# Family sued because of airplane crash **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 24, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-sued-because-of-airplane-crash/241827 "2004-04-24T18:56:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-sued-because-of-airplane-crash/241827/41 "2004-04-30T10:04:37Z")
> [@Northern Piper](#): > > So I’m a bit puzzled why they’re talking about the claims bankrupting her. . It could bankrupt her if she didn’t own much personnally before his death and since spent part oh the inheritance, couldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-sued-because-of-airplane-crash/241827/42 "2004-04-30T10:06:08Z")
Also, she could not be using "bankruptcy in its legal sense, but just mean “I’d have to sell the house”, or something like that… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-sued-because-of-airplane-crash/241827/43 "2004-04-30T13:42:57Z")
I suppose that could be it, **clairobscure**. If she has used up the inheritance, she could still liable for the amount of it, under the second paragraph of art. 625, if I’ve read it correctly. [QUOTE=Eyer8- Thanks for all the info Northern Piper.[/QUOTE] You’re welcome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-sued-because-of-airplane-crash/241827.md?page=2)