Steelers Rule
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Alabama
So this is the story, happened nearly a year ago.....
My stepfather was hired by a manager of a mobile home park to cut there grass using their zero turn radius mower. He has never driven one and the manager was told that by him, and the manager told me that my stepfather told her that.
She said "I told him to practice"
Well there is a retention pond appx 150 feet from where the mower sat, my stepfather got on and started mowing, manager was in the house showering and heard the mower start.
My Stepfather started to mow around the retention pond first, he made it about 50 feet on a manageable incline and the mower veered into the retention pond, turned over and drown my stepfather.
The manager came out later and saw the mower on top of him in the water, called 911, they tried to revive but he had been dead for a few minutes.
Chief of Police statement ruled an accidental death and the Death Certificate ruled the death, Accidental-Drowning.
Who do you sue? The mobile home park, which likely has insurance and hired someone to run their machine with no experience or sue the mower manufacturer for either no roll bar, or that on a manageable incline pulls the front to the side, again my stepfather had no experience on these things.
If it matters, I am a beneficiary in his will, as are my brother and sister, my sister is the executor.
So this is the story, happened nearly a year ago.....
My stepfather was hired by a manager of a mobile home park to cut there grass using their zero turn radius mower. He has never driven one and the manager was told that by him, and the manager told me that my stepfather told her that.
She said "I told him to practice"
Well there is a retention pond appx 150 feet from where the mower sat, my stepfather got on and started mowing, manager was in the house showering and heard the mower start.
My Stepfather started to mow around the retention pond first, he made it about 50 feet on a manageable incline and the mower veered into the retention pond, turned over and drown my stepfather.
The manager came out later and saw the mower on top of him in the water, called 911, they tried to revive but he had been dead for a few minutes.
Chief of Police statement ruled an accidental death and the Death Certificate ruled the death, Accidental-Drowning.
Who do you sue? The mobile home park, which likely has insurance and hired someone to run their machine with no experience or sue the mower manufacturer for either no roll bar, or that on a manageable incline pulls the front to the side, again my stepfather had no experience on these things.
If it matters, I am a beneficiary in his will, as are my brother and sister, my sister is the executor.
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