When Jeffrey Hawkins, a 42-year-old father of four, was killed while on the job, a 19-year-old with no knowledge of how to drive any vehicles disengaged the clutch of a Jeep Wrangler, forcing the car forward. But the teenager is not being charged or sued for his death.
A 19-year-old who didn't have a driver's license and didn't know how to drive a manual transmission is not responsible for the death of a 42-year-old mechanic who died after the teenager slipped a Jeep Wrangler into gear and it rolled into the man, killing him instantly.
The story has gotten national attention as we've examined why the business isn't being sued by the family. But it's also led to two questions: Why isn't the family suing the 19-year-old? On March 13, 2020, Hawkins left his home that he shared with his wife and children. It was a little more than an hour later that his wife learned he had been in an accident and hospitalized. He died just before 9 a.m. that morning.
The teen was still outside of the Jeep and, when he moved his right foot off of the clutch, the Jeep lurched forward. The second part is that it's common and recommended by experts to park a car with a manual transmission in either first gear or reverse to prevent it from rolling away but the operator, when starting the vehicle, should check the transmission first.
, the family's only remedy is worker's compensation, which prevents the coworker and the business from being sued.Under the law, Hawkins' family's only remedy is to seek worker's compensation because he was injured and ultimately killed on the job. That prevents the family from being able to sue the boss or coworker.On March 13, 2020, a customer needed an oil change. He took this car to the dealership- waited, and a young 19-year-old mechanic attempted to change the oil.
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