Pickett Crash Victim: We are not OK.

[Oscar]

I expect we're all just gonna have to sit back and let the lawyers hash this one out.

[MJZiggy]

They can try suing him all they want, but the liability would be paid by his auto insurance, not the millionaire player. If they are out of work, that's what personal injury/liability insurance covers. I agree with Patler in that you normally don't go from intensive care to the street in two days and as I was watching video on Packers.com, they interviewed Pickett the other day and he said that they tried to call the hospital, though he was rather cheerful considering the circumstances.

[Hester]

Its funny because they will not get a lot of money at all. Pain and Suffering get you precisely dick in the court of law. In WI you guys have medpay so most of the money they do get will be sent to that. Out of the 4 people they will prolly get 10k per person after all is said and done.

Not sure where you're getting your info, but medpay is irrelevant. Granted, it's not like your PIP system in Minnesota, but medpay coverage is issued by the insurer of the auto these 4 people were in, not Pickett's company. Usually medpay limits in Wisconsin are quite low - anywhere from $1,000 to $10k. Health insurance pays the rest (if these people had it). Granted these people would most likely have to reimburse the health ins carrier out of any settlement or award, but that figure is usually a lot less than the actual medical bills, and can usually be reduced further or eliminated altogether depending on the type of policy it is. IF this lady's account of the injuries is true, this case would have a significant value. Probably a case Pickett's insurance company would settle short of litigation, thereby not leaving it up to a jury. I have my doubts - especially about the kid that fractured his skull and had bleeding on the brain. If that's the case, why is this lady (who's the only one talking to the media by the way) the only one that's still in the hospital. I'm sure this thing will sort itself out after the ins co lawyers and the plaintiffs' lawyers get their hands on this thing.

[BallHawk]

Welcome to PR, Hester.

[Tony Oday]

Med Pay actually pays up to that certain amount up to 25k. Then anything after that is paid but you have to pay it all back through the proceeds of the award. The medical bills would actually be MUCH higher than the paralegal or assistant would negotiate with the at fault insurer. The thing is nobody in the accident will have significant reduction in future earnings or severe disfigurement. Therefor the case is not that large.

There is no wrongful death or anything of that nature in this accident at all. The insurance company from pickett will offer like 10k at first IF that much to cover all three. The lawyer for the 4 will say 500k or whatever and in the end after two to three years it may settle but more than likely it will go to trial in which it is illegal in MN and WI to mention insurance in the court during trial. Therefore the jury is more than likely to side with the defendant because they will see them as having to pay all the costs even though the insurance is the one picking up the bill.

When you exhaust the medpay 25k limit and anything over you must pay OR let go and hope that the settlement/award is more than the cost. This cost is taken into account when a settlement is offered.

[Lare]

I would bet $50 that the other driver was going over the speed limit.

Well you know how those 37 year-old college students drive!

[packiowa]

Maybe she wants to sue the Packers. That would be "interesting". After all, everybody semed to be very aware of the problem with exiting that lot. They also created the traffic.

Not much of a legal theory given that I don't know the law, but she sure does come across as pointed in her statements.

[CaliforniaCheez]

Look guys this was my line of work for over a decade.
Dealing with injured victims usually auto cases.

Pins in knees are worth money. Pain suffering and mental anguish of a 16 year old female with facial lacerations is worth 10 times that of any guy.

Liability is clear. Who makes a left onto a big street like Lombardi?

The two bodily injury casses are worth over 50K combined now and could be as high as 100K depending on the extent of injuries.

A greasy lawyer will argue the improper design of the Packer parking lot exit and roadway. Suing the City and the Packers can drag on a court case for years which the lawyers for the City and the Packers will enjoy billing hours of work until someone realizes paying the lady and her daughter sooner is better. If there isn't a no left turn sign out there they better have put one up fast.

The best thing would be Pickett's insurance guy meet her in the hospital, pay the hospital, ER, ER doctor, ambulance, radiologist, surgeon, anethesiologist asap. Also her car is totaled that should already have been paid for by now. Call her every other day until released.

She will have a few months of rehabilitation.
The high school girl cannot have scar revision surgery for at least a year and most plastic surgeons will wait 2 years and do the surgery when she is 18.

If Pickett only had a 100k policy the insurance guy would be gathering evidence to pay 100K now and keep the lawyers out of it. Pickett likely has an excess liability policy that has a limit of a million or 2.

It is a big enough case that they should work to keep the lawyers out. Once they are in nothing hardly happens for a year and a half.

In my early days I was scolded for standing up for somebody who did nothing wrong. It cost over 50K in defense lawyer fees before the accuser dropped their b.s. case. The "victim" would have taken 10K 9 months before dropping the suit which would have saved 35K of the 50K in defense fees.

Your insurance rates are high because lawyers use the courts to extort money. The insurance company will have to have a hundred thousand accident free customers to make up for one Pickett. Some people just don't realize the total cost of these things that happen everyday.

Oh and why are the medical bills so high? Medical malpractice cases. Doctors run more tests than necessary to prevent suits and everything they do the price reflects medical malpractice rates they pay. It takes a lot of Doctors without suits to make up for the one who screws up.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Why should there be a no left turn? I've been there on days when there's no game, and on many days that street isn't very busy. Besides, isn't it up to the city government to put up a no left turn sign? If anybody gets sued over that, it's them. When they do get sued, it indirectly affects all taxpayers. I hate greasy lawyers. They act like they are standing up for something when 99% of are all about the benjamins.

[Rastak]

Why should there be a no left turn? I've been there on days when there's no game, and on many days that street isn't very busy. Besides, isn't it up to the city government to put up a no left turn sign? If anybody gets sued over that, it's them. When they do get sued, it indirectly affects all taxpayers. I hate greasy lawyers. They act like they are standing up for something when 99% of are all about the benjamins.

Bottom line? When you are driving down the road with the right of way you should not have someone pull out directly in front of you. Case closed.
Pickett isn't a bad guy I'm sure, it was just an accident but it sounds like HE fucked up and some people got hurt.

[Travbrew]

Why should there be a no left turn? I've been there on days when there's no game, and on many days that street isn't very busy. Besides, isn't it up to the city government to put up a no left turn sign? If anybody gets sued over that, it's them. When they do get sued, it indirectly affects all taxpayers. I hate greasy lawyers. They act like they are standing up for something when 99% of are all about the benjamins.

Who's the 1%?? I don't think i've ever met one!

[HarveyWallbangers]

Bottom line? When you are driving down the road with the right of way you should not have someone pull out directly in front of you. Case closed. Pickett isn't a bad guy I'm sure, it was just an accident but it sounds like HE fucked up and some people got hurt.

Sure, but accidents happen every day. People buy liability insurance for this reason. In fact, in some states you are required to have it. The victims should get their medical bills paid for and whatever costs they directly incurred from this. Not a penny more. Not a penny less. End of discussion.

[Deputy Nutz]

Thats bullshit Harvey. Those people in the dodge spirit just won the lottery, stop raining on their parade.

[MadtownPacker]

What happened to the good old day when FB players would get star treatment?

To hell with her. Just give her a damn check and she will feel better.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Thats bullshit Harvey. Those people in the dodge spirit just won the lottery, stop raining on their parade.

Too many people think like that... as our legal system continues to go to hell. This one instance would be cool for her, but it's an epidemic. Anybody that gets involved in something that they feel might have "wronged" them in some way is looking for the golden goose or cow or whatever the fuck it is. The problem isn't this one incident. It's that the insurance sure as hell ain't going to incur this cost, so it gets passed onto the consumer, and people wonder why car insurance is outrageous.