Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts
by krisoft on Friday May 12, 2023 @10:35AM
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> Don’t sue for something completely legal because it makes life inconvenient for a city.
I don't understand this reasoning. The city believes there is already a law under which what the car manufacturer did is not legal. They and the car manufacturer will go in front of a judge where the city will need to prove this, while the lawyers of the car manufacturer will presumably argue otherwise.
Should I be feeling bad for Kia that they have to justify their choices?
Re:Baltimore sues Hyundai, Kia over spike in car thefts
by jjk166 on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:13PM
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The city is going to spend substantial time and taxpayer dollars to argue a legal theory that is extremely dubious at best. If private citizens want to sue for dumb reasons, that's their prerogative, but a public entity with lots of other problems to deal with is fair game for criticism when they engage in boondoggles.
If you don’t like that, and I don’t, change the law. Don’t sue for something completely legal because it makes life inconvenient for a city. There is a long list of things cities find inconvenient, like bicycles without a built-in GPS, or even things as dumb as American flags in an upscale neighborhood.