Monday, November 21, 2005

$61 million to family of driver who fell asleep at the wheel

Driver falls asleep at wheel.

SUV can't drive itself.

SUV runs off the road and rolls over.

Driver dies.

No one else injured, so this should be the end of the story, right?

Wrong. Enter the lawyers. Sue the SUV maker. After all, it's Ford's fault he fell asleep, right?

Apparently a Miami jury thought so - $61 million.

Ford ordered to pay 61 mln usd to crash victim family