Greetings and salutations from our easternmost state. Maine for those of you who are geographically impaired. I have been working up here the past two weeks doing a project for FEMA to re-map the flood zones for the insurance companies. Basically how much money you have to pay in taxes because of how close your house is to high waves. It's actually pretty interesting and I don't have to sit behind a desk. Actually I get to ride around in a boat all day, breathe fresh air, and look at seals. All the while I am getting paid.
So as we were cruising along, the captain and I started discussing drinking...of course. This idea originally came to me while reading my cousin's blog (see below). Here is my dilemma. Let's say you are driving along and you run over a drunk guy who has passed out in the street. Now let's say this guy is really drunk, almost to lethal levels. This could be any college student on a Friday or Saturday night. You call an ambulance and while the guy is being taken to the hospital he dies.
But here is the catch. He dies of internal injuries sustained from the collision but he would have never been hit in the first place had he not been intoxicated. Who is at fault here? Kind of a Catch-22 I would say. If any of my readers are lawyers, soon-to-be lawyers, paralegals, or have any interest in law, then I would really like to get your input on this topic. Personally I would say the drunk guy is at fault for public intoxication. What are your thoughts?
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