A teenager killed while crossing train tracks can be sued for injuries caused to a woman on the platform, when one of his severed body parts hit her, a court has ruled.

Hiroyuki Joho, 18, died when he ran in front of a 70mph Amtrak train at Edgebrook Metra station in Chicago in 2008. It was pouring with rain and the teen had an umbrella over his head.

His body was severed on impact, and a large part became airborne, flying about 100 feet onto the southbound platform, where it hit a commuter.

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Is this in bad taste? Or reasonable in order to pay for her medical bills?

Edited January 16, 201214 yr by koheesti

We live in a bizarre world.

We live in a bizarre world.

compensation culture...

Could you ever imagine if Thailand ever introduce ' Where there's a blame there's a claim ' like the uk ?

A teenager killed while crossing train tracks can be sued for injuries

That does not compute

Or do they hold a seance?

What would OTB do without the Daily Mail?

A teenager killed while crossing train tracks can be sued for injuries

That does not compute

Or do they hold a seance?

No, it does not make sense to normal people. to US lawyers it does though, as the article (and the embedded video from Huffington Post) explain.

My opinion: Give the mother a break. She lost her son.