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Friday, January 20, 2012

Imprisoned Drunk Driver Sues Victim

A convicted drunk driver from Spring Hill, Fl., who killed three people in a Christmas Day 2007 car crash is suing the only person who survived in the car he struck. David Belniak, who had drugs and alcohol in his system and never hit the brakes when he slammed into another car at a red light, suffered a "government sanctioned assassination against one individual," said his attorney (and sister) Debra A. Tuomey. He wants the relatives of Raymond McWilliams, the driver of the other car, to pay for his "pain and suffering."

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Another 1% victim.

#1 | Posted by 726 at 2012-01-20 09:40 AM | Reply | Flag:

I'm surprised you didn't sign off with "Hope & Change Suckers!!!"

#2 | Posted by LIVE_OR_DIE at 2012-01-20 09:55 AM | Reply | Flag:

LOL.

#3 | Posted by 726 at 2012-01-20 10:24 AM | Reply | Flag:

Soon, robbers will start suing victims for the cost of the bullets.

"Your honor, I did kill him, but I feel his family needs to pay for the dry cleaning of my clothes. Do you have any idea how much that bastard bled out?"

#4 | Posted by kanrei at 2012-01-20 10:25 AM | Reply | Flag:

Anybody can sue anyone for just about anything. Doesn't mean it's going anywhere. What kind of lawyer would take his case, though? Insane. I hope the lawyer is sanctioned for wasting the court's time.

#5 | Posted by cbob at 2012-01-20 10:32 AM | Reply | Flag:

Wait - I had overlooked the part where it said his lawyer was his sister. Jeez.

#6 | Posted by cbob at 2012-01-20 10:34 AM | Reply | Flag:

This is what we need protection for AND from! How is it possible these people can be in the positions they have attained? Ifdf frivolous is a word this is what it's for! What school gave the degree? Why? And how much did they charge?

Could a 'loss of license' for six months AND payment of ALL court costs end this type of thing?

T-O-R-T reform anyone?

#7 | Posted by dogen at 2012-01-20 11:11 AM | Reply | Flag:

"What school gave the degree? Why? And how much did they charge?"

See "University of Phoenix" AKA Joe's Alma Mater.

#8 | Posted by LetUsPrey at 2012-01-20 11:14 AM | Reply | Flag:

I don't understand why drunk driving laws aren't strict liability laws. A person under the influence has no business getting behind the wheel. Anything that happens consequent to that drivers choice should be the fault of the impaired driver. End of story.

#9 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2012-01-20 11:25 AM | Reply | Flag:

I wonder if John Edwards is still available to represent this guy?

#10 | Posted by BloodSacrafice at 2012-01-20 11:34 AM | Reply | Flag:

I wonder if John Edwards is still available to represent this guy?

#10 | Posted by BloodSacrafice at 2012-01-20 11:34 AM | Reply

Edwards would make this guy out to be the victim and would have all the lefties on the jury slobbering over themselves to award him his gazillions.

#11 | Posted by matsop at 2012-01-20 11:58 AM | Reply | Flag:

florida.arrests.org

The article doesn't state whether or not Belniak
suing the Bassi's auto insurance carrier or them
personally. Anyone can file a tortuous action.
Whether or not the plaintiff can prove his case
depends on the evidence they show. Another
Floriduh tort. Sad though it causes the vitim's
family more pain.

#12 | Posted by Bellatrix at 2012-01-20 11:59 AM | Reply | Flag:

#8 | Posted by LetUsPrey at 2012-01-20 11:14 AM | Reply | Flag: OBSESSED; PATHETIC

#13 | Posted by joe at 2012-01-20 12:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

Edwards would make this guy out to be the victim and would have all the lefties on the jury slobbering over themselves to award him his gazillions.

#11 | Posted by matsop at 2012-01-20 11:58 AM | Reply | Flag:

I would dispute this contention.

Oh, I see, you were turning this into a political thing.

Nicely played.

#14 | Posted by cbob at 2012-01-20 12:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

I didn't read the link, and I'm not going to bother to. But I have a question for anyone who cares to answer it:

Suppose a drunk driver is rear-ended while sitting at a stop sign by a car that is speeding with a driver who is reading a text. Should the drunk driver be able to sue the driver who rear-ended him, even if that driver died in the wreck? If he does, would the headline read, "Drunk driver sues victim"?

#15 | Posted by mOntecOre at 2012-01-20 01:21 PM | Reply | Flag:

@Cbob, it's Manslop so he's obsessed with the liberals that he thinks lurk under his bed. As with so many other rightards he's just scared of his shadow and anything else that's unfamiliar in his momma's basement.

#16 | Posted by Reagan58 at 2012-01-20 01:26 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Should the drunk driver be able to sue the driver who rear-ended him, even if that driver died in the wreck?"

IMO, no. With a drunk behind the wheel, that car had no business being anywhere off the curb.

#17 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2012-01-20 01:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

Your honor, I realize I was busted with 10 pounds of cocaine, but given that you are now in possession of that cocaine I feel the state must reimburse me for what I spent buying it.

#18 | Posted by kanrei at 2012-01-20 01:28 PM | Reply | Flag:

#15 - My belief would not be no.

#19 | Posted by Pirate at 2012-01-20 01:28 PM | Reply | Flag:

Yes Monte, in that particular rhetorical situation the texting driver would be at fault. Unsure of how the headline would fall out, maybe something like "Lawsuit between dueling morons".

#20 | Posted by Reagan58 at 2012-01-20 01:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

*My belief would be no.

#21 | Posted by Pirate at 2012-01-20 01:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

@Cbob, it's Manslop so he's obsessed with the liberals that he thinks lurk under his bed. As with so many other rightards he's just scared of his shadow and anything else that's unfamiliar in his momma's basement.

#16 | Posted by Reagan58 at 2012-01-20 01:26 PM | Reply

If the one texting was Cbob and the drunk was Reagan58 I would say they would both be at fault since it would be difficult to ascertain which one was more of a maroooon.

#22 | Posted by matsop at 2012-01-20 01:41 PM | Reply | Flag:

As Reagan58 put it so succinctly, it would be a "lawsuit between dueling maroooons".

#23 | Posted by matsop at 2012-01-20 01:43 PM | Reply | Flag:

#15. Read the article he plowed into their car going 70+ mph while they were stopped at a red light. And he said it was their fault cause they changed lanes quickly right before the accident. In other words he planned to run a red light at high speed while dui. What an asshole. His attorney should be disbarred....

#24 | Posted by DavetheWave at 2012-01-20 02:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

I have zero sympathy for the drunk moron filing the suit. Nor for his dipshit sister-lawyer. His criminal record shows what a piece of dirt he is, so I guess he has nothing to lose. Criminals do that sort of thing all the time.

I covered the legal system for many years as a reporter. Every now and then worthless lawsuits were filed -- though not as many as some here would have you believe.

The most fun suit I recall was a pro-se pleading by a prison inmate who had been convicted of burglary and being a persistent felony offender but got freed from prison a few weeks later after his attorney showed the prison an order from the judge, who had signed the guy's post-trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Despite being freed, the inmate sued his former lawyer for not springing him from prison soon enough.

Turns out the judge meant to write DENIED on the motion and the inmate was supposed to have stayed in prison. When I reported the lawsuit in the paper, the judge freaked out and formally corrected his mistake, and the guy was rounded up and sent back to prison! If the dumbass had kept his mouth shut and not filed the suit, he might still be free today.

Now that is justice.

#25 | Posted by cbob at 2012-01-20 02:21 PM | Reply | Flag:

P.S. to Matsop: Yawn.

#26 | Posted by cbob at 2012-01-20 02:22 PM | Reply | Flag:

In 1987 I got hit by a car which had run a red light and tried to get away after totalling my KZ900 and leaving me under the wreakage in court she tried to paint herself as an innocent 30 year career teacher who was the true victim of a "filthy bearded biker" (me) despite the statements of 5 witnesses and her own teenaged son

#27 | Posted by Gimme_a_Scotch at 2012-01-20 02:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

Now that is justice.

#25 | Posted by cbob at 2012-01-20 02:21 PM | Reply |

P.S. to Cbob: Good job.

#28 | Posted by matsop at 2012-01-20 03:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

He killed 3 people because he chose to do drugs. The real mistake is that he was alive more than a day after sentencing.

#29 | Posted by DoofusOfDeath at 2012-01-20 03:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

When you're drunk, it should be just like when you rear-end a car. You're AUTOMATICALLY at fault no matter what.

#30 | Posted by COMMONSENSE at 2012-01-20 03:53 PM | Reply | Flag:

I wonder if John Edwards is still available to represent this guy?
#10 | Posted by BloodSacrafice at 2012-01-20 11:34 AM

You mean James Baker III.

#31 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2012-01-20 04:35 PM | Reply | Flag:

#30 i dunno. if the drinking or drugs caused the accident, then i see your point. but if they didn't, then???? in this particular case though, something should happen to the lawyer, like disbarment. the piece of shit brother killed 3 here, and killed a pedestrian before. he should never get out of jail. never. fucking psychopath.

#32 | Posted by somoco at 2012-01-20 05:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

#32 | Posted by somoco
FLAG: Compassion Deficit Syndrome.

Be Well.

#33 | Posted by skip_wellington at 2012-01-20 07:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

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