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17. So the 40K a year is for the length of his lifetime

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #12)

Tue May 6, 2014, 03:17 PM

May 2014

That's good, but still not enough for nursing home care of the variety he'll need. Even if one were to assume the cost would remain static for the duration of his lifetime.

My other comments were due to the parents wealth being a deciding factor in the sentence applied to their son. I was applying that as an anecdotal example of the jurisprudence he enjoyed vs. the reality of what American jurisprudence is for the rest of us, including this young man. In other words, it was sarcastic in both tone and intention.

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'Affluenza' teen's family (insurer) to pay victim $2M [View all] herding cats May 2014 OP

That's all mom and dad know... Blue_Tires May 2014 #1

I question if this is even enough money to provide for this boy for life. herding cats May 2014 #5

I'm certain that the Couch's attorneys have let all the families know Blue_Tires May 2014 #8

I don't doubt that for a moment. herding cats May 2014 #10

The annuity is "Life with a guarantee of 25 years" A HERETIC I AM May 2014 #12

So the 40K a year is for the length of his lifetime herding cats May 2014 #17

Without seeing the provisions of the annuity itself, I would say yes. A HERETIC I AM May 2014 #18

You made me stop and think herding cats May 2014 #22

Well, I'm glad my post had that effect! A HERETIC I AM May 2014 #23

All things considered-- YarnAddict May 2014 #16

Nope, not enough, should be minimum twenty million randys1 May 2014 #26

US Senator Ethan Couch (R-TX) ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2014 #2

Seeing that this is Texass I can see a friendly Judge vacating the settlement PubsFU May 2014 #3

and i wish you were exaggerating, but you are not randys1 May 2014 #27

I would edit to say "The 'Affluenza' teen's INSURER to pay victim $2M" MicaelS May 2014 #4

It is the insurer paying. herding cats May 2014 #6

It's probably coming from an umbrella policy. MissB May 2014 #14

I do have to wonder about whether the umbrella would exboyfil May 2014 #20

I am still incensed every time this case come's up. Jenoch May 2014 #7

Five other families have settled. MicaelS May 2014 #9

I scanned the first link, but not the Star Telegram. Jenoch May 2014 #15

While the state is picking up most of the tab exboyfil May 2014 #21

I thought he only got ten months probation? Jenoch May 2014 #25

Originally the story was he was exboyfil May 2014 #28

State has a vested interest in this payout as well exboyfil May 2014 #11

The state's already paying for the vast majority his treatment NobodyHere May 2014 #19

If you can't beat the law, buy it. It's the Murkin way. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2014 #13

More and more life in 'Merica resembles a Philip K Dick story n/t Strelnikov_ May 2014 #24