drfife wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
...Well Sir if you are over your weight ratings and you kill one of my family members I will drain your insurance coverage then I will go after you personally. And I will win and you will have nothing.
So if you want to play roulette by towing over your limits you better have a huge umbrella policy.
There is no way you could prove it in court.
You can try that tactic regardless of the weight of the rig. You might win. You might not. I have never seen, nor heard of an actual first hand account where being over the manufactures rated weight created a larger settlement.
Welcome to America, where people can, and will, sue over just about anything.