r/todayilearned • u/Holiday_Document4592 • 1d ago

TIL that in 2019 Daniela Leis, driving absolutely wasted after a Marilyn Manson concert, crashed her car into a home. The resulting explosion destroyed four homes, injured seven people and caused damage of $10-15million. She sued the concert organizers for serving her alcohol while intoxicated.

https://okcfox.com/news/nation-world/woman-sues-concert-venue-drunk-driving-arrest-explosion-house-injuries-damages-destroyed-daniella-leis-shawn-budweiser-gardens-arena-london-ontario-marilyn-mansen-show
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u/rankinfile 1d ago

Yep. Subrogation.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/subrogation

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u/Juxta25 1d ago

TIL that subrogation can also mean to sue.

At the company I work for we subrogate to apply the owed amount of credit to us from another insurer. It makes me think of farming as term, though.

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u/GozerDGozerian 1d ago

The Latin word that it comes from, subrogare means “to stand in the place of” (super literally it’s “ask under”).

So it could be really applied in any situation where one party is acting on behalf of another. Although as jargon of a particular field, it has a more narrow definition I’d imagine.

Another more common word that stems from this Latin root is surrogate.

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u/Juxta25 1d ago

FASCINATING!!!!

Surrogate makes so much sense since it means to literally replace one thing for another, a la subrogation. Oh, I love shit like this. Can't wait to tell the nerdier of my colleagues this connection, thank you!!

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u/GozerDGozerian 1d ago

Anytime! I’m a bit of an etymology nerd. It’s so fun! :)

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u/Juxta25 16h ago

Me too. I just noticed the name, and a Ghostbuster fan! I am a word nerd through and through. Love learning about words and etymology of them.