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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Bertuzzi's intent, whether he intended to injure him severely or not is irrelevant, his actions are relevant. However again, Bertuzzi's interview after the game where Naslund got hit does point to intent.
The broken next, torn frontal lobe etc were caused by Bertuzi's actions,
What your saying is if I aim a gun at someone and it goes off because I accidentally pull the trigger and kill the person I should get off scott free because I didn't intend to shoot the person.
On top of that, Moore's injuries are going to be considered to be debilitating and effect his ability to work at jobs that he was university trained for. Please read the article I posted earlier. So not only was his NHL income ended, but his earning potential for the future is compromised. He will get a lot more then medical expenses and small damages if his lawyer does his job right.
You could argue that if he played 5 more years in the NHL at a below NHL salary of $1 million which would be 5 million. Then he turned his NHL career and Harvard degree into a minimum of a $200,000 per year income which is what Harvard grads get paid minimum for lets say 30 years. $6,000,000. Add then together to get to $11,000,000. Then add on things like interest.
I doubt he'll get $38 million, which is a number probably pulled from the air. But I would bet he gets between 10 and 15 million from the Canucks and Bertuzzi.
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Just so you're aware, that exact situation actually exists, and if you are holding a gun and it accidentally goes off and kills someone, you could very well get off. It's called "accidental killing" and as long as you are not committing a crime or intending to commit a crime, then the homicide itself is not considered a crime.
So this, obviously, is not what I was saying. Bertuzzi committed the crime of assault. He was punished by law for that crime. I'm simply saying that proving him to be financially responsible to Moore is different than proving Bertuzzi to be guilty of a crime. He's guilty, that's over. The rest is far trickier.
I, like you, believe he's probably going to get somewhere to the tune of 10 million or so.