dangerous elderly drivers

Academy award winning stroke victim driver Kirk Douglas hits parked car

(PRWEB) June 14, 2004 -- John Robert vs. Kirk Douglas- Case # SC077501
According to victim John Robert "I was almost run down and killed by then 85-year-old Kirk Douglas. I was outside my car and jerked violently as he hit my car door at 30 MPH in his 12 cylinder 165 MPH BMW. I ended up with damage to my back and a severe groin hernia, which was operated upon. We are scheduled for court in West LA in January 2005."

"The case is a amazing forerunner to the Farmers Market dangerous elderly driver deaths. When compared to the elderly driver in the Farmers Market
accident, it is Kirk Douglas who should not have been on the road," according to Robert." A check of his medical history shows that.. His long term Doctor Rick Gold, his wife (who owned the car) and his insurance company should have had him off the road. In addition to his obvious medical problems he passed out on a golf course and routinely passed out on the set of his movie It Runs In The Family" co-starring his son, Michael Douglas. A line from the movie is how he shouldnt be driving." When he hit me he was belligerent and incoherent. He is the elderly poster boy for a report to the DMV."

"In his book My Stroke of Luck" Kirk Douglas mentions his 2 pacemakers, partial paralysis, medication, stroke(s), bad knees, compressed spine, attempted suicide and broken back, in addition to continually passing out."

"Note:    If he should not have been reported to DMV, then no one should."

"Because of the power of the old-line Douglas family in Hollywood it is hard to find a reputable attorney to represent me. "

"I think only publicity will bring justice and maybe change some laws.. His insurance company even sent me a $2,800 bill for his car. What arrogance."

"I took my own father off the road after his (3) strokes. Maybe I should start SADD (Sons against Degenerative Drivers)." according to plaintiff John Robert.

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