What's your view on this? I agree that, if a family bread-winner is wrongfully killed, compensation to support a family is justified. Or money paid to a baby wrongfully damaged at birth to pay for ongoing care as a result. But how do you feel about compensation being paid to the family of a child. What does/should compensation represent? Is it a valuable deterrant for future screw-ups?
I feel comfortable with money being paid to a family to, in someway, put right what went wrong, I know of a family who are using compensation money to pay for IVF treatment after the negligent death of a naturally conceived 11th hour baby. I realise that people don't have to answer to anyone about how they spend compensation money, but the whole thing makes me feel uncomfortable.
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bubble99 · 01/08/2005 20:43
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