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Legend2440 • yesterday at 6:56 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

The position of the legal system is that car accident deaths are not murder.

It is extraordinarily rare for drivers to see criminal charges unless they are drunk. It's a matter for civil court.

>her family in the meantime did an asset transfer so that nothing could be pursued with in civil court.

News articles are reporting that the asset transfer has already been reversed. That kind of stunt never works - courts aren't stupid and they don't like it when you play games.

https://sfstandard.com/2026/03/20/mary-lau-sentenced-probati...


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thraway3837 • today at 12:43 AM

Glad to hear that the asset transfer has been reversed. Hopefully they sue her out of all 3 properties. Still nothing when your entire family of 4 is murdered. Ugh, the whole thing saddens me and makes me my blood boil, but no amount of justice will ever restore 4 lives :(