Can a fugitive from the law be held criminally responsible for the fact that two news helicopters crash?
while he is being pursued by police, resulting in the deaths of the helicopter occupants?
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Yes, if the attorney is good enough. It is quite a stretch, but what it comes down to is Proximate Cause.
Honestly I have no idea. However I just saw the story and was thinking the exact same thing.
o, but he could be held civilly liable ,like OJ was.
All pilots must exercise "see and avoid". This was the pilot's fault.
I was thinking that exact question...
Personally, I think the fugitive should not. It was newsworthy, and those people were doing their job. They just didn't look around.
That's like a businessman suing his company because he got hit by a car on his lunch break.
But this is America...you never know
No.
The fugitive did nothing to force the helicopters to follow his pursuit.
You might as well try to hold the police responsible for the helicopter crash.
The helicopters probably crashed because the pilots were paying more attention to getting a great shot of the pursuit for ratings, instead of being aware of what was going on in the air around them.
NO, THATS NOT HIS FAULT
I wondered the same thing, but on thinking it over, I don't think so. But I'm sure there's some lawyer who has already contacted the victims' relatives.
Not likely with a criminal action, but he could be sued for wrongful death by the families of the people in the helicopter. The burden of proof is much less in civil court than in criminal (also why OJ lost there when he won in criminal court).
no, but they'll think of something
No, but I'm sure he's going to jail for quite awhile for whatever he did. I can't see the victim's families winning a civil suit against him. That's about like the Seinfeld episode where Kramer tries to sue after he wrecked his car because the woman (Sue Ellen) was walking down the street wearing only a bra.
If it wasn't for this stupid idiot being a jacka$$ giving the police a hard time, the helicopters would not have been in the air at that particular place at that particular time. The Phoenix Police said that he may and hopefully will be charged in the deaths of these men due to his actions.
There are so many comments from people assuming that the crash was the direct result of the pilots. Are you stating this because you know for a fact that these 2 pilots were reckless? You know for a fact that there was no helicopter malfunction? A majority of the news helicopter pilots are a tight nit family who are friends, close friends, outside of the journalism business. They take care of each other both in and out of the air. I would hope nothing tragic happens in your life where everyone says that its all your fault that it happened.
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