I don't think the parents of the dead teens are trying to leverage the deaths for their financial gain.
The parents are looking to hold someone other than their little girl responsible. Sad but not unusual.
That’s not the way I read the claim,
The claim reads, "As a result of the incident, all of the parents of these four minors — Bradley D. Barth, Army Barth, Wendy Pfeifer, Justin Pfeifer, Tonja Minardi, John Minardi and Julie Odermatt — have suffered injuries, will continue to suffer injuries and have incurred other damages and losses.
The document argues that the area of Platteview Road where the crash occurred and the guardrail the vehicle struck were both "improper," because:
It was defective and improperly and negligently designed, engineered, constructed or maintained.
It failed to warn drivers of its dangers.
It failed to prevent/mitigate crashes on Platteview Road
It created a dangerous condition and did not comply with practices, rules and standards
"Sarpy County's negligent, reckless, and/or willful actions and/or omissions were a cause of the incident," the document states.
Each family is seeking wrongful-death damages related to emotional distress, loss of financial support, loss of comfort, companionship, services, support, earnings, love, affection and more.
