This was rumored to be common knowledge and practice in Korea as late as the early '80's.
At February 27, 2008 4:14 PM,
Susan Balée said…
You MUST read Andre Dubus's "A Father's Story," the best tale ever written about this kind of accident. And he was a very Catholic fellow as well as an excellent prose stylist: You'll dig it, I am sure. (His story, by the way, foreshadowed a terrible event in his own life when he was hit on the Massachusetts Turnpike while trying to help two stranded motorists. A tough-guy ex-Marine, he lost one leg totally and the use of the other. But that's another story.)
At February 28, 2008 3:28 AM,
Mopsa said…
Your lawyer friend presumably spends his nights in fearful sweats, planning his way out of improbable scenarios. Is he still your friend?
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