Venus Williams gets protective order against crash victim’s family
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Venus Williams just won a protective court order against the family of Jerome Barson, the elderly man who was killed in a car accident involving Williams in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, last month.
Recently, the family brought a wrongful death case against the tennis star, claiming she is liable for damages after the car crash, which led to his death. According to the Daily Mail, Williams won the first legal round in the court case over the death, gaining an emergency protective order against the Barsons. The report doesn’t specify the reason behind Williams’ speedy protective motion.
Observers speculate that this is merely a preemptive measure to protect herself. The family of Barson was seeking to download information from the vehicle in which he was a passenger when it struck Williams’s car in South Florida on June 9.
Barson died two weeks later from injuries suffered in the crash, and the initial police report stated that Williams was “at fault for violating the right of way” of Barson’s car, which was being driven by his wife. The “black box” in each of the vehicles involved could provide key information about the incident, and attorneys for Williams expressed concern about that data possibly being mishandled by Barsons’ team.
Williams’ lawyers asked for the protective order to be issued until they could agree on terms for a collection of data overseen by both sides. A hearing on the matter was scheduled at the Palm Beach County Courthouse for Friday, the same day Williams, 37, is set to take on Japan’s Naomi Osaka in the third round at Wimbledon.
Williams has yet to file her response to the actual wrongful death lawsuit that was filed by Barson’s family on June 30. Unfortunately, police determined Venus was to blame for the fatal crash – even though Williams was not cited by police after the accident.
Have to stop at red lights
So I take it you haven’t read or seen the latest chapter. lol
Cops reversed their stance because of a video. There is a video that captured the accident. Cops said she entered the intersection on a green light.
In the video, she stopped about halfway across because a green Altima turned in front of her. When she proceeded a few seconds later, she was hit.
Now let me ask you this.
If you enter the intersection on a green light and you briefly stop because someone turns in front of you then the light then turns red, do you proceed or keep your car in the middle of the intersection?
The police don’t appear to understand traffic laws.
Venus was correct all along. But if you hate her, she was in the wrong…
How much you want to bet, the daughter won’t drop the lawsuit?
Venus had the right of way.
Accident – let’s move on.
Maybe some people are too old to drive?