After the criminal trial, experts place emphasis on Karen Reed’s lawsuit
The verdict was read in Karen Reed’s detective retrial.
Karen read There are still pending lawsuits from the O’Keefe family against her, and legal experts say that depending on how it unfolds, it could have a major financial impact.
The family of Reed’s former boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe; He filed a lawsuit For August Reading and 2 Bars. During a retrial of a criminal case against her, the judge put the civil suit on hold.
Karen Reed and her father, William Reed, greet her supporters as they enter court before her acquittal on many of the charges against June 18th. (via Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald Getty Images/Getty Images)
The long criminal act ended last month. However, she committed the crime of driving while drunk.
Karen reaches after getting stuck at the first trial after reading the murder case
After the ruling in the suit, an attorney representing Mark Diller of the O’Keefe family said he expected the case to “have the criminal matters over so we’ll continue our business as usual.” According to Boston Gloves.
Fox Business contacted the Dealer to comment on the circumstances of the lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges that members of O’Keefe’s family were responsible among other claims for the death of O’Keefe over three years ago and the negligence and/or reckless infringement of emotional distress against the family. He also made arguing against two bars, McCarthy and Waterfall Bar & Grill.
Read denied the claim. According to Globe, the two bars also deny the claim.
Spencer Kuvin, chief legal officer at Goldlaw, told Fox Business that the possibility of a lawsuit being tried and resolved “it depends on whether there is insurance to cover this.”
After the ju umpire is fired that day, Karen Reed listens as Canton Police Sergeant. Michael Rank is adjacent to lawyers Elizabeth Little and David Yanetti after being questioned by defense attorney Alan Jackson. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
He said the lawsuit could go to trial if the reading was not liable. Through insurance.
Jamie Wright, a trial lawyer in Los Angeles and founder of Wright Law Firm, said he pointed out that settlements are common in litigation but the reading situation is “clear.”
“If she believes she’s staying on the railroad and wants to be told throughout her story, she might fight this all the way through,” Wright said. “On the contrary, the plaintiff may try to reach a settlement if he is afraid of being burned in the stand or being scrutinized.”
Kuvin said that the settlements are “generally less than verdicts because they have to consider the possibility of getting a zero verdict because they are always a compromise on conflicted claims.”
When the O’Keefe family case goes to trial and reads the loss, he said the damages are “anything that the ju judge feels reasonable.”
“So it’s going to be looking at financial losses. This will include the lost wages for the rest of the lives of the youth, the money they earned over the lost life. And it’s up to the jury to determine the significant amount of pain and suffering for the survivors left behind,” he told Fox Business.
“And these damages can be millions of dollars because you value the lives of your loved ones. That’s extremely difficult.”
Wright said “we are in crisis if not millions” and “insurance “will not pay everything” depending on “everything.”
Vintication at Karen Read’s murder trial could change to six-figure public payday
Kuvin said the ju apprentices “determine the total measure of damages” and “control the percentage of negligence of each defendant” “of which they are liable to pay.”
“but In Massachusetts Even if you have only a small percentage, you are owed to pay in full, but you can get it back from other defendants who are only partially disabled,” he explained.
According to Wright, if the ju umpire controls reading, she “does not have to pay and if her name defends herself, her name will be cleared.”
“But if she goes back and file a lawsuit for probably honoural damages, malicious prosecution, or something similar, she can leave with actual money,” Wright said.
The photo was said Fox Business Read’s retrial verdict “doesn’t mean anything in civil courts.”
“The standard for proof in the criminal court is very high. It goes beyond reasonable doubt. It is basically a suspicion you may have, you have to say ‘No’,” he explained. “In civil courts, our standards are merely the predominance of evidence.”
He thought the evidence proposed by the prosecutors in the retrial was “very convincing,” and said “certainly, that type of evidence would likely lead to a verdict in favor of the deceased’s family.”
Karen opened and read the discussion at her second murder trial on April 22nd. (via Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald Getty Images/Getty Images)
In Wright’s opinion, the chances of a lead to win a lawsuit are “better than before, but never guaranteed.”
She also said the standard for proof of lawsuits is “a much simpler hill to climb,” but reads “getting momentum from innocence.”
Karen has been seen for the first time since her high stake trial and has returned to her routine
“The evidence has already been tested once, which weakens the lawsuit against her,” Wright said.
Fox Business contacted an attorney representing what they read for comments in a civil lawsuit.
Reading is on probation for one year to drive while drunk.