NASCAR settles with family of plane crash victim
Quote selected text Published January 12th, 2008 in NASCAR News
NASCAR has agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement with a man who lost his wife and son when a NASCAR owned plane slammed into their Sanford Florida home. That plane crash last July set off a massive fire. Joe Woodard lost his wife Janice and his 6 month old son Josiah. In the home next door four year old Gabreila DeChat died and her brother 10 year old Daniel Happy is still recovering in the Shriners’ Burn Center in Cincinnati. The plane was piloted by Dr. Bruce Kennedy the husband of Lesa France Kennedy president of International Speedway Corporation.
NASCAR pilot Michael Klemm was also killed. DeChat’s parents were also burned but have since recovered from their injuries. Woodward’s attorney wouldn’t discuss the terms of the settlement.
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1st I heard about this…
I fail to see how money can ever do anything about the loss of a loved one. Attorneys who participate in these kinds of lawsuits….
nah no comment
to me this a accident not negligence so why can they claim?
money won’t replace anything. but he deserves compensation. he lost his wife and child and it was a wrongful death. wouldn’t you want compensation? he hurts deeply but he is only getting due what he wrightfully and legally is entitled too. hopefully he will put his money to good use and do something positive. even if he donates it all to a worthy cause like sickle cell anemia or cancer, he deserves compensation. any american would deserve no less. and it’s the companies responsibility to atone for that as much as humanly possibly. they were burned to smitherines while praying… come on!!!
They failed to say what the settlement was…
trust me, it’s a multi million dollar settlement. my only question is how long till i get paid. hahaha