I hate frivolous lawsuits as much as anyone, but this seems very reasonable. Fix my stuff and let me keep the piece and we're cool.
I thought the same thing. This doesn't seem frivolous at all. They're not claiming that they're living in constant fear of the sky falling.
And I'm with ya, I'd totally want to keep the debris.
Yeah some people would bubble this lawsuit as like “we’re seeking millions in psychological damages” but 80k is what I would expect for home repair and a little “you almost killed our kid”
Anything that survives deorbit might be slightly radioactive so they can have it back, if it were me.
The fact that you even thought frivolous lawsuit when reading the headline is a sign that McDonald's campaign to vilifying suing worked.
That's quite the reach. It certainly could have been the McDonald's propaganda of whose details I was fully aware, but it was more likely the "My Mac and cheese took too long to cook" suit, the "Texas Pete isn't even made in Texas" suit, the infamous "$54 million because my dry cleaner lost my pants" suit, or any of a litigious litany of loonies trying to sue for exorbitant sums of money over minor inconveniences.
Space junk comes through your roof and you want the damages repaired? Cool. McDonald's not included.
80,000 seem like a reasonable amount.
That was my thought as well. Seems like a reasonable amount to cover repairs and some extra without being excessive.
New roof and floor. Plus whatever other damage to the room, plus a bit of buffer for legal fees.
Surprised that they having to go to court. Like “we pay your repair bills, some for the lawyer. Everyone wins.”
Might be required for whatever insurance process NASA has to follow.
Policy requirements like that are why you see scenarios where people are suing family members when the issue is clearly covered by insurance.
Federal government agencies rarely have insurance for things like these. The federal government is self-insured.
I’d be asking for more — emotional distress, rent to live somewhere else while they fixed my house for months, additional money for the inconvenience.
You overestimate the worth of your inconvenience.
I very much don’t. My time is valuable.
That's hardly even a story - house repairs cost a lot of money, and NASA's equipment (by their own admission) caused the damage.
It's only the police that get away with ruining people's things without paying.
Probably just suing so that insurance covers it.
Just a matter of time before they add a higher deductible specifically for space junk. 😒
Imagine if space shit killed your dog
Fuck right off, my life sucks enough. My precious little dog is my one ray of sunshine in my life, he's always happy to see me and never fails to bring a smile to my face. Dogs are just the best, idk how anyone could possibly not like them, it just doesn't compute for me.
Yeah I love dogs too
Dogs are the best, I'll never understand how people can dislike them.
People who have been mauled by dogs get a pass in my book
Yeah that's completely fair, there are valid reasons for not liking dogs, I'm just being a bit hyperbolic.
I like dogs, but would never own one. To much love, to needy.
I want a cat to resent me for rest of its life cause I smoosh it every day.
Or your parent/guardian
Or in this case, their son, who was home at the time, and just happened to be in a different room
NASA probably doesn't want to pay this because it would set a precedent that they have to pay for other space debris incidents. The days of counting on debris landing somewhere harmless or burning up in the atmosphere would be over.
Good. It's a flawed system that did damage to someone's home and almost killed their kid.
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