The crash on Hwy 4 between Tampa and Orlando last week claimed many victims, some died. Now the lawyers are hovering like vultures ready to gain retribution for those victims. I'm of the opinion that the controlled burn which caused smoke to join the fog was a huge contributing factor and the victims have every right to sue...but, do all of them have the right?
One family appears to contain a large contingent of illegals. Do people who are illegally in the country have the right to sue for anything? Their lawyer won't admit that they are illegals but says they are here from Honduras to work in construction. But do they have a work permit?
It's a touchy situation with so many illegals in this country. Legal residents resent having their taxes used to provide schooling and health care for illegals. Now they're being asked to provide compensation for accidents. If the people hurt in the crash are truly illegals then they didn't have driver's licences or insurance. How much can you demand of a country that you've snuck into illegally?
I understand illegals. If I lived in the conditions they have in their own country I'd try to find something better for my family, too. These are desperate people who mainly work here in low paid jobs just wanting the hope of a future for their children. But, should they expect to come uninvited and generally unwanted into a country by sneaking across the border and then sue the citizens when accidents happen to them? This is not right.
If this really is an illegal family they've made a mistake by hiring a lawyer because it's drawn attention to them. They've already received or are still receiving medical care provided by American tax dollars and now, it seems, they want a cash windfall. There's just something terribly wrong about all of this.
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