Hit & Run driver sues because his car was damaged at impound lot

[IDrinkaRum]

I ran away from an accident, but who cares? City didn't take care of my car so I'm suing!

Guy killed someone in a hit & run accident. Yet he's suing the NYPD & City because his fancy car was damaged while at the impound lot.

[Dreamstalker]

Oh, I can't wait to see how this one turns out. Impound's responsibility is to get the vehicles off the street and making sure they don't get "lost" in the lot. They won't intentionally damage cars, but it's not white-glove valet service fer crying out loud.

[Norton]

This is tricky territory...

So Shasho hit an intoxicated pedestrian, and fled the scene. Bad move, very illegal, but kind of understandable. I'd like to say that if I had hit someone, I would stop immediately and aid the victim... but then again, panic may hit me and my first instict might be to flee. I can't self-righteously say I would have acted better without actually having ever been in that situation.

He did turn himself in later, which makes me believe that he probably panicked at the time and came to his senses after.

According to Shasho, the damage to his vehicle at that point was minimal. According to the police, " the car was crumpled and the windshield "depressed and fractured" by the violent impact with Couch that left his body parts strewn across the street." I'm inclined to believe the police report, but having met some dishonest cops, I can never really be sure without having been a witness.

I won't judge the guy for fleeing the accident, or for having the accident in the first place. The story is not enough to determine whether the victim or the driver was more at fault. However, whether Shasho is owed money or not has nothing to do with the morality of the situation.

If he was in fact, lying about the damage just to get money from the city, then I hope that the truth will come to light and he won't be compensated. Only then would I feel ok in passing some moral judgement, since it would prove his dishonesty and greed.

If it was true that most of the damage to the car was incurred at the impound lot, then Shasho has every right to be compensated by the city. If anyone's vehicle is damaged at an impound lot, they deserve to be compensated, regardless of the reason for the car being impounded.

It's sad that someone lost their life, but this was an accident, with no evidence so far of recklessness on Shasho's part except for leaving the scene. The article mentions his "fancy detailing shop" for "luxury cars". Whether Shasho is rich or poor, driving a Bentley or a Pinto, should have no bearing on the suit. If my vehicle was damaged in impound, I'd file suit, too. The difference is that I could not afford to take care of the damages myself, while Shasho seemingly could. Then again, most of the rich people I know are rich simply because they pinch every penny possible. He could simply take the loss, but is he obligated to?

The victim's son filed suit against him, and it was settled last year (didn't say what kind of settlement). Shasho is on probation, and has been sentenced to community service. It seems there is nothing more to be done for the victim's family. How does this suit against the city make him "immoral" and "inhuman"?

Maybe he really is a heartless greedy bastard. Maybe he's not, and is just trying to legitimately recoup his losses. The article seems to show bias against the rich, and is therefore not a neutral source of facts about the situation. I'd prefer a more balanced point of view to work from, but sometimes it's necessary to stop and put myself in the shoes of the person who's side isn't told.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I am putting myself in this shitbird's shoes, and I can say with 100% conviction that if I were to, God forbid, hit someone with my car I would NOT drive away and leave them to suffer and die in the gutter.

I wouldn't leave someone's dog. I wouldn't leave a bird or a squirrel.

I have stopped to make sure a bird I hit was dead, as the idea of it lying there suffering and dying alone like so much trash was one I couldn't live with.

How fast was this asshole going that he allegedly blew his victim literally apart? Maybe he turned himself in so nobody would know he was drunk. We'll never know.

I do know if I killed someone with my car, the amount of damage my car had sustained would not be something I really cared about. So he claims to have taken note of how much his car was damaged? He was so out of his head he just panicked and fled the scene, but in the midst of all that had the presence of mind to take accurate inventory of his own damages?

Horseshit.