# It's finally happened. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 18, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-happened/240732 "2004-04-18T23:47:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-happened/240732/21 "2004-04-19T14:26:36Z")
Yeah, I can see a possible case against the girlfriend (if he was drunk when she handed over the keys, or she knew he was unlicensed), and maybe the folks handing out the alcohol but everything else is just passing the buck and looking for deep pockets. It’ll get thrown out immediately. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-happened/240732/22 "2004-04-19T14:35:25Z")
Where’s the boy’s dad in all of this? Does he support the lawsuit? If not, sue him as well. After all he did father the child. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-happened/240732/23 "2004-04-19T14:40:56Z")
Why doesn’t she sue herself? She let him go to the party. She made sure he didn’t get a licence. She didn’t chaperone the kid to the party and monitor his drinking habits. ---
**Author:** ![OneYogini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9e5f3/32.png) [@OneYogini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneYogini)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-happened/240732/24 "2004-04-19T19:04:29Z")
> [@antechinus](#): > > First they start sueing death metal bands for promoting suicide - now its boring middle-of-the-road irish band whos music makes people fall asleep at the wheel. HEY! I love The Corrs!! They’ve never made me fall asleep…though I’d guess that if that woman’s son was looking at their CD cover or watching a DVD of them performing, while driving, THAT might be cause for an accident. Those girls are VERY cute. Then I suppose his mother could include them in the lawsuit. 😃 Or, she could BLAME CANADA! ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-happened/240732/25 "2004-04-19T20:01:13Z")
> [@OneYogini](#): > > Or, she could BLAME CANADA! Nah. THat’s only for profanity. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-happened/240732/26 "2004-04-19T20:33:16Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > > [@OneYogini](#): > > > > Or, she could BLAME CANADA! > > Nah. That’s only for profanity. Well, that all depends. Was he drinking Canadian beer that night? ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-happened/240732/27 "2004-04-19T21:30:07Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Well, that all depends. Was he drinking Canadian beer that night? If he had been drinking Canadian beer this never would have happened. He would have passed out long before getting in the car. American beer: When do they add the alcohol? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-happened/240732/28 "2004-04-19T22:07:00Z")
Maybe the mom can sue the dinosaurs for becoming extinct and gradually decomposing into the hydrocarbon fuels that were used to accelerate the vehicle to its fatal velocity. Yes, I know that dinosaurs != petrochemicals. 'S a joke, son. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-happened/240732/29 "2004-04-19T22:27:48Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Maybe the mom can sue the dinosaurs for becoming extinct and gradually decomposing into the hydrocarbon fuels that were used to accelerate the vehicle to its fatal velocity. > Yes, I know that dinosaurs != petrochemicals. 'S a joke, son. Though even if you were to do that, it would be problematic because of said exictiontion, so you’d have to go after their decendents. I believe that would be birds, If I’m not mistaken. Then the question comes up: Can you sue someone for something that happened 65 million years ago, somebody who is not only a different species but also also considered an entirely different class? At what point can you (not?) sue somebody for something that happened in the past? ---
**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-happened/240732/30 "2004-04-19T23:38:16Z")
More information from the [article as it appeared in the Reno-Gavette-Journal](http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2004/04/16/68720.php)… Seems that the owner of the house (I assume they mean the house he drank at), and the person who rented the property are also being sued… ---
**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-happened/240732/31 "2004-04-19T23:39:22Z")
I meant Reno- **Gazette** Journal. ---
**Author:** ![Tokyo\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tokyo\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tokyo_Mann)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-happened/240732/32 "2004-04-20T10:16:31Z")
> [@Greenback](#): > > If he had been drinking Canadian beer this never would have happened. He would have passed out long before getting in the car. > > American beer: When do they add the alcohol? What is similar about making love in a canoe and American beer? Both are f\*\*\*ing close to water. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-happened/240732.md?page=1)