Can I Buy Your Child For $100,000.00?
Virginia Tech is getting the deal of a lifetime at 100K for each death caused by
A. their negligence in failing to remove Seung-Hui Cho from the campus,
B. their failure to warn the campus that a gunman was at large and could possibly be a danger to students and
C. the campus policy that doesn't allow properly permitted and legal gun owners to carry their lawful weapons on campus, ensuring a helpless, victim-rich environment.
Virginia Tech's negligence in allowing the massacre to take place is far more egregious than the pittance of the settlement per child would lead one to believe. Not only did they not warn the student body, but their rules about no LEGAL firearms on campus made sure that no one could defend themselves. They are incredibly lucky to get off so lightly in the civil settlement.
When one considers that a surrogate mother is $40,000 plus another 15-30K for the harvesting, fertilization and implantation, prenatal care, hospital delivery, diapers, food, clothes, insurance, education, braces, etc., etc. and VT got the deal of a lifetime! If I offered you a 100K for one of your children would you let me kill him or her? Of course not--but VT thinks it's a fair deal for the parents--and of course let's not forget that the lawyers are getting a cut too--33.3-40% of the 100K PLUS EXPENSES which means only 60-66% of the 100K of blood money offered. Can I buy your child for 100 thousand dollars? It's not enough--not by a long shot!
The author, Teri Davis (Limo Barbie) owns and operates Dependable Limos. She has been nationally recognized by Limo Digest magazine for excellence in the field. Dependable Limos was first runner-up for Small Limousine Company of the Year for the United States in 2003 and nominated for Mid-size Limousine Company of the Year in 2004.
