Two Va. Tech Families Sue the School
|
Posted by Blake the Megalomaniac (Follow Me)- Blake the Megalomaniac is a graduate of Virginia Tech and now lives the Adams Morgan section of Washington DC. - To see more posts by this author click here |
ROANOKE | The parents of two students slain at Virginia Tech said Friday they filed lawsuits because they want someone held accountable for the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. They were the only eligible families who didn’t accept a share of an $11 million state settlement. Their lawsuits purport gross negligence and seek $10 million.
The parents of Erin Peterson and Julia Pryde said they’re seeking the truth about officials’ actions the morning student gunman Seung-hui Cho killed 32 people and himself.The school has been criticized because it took more than two hours for it to notify students of the first two killings.
“On April 16, 2007, the administrators let our daughters down in ways we are just now learning,” said a statement by Celeste and Grafton Peterson and Harry and Karen Pryde. The parents sued the state, the school and employees as well as Cho’s estate Thursday, the second anniversary of the shootings and the deadline for lawsuits.”
Furthermore, Governor Tim Kaine stated that he was not surprised by the lawsuits, and I have to agree. I tend to believe that there are no wrongdoings without a guilty party. In this case, I adamantly believe that while Cho was directly responsible for the calamity, ultimately lives would have been spared if the Va. Tech decision makers had acted faster and bolder, thus making them indirectly responsible.
A panel convened to gather facts and investigate, but now we should be made privy to the whole story. Follow this link to the short WashingtonTimes article.
udothedishes…
Related posts:
- Condolences to Fort Hood Families
- Best Public School Rankings
- Sights from High School Football
- Pat Welsh shines a bright light on education and immigrant families
- Virginia Tech: We Will Prevail
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
Although i’m not surprised by it, I dunno if I agree with this lawsuit.
The problem I have is that, does the lawsuit bring their children back? Does the lawsuit prevent this from happening again? Does it undo any type of damage?
If it doesn’t do any of the above then I don’t know how I can agree with it.
then, the Cho estate (i.e. his family) is being sued as well, which means now that not only do the families that were victimized suffer,…so will his siblings financially. not to mention they will go down in history as being related to him.
So with that being said, i think in situations like this it is hard for people to accept the fact that sometimes horrible things happen and nothing can be done. We try to right wrongs by suing people and i think that is a slippery slope, legally.
By not accepting the settlement it is well within, not only their legal right , but moral and ethical right in my mind. It won’t bring back their daughter but it most certainly can prevent this from happening again especially if they believe they have not been told the whole story as they said.
Frivolous lawsuits are a slippery slope, but I hardly believe you can call this frivolous. Some families chose to put it behind them and move on while this family isn’t – and I think all families involved are correct.
On the Cho estate facet, all I have to do is put myself in the dad’s shoes who lost his daughter and I think I’d not only sue VT, VA, and Cho’s estate but as Denzel put it in ‘Man On Fire,’ Anyone that was involved. Anybody who profited from it. Anybody who opens their eyes at me,” If I was that Dad.