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Judge's daughter sues driver she ran into during crash

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  1. deepblue

    deepblue Member

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    Ran into this story from another site, :eek:

    Judge's daughter sues driver she ran into during crash
    By BRIAN ROGERS Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
    Dec. 18, 2008, 7:42AM

    Convicted last year of intoxication manslaughter for the death of her boyfriend, the 21-year-old daughter of a state district judge is suing the truck driver she ran into during a drunken driving crash.

    Elizabeth Shelton, the daughter of juvenile judge Pat Shelton, is accusing truck driver Lance Bennett of negligence in the Oct. 23, 2007, wreck that killed her boyfriend Matthew McNiece.

    Shelton had a blood alcohol concentration more than three times the legal limit, two tests showed. She was sentenced to eight years' probation and had to serve four months in jail.

    Shelton, her family and the family of the boyfriend who was killed are suing for $20,000 for the destruction of the Lexus SUV she was driving and an undetermined amount for mental anguish, pain and suffering.

    Bennett was driving the box truck that Shelton rear-ended on the Southwest Freeway near Kirby around 2 a.m.

    Bennett's attorney, John Havins, said the lawsuit, filed in October, was the last chance to make a claim before the statute of limitations ran out.

    He noted that Shelton named 16 defendants, including insurance companies and banks. "They're just throwing everything against the wall to see if anything sticks," Havins said.

    During Shelton's trial, an expert for the defense testified there was evidence that Bennett swerved into Shelton's lane. An expert for the prosecution, however, said there wasn't evidence that Bennett got in her way.

    Testimony also showed that the company Bennett was working for let the insurance on the truck lapse.

    "The injuries and property damage sustained by (Shelton and her family) were not the result of intentional acts, but were accidental and caused by the negligence of the uninsured/underinsured driver," Shelton's attorney Mark Sandoval wrote in the lawsuit.

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    #1 deepblue, Dec 18, 2008
  2. rrj_gamz

    rrj_gamz Contributing Member

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    that's all I needed to read...how crazy is this sh#t...maybe her dad is make her do this?
     
    #2 rrj_gamz, Dec 18, 2008
  3. BmwM3

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    Yeah I read that this morning. She got away with only 4 months in jail, and now this. Her parents should be ashamed. And they are judges!! I'm surprised she's not suing Lexus for allowing her car to drive that fast.

    She should be CHARGED for this bogus lawsuit.
     
    #3 BmwM3, Dec 18, 2008
  4. Apollo Creed

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    Money won't make up for the fact you killed your boyfriend, b****.
     
    #4 Apollo Creed, Dec 18, 2008
  5. mlwoo

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    Yeah, tell her!
     
    #5 mlwoo, Dec 18, 2008
  6. BrieflySpeaking

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    How ridiculous, you're the one that was intoxicated! I'm surprised she isn't suing the alcohol company that got her drunk.
     
    #6 BrieflySpeaking, Dec 18, 2008
  7. rocks_fan

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    The alcohol must have burnt out the "accepting personal responsibility" part of her brain. Either that or the crash knocked it out of her.
     
    #7 rocks_fan, Dec 18, 2008
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    when i read about shiet like this i pray that there is a God.. no shame at all.. they're all going to hell... just imagine if that was some average joe like you or me... do you think we'll get 4 months?! :mad:
     
    #8 Precision340, Dec 18, 2008
  9. ClutchCityReturns

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    I'm going with option C.

    It was never there.
     
    #9 ClutchCityReturns, Dec 18, 2008
  10. yobod

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    QFTMFT
     
    #10 yobod, Dec 18, 2008
  11. Austin70

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    Her dad is probably the one who sued over his pants at the dry cleaners.
     
    #11 Austin70, Dec 18, 2008
  12. TreeRollins

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    This judge is elected. Next time he comes up for reelection he needs to be kicked the hell out of office. What a shameless family.
     
    #12 TreeRollins, Dec 18, 2008
  13. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

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    They were probably both wrong. She drunk and the trucker half asleep.
     
    #13 Ziggy, Dec 18, 2008
  14. DaDream

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    I can't believe the boys parents aren't suing the girl.
     
    #14 DaDream, Dec 18, 2008
  15. Rocket River

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    Nothing like having 'privilege'

    Rocket River
    Privilege . . .it means nothing is every truly your fault
     
    #15 Rocket River, Dec 18, 2008
  16. Kyakko

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    chances are they signed an agreement with the insurance company to not sue. this happened to a co-worker of mine (though the accident was not drunk driving related). the victim's family got several hundred thousand dollars.

    as for the girl, this is a waste of taxpayer's money.
     
    #16 Kyakko, Dec 18, 2008
  17. bigtexxx

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    What a waste of time and money. I know the brother of this skank, and he's a major douche. MAJOR. Doesn't surprise me at all that this family is pulling this stunt.

    Ho, when you're 3x the legal b.a.c. limit and you KILL YOUR BOYFRIEND, just be thankful you're not spending the rest of your life in the big house. This pisses me off big time
     
    #17 bigtexxx, Dec 18, 2008
  18. Dream Sequence

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    She might sue us for reading this...be careful! unreal....
     
    #18 Dream Sequence, Dec 18, 2008
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    Wow, just ran across this today, UNBELIEVABLE. The advantages of having legal connections when your douchebag father is a judge. 4 months for involuntary manslaughter, that is freaking crazy.
     
    #19 fmp087, Dec 19, 2008
  20. RocketMan Tex

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    Disgusting
     
    #20 RocketMan Tex, Dec 20, 2008
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