[fabsroman]

Andy,

In case #1, the guy should have gotten life in prison because there was no intent to kill the woman and there definitely was no malice, but drinking and driving is one of my pet peeves. In reality he probably got 10 to 15 years with the eligibility for parole.

Case #2,

The brother in the aggressive vehicle probably got charged as an accessory to murder and might have gotten life in prison. If I were on the jury, I probably would have found him guilty of reckless endangerment. If I were the Judge I would put him on probation for 5 years.

The guy with the 7mm Mag might have gotten charged with murder or manslaughter. Depends on when he shot the guy that started all the shooting. If the other guy was done with all his shooting and didn't have the gun raised anymore, and the 7mm brother shot him out of revenge, he was guilty of murder and could have received the death sentence. Personally, I wouldn't even find him guilty because he did society a favor and I would do the same thing if my brother was gunned down in front of me.


Now, here is another for you guys. A client of mine was coming home for lunch from her employer to see her new born baby. She was stopped at a red light waiting behind a car. The light turned green and she followed the car in front of her through the intersection. She woke up in a hospital room 5 days later after being in a coma for 4 days. The paramedics and doctors gave her less than a 50-50 chance to live. Turns out that a drunk driver was doing 70 in a 40 and blew through the red light. It was his 4th offense and there was an empty bottle and half empty bottle of vodka on the floor of his truck. My client spent a week in the ICU and had $100,000 in medical bills. When I took the case, I thought it was going to be one where I made absolutely no money because the guy had statury limits on the vehicle. Essentially, I planned on dealing with the medical providers to get them to reduce their bills to a point where my client could get some money. At the end of the day, it turned out pretty well because this guy had $300,000 single limit policy and a decent amount of assets. However, I went to the criminal trial and can tell you to this day what this guy got and the Judge's reasoning for it.

I'll post a couple of pictures below of the vehicles.