Court Opinion

ID: 9692927
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 16:12:39.60852+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:59:25.143638
License: Public Domain

POPOVICH, Judge,
concurring:
I join in the well-reasoned Opinion by Judge Tamilia. But I write separately to emphasize the egregious nature of this law suit that the casual reader may not perceive. As Judge Tamilia points out, the appellant was guilty of committing four separate crimes: drunken driving, drag racing, speeding and reckless driving, and yet he has the unmitigated temerity to demand financial redress for injuries received as a direct consequence of his wanton commission of those crimes. Shall we now award monetary verdicts in civil court to a robber for injuries he received in a thwarted attempt to rob a convenience store? And one wonders about the ethical standards of an attorney who would accept and prosecute such a case. In the name of justice, we corrupt it.