[sammyg2]

Yes, she can go after the insurance companies of the ferrari club, the track, the guy who was volunteering as a flagman, the owner of the CGT and the guy who was leaving the pits.
My point was that although tragic, the money she will get from these insurance companies is not justified or warranted.
Who will end up paying in the long run? Everyone who needs insurance. The cost of frivilous and outrageous court-awarded judgements is passed onto all of us. Ever wonder how much your car or homeowner's insurance would cost if there were no more personal injury lawyers? It would probably cost 1/10th of what it is now or less.
Same with medical insurance. Don't tell me that the cost of health care isn't driven sky high because of malpractice lawsuits, I know better.
Once in a while a lawsuit is justified and warranted, but it is a small percentage.

This guy jumped in a car thsat was headed out on the track during a competition event. It was a very fast car. Did he tell the driver to just put-put around at 30 mph? i don't think so. The car crashed and he lost his life. Which one of those plaitiffs twisted his arm and forced him to be a passenger? Since when was a track event supposed to be totally without risk?

It isn't the 15 freeway. When we go out and sign up to participate in a DE, a time trial, or even an AX we ascept a certain risk. If we screw up are we supposed to blame everyone within a miles of our screw up?
I was taught that it was my responsibilty to control the car in a way that I can react to the unexpected. Obviously that was wrong. It isn't my responsibilty, it is up to all the insurance companies.

In the past I have volunteered to show up and work at events for the local PCA region even though I wasn't driving. I just wanted to be a good guy and help out.
I can tell you for sure that I don't think I will volunteer to work a driving event again and I know I will not be working as an instructor again.
Suppose someone balls up their car because they went into a corner too hot and since our society does not allow personal responsibilty or accountability, the corner worker or the instructor will be the obvious one to blame even though they were just easy targets for a lawyer. I will not be that corner worker or instructor.

This same lawyer went after Porsche for building and selling the 930, because SOME PEOPLE don't have the common sense to keep from flooring it and going too fast or goig into a corner too fast and then lifting. He won the case.
Based on that logic, all car manufacturers should make cars that only have enough horsepower that even the dumbest or least skilled potential driver can operate it without screwing up. I figure that is about 15 mph. Think of the gas mileage we will get when the only car that is legal has a maximum of 5 hp.
High performance cars are obviously not safe enough to be operated by a small percentage of our population so they shouild all be outlawed. send em all to the crusher!
Either that or drive the insurance costs up so high that even the rich guys can't afford them.