http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5745940
http://www.knbc.com/news/14521441/detail.html


Family Files Suit
The family of a woman and two children killed when the car they were in was struck during a street race in El Monte will file a $100 million lawsuit Tuesday against the two men involved in the race and the Nissan Motor Co., an attorney said.

The suit will state that the two men are liable for wrongful death, gross negligence and intentional negligence. It will also allege product liability and negligence on the part of Nissan, according to attorney Charles T. Mathews.

Dora Groce, 41, her 8-year-old son, Robert, and her 4-year-old daughter, Catherine, were killed in El Monte on Oct. 8. when one of two racing cars struck their Nissan Altima, police said. The Altima was broadsided on Parkway Drive as it came out of a trailer park and burst into flames.

Mathews said the "negligently created" configuration of the vehicle's gas tank and fuel system were to blame for the fire and compared the Altima to the old accident-prone Ford Pinto.


Mathews said that, according to information gleaned during autopsies, two of the victims survived the initial impact but subsequently burned to death.

Every car manufacturer whose vehicles are sold in Southern California has to know that vehicles are likely to be involved in collisions, he said.

He said it was his understanding that Altimas have been involved in several similar fiery crashes in the past.

Two men are in custody in connection with the crash. They are 19-year- old Robert Canizalez and 21-year-old Martin Marones

Discuss.

Personally I dont expect a car to hold up to a side impact if the oncoming car is going 100mph or so. I guess other people have different standards.

11/7/2007 6:55:10 PM

wtf would nissan be responsible for

11/7/2007 6:55:46 PM

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"Personally I dont expect a car to hold up to a side impact if the oncoming car is going 100mph or so. I guess other people have different standards. ARE STUPID and MONEY HUNGRY."

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"Two men are in custody in connection with the crash. They are 19-year- old Robert Canizalez and 21-year-old Martin Marones"

Flame (literally) those fucking killers.

11/7/2007 7:00:57 PM

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"as it came out of a trailer park "

11/7/2007 7:03:32 PM

retarded

11/7/2007 8:11:48 PM

one hundred million dollars

11/7/2007 8:18:09 PM

fucking spics

11/7/2007 8:24:35 PM

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"trailer park and burst into flames."

trailer trash gone bye bye.

11/7/2007 8:56:22 PM

and all this time we thought it was the sentra that was the hottest car on the road.

11/7/2007 9:59:40 PM

what's all this junk about cars and gas tanks. almost all cars have tanks under the car towards the rear

11/7/2007 10:00:41 PM

You people put a gas tank in my car, how dare you! It should be closer to the INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE and my SEATS up front!

11/7/2007 11:07:57 PM

They should settle for 100 million pesos

11/7/2007 11:23:54 PM

100 million goddamn lira.

11/7/2007 11:35:54 PM

more like 100 million sand dollars.

11/7/2007 11:39:14 PM

yeah, those things have to pass government test at certain speeds and angles, i doubt any fuel tank is gonna hold up to a car nearly getting cut in half

11/8/2007 8:21:19 AM

100 million Zimbabwe dollars

or $100 USD

11/8/2007 10:56:20 AM

haha I doubt nissan is worried AT ALL.

I can hear a judge at the preliminary hearing.

"wait how fast were they going? uh huh.....case dismissed"

11/8/2007 3:02:17 PM

This is as ridiculous as your mother's 12-inch clitoris.

SHE'S A MAN, BABY

11/8/2007 3:39:32 PM