Replying to Question of Morals?

Alright, so i made a post over the weekend about a kid who died in a car accident along with his friend, who was in the passenger seat. we knew this kid, and its really a terrible loss and a real bummer.

but heres the deal. My parents were talking today about how the kid we know, Jerry, his family will most likely be sued by the other family.

How on earth could you do that? i know it happens, but in a situation like this, how can you sue someone who just lost their child for money. Money that wont go to paying for treatment or something like that, unless it goes to charity it will most likely go right into their pockets.

First of all, what do they get sued for? negligence? how do they know that the passenger wasn't waving his hands in the drivers face? accidents happen.

Second, like i said before, both families lost their sons. How could you turn a terrible situation like that into a fight for money? what kind of asshole do you have to be? put yourself in their position, what if your son was driving? would you want to be sued? absolutely not...

Third, these guys were friends, they were buddies and the driver had no intention on causing the death of his friend. i also dont think that the passenger would want his parents to sue his friends parents.

whats kind of person do you have to be to do this? This is the problem i have with America, our legal system lets stupid shit like this happen. stupid cases where, under law, the driver is at fault, but under whats right and whats wrong in peoples hearts, there is no case here.

i saw a ski movie once, i wanna say some TGR movie or maybe matchstick. The guy said anyone who dues a ski mountain should be shot. people sue mountains when they fall because they suck and break a bone. under our legal system, yes, the mountain is at fault, but your just an asshole....