First let me say, no one has the right to talk about Jennifer. She has been through more than you can imagine and none of us, not even me, can grasp what this has done to her life. She is a kind and wonderful woman. And if you could see her before Gary's death and compare it to now you would not say a word other than I am so sorry for your loss. Gary was the love of her life, for her, this was her fairy tale ending. Gary waited almost his whole life to find her, and I am so glad he did... And to the comment of Jennifer's emotion, you were clearly not in the courtroom when she testified, she did break down, as she does almost every day behind closed doors. And I was sitting next to her during the reading of the verdict and closing arguments, we all tried to "control" our emotions to no avail, so obviously, you weren't there or weren't looking.

Gary is my brother, he is 15 years older than me and was always more of a father to me than just a brother. We didn't have a perfect childhood and he was always my safe place, my home away from home. He wasn't perfect as no one is, but he was a good man, a good father, and a good husband. His loss has devastated are family. The effects of this trajedy are not even in full account yet, because no matter how many of us step up, no matter how much love we give, Cameron will grow up without a father, without his father. All the good things he would have learned, the memories he would have had, are gone and that changes his life forever. So for those of you who say we shouldn't be angry, really? What else should we feel then, other than hurt and broken? Because we are. We all go on with our day to day lives, but don't think for a minute that this hasn't changed all of our lives, that everytime someone asks me how many siblings I have that I don't have to fight to keep my composer. For me this trial was at least some vindication, that someone is held accountable, whether criminally or just a plane and simple an apology an I'm sorry I didn't mean it. It came down to a criminal trial and she was found guilty because the facts show she caused the accident. Gary had the right of way not her. Gary did nothing wrong. He took his bike that day to save money in gas. He left for work like he did every day, he was a hard worker and the sole provider of his family. And his life was taken, not just from him, but from all of us.

Jennifer, as always you responded with class and truth. I would have expected nothing less from you. What you have said pretty much sums it up so I do not feel the need to even respond to any of the crap, or I may not show as much class. However, I will add, to those concerned of what evidence was not allowed in the courtroom, the Judge ruled the way she did because of Ohio statutes not anything to do with Portage County. Mrs. Paulus' actions caused the accident and his speed was brought into the courtroom, as Jennifer points out, even the Defense expert testified to Gary's speed. And putting all that aside, if she had stopped and looked this wouldn't have happened. He hit her vehicle, as some of you like to point out so kindly, but what you forget to mention is that he hit her vehicle because she pulled into his path, his right of way!

Catherine if you would look at us, would show some kind of remorse, we would at least know you are human, that you have a heart. You are afraid of breaking down if you look at Jennifer, did you ever think that might be what we all need? Not breaking down is not healthy for you, trust me I know as I tried not to and nearly shut down emotionally forever. How can we forgive someone who refuses to even look at us? Catherine, I do not know you. I do not believe you caused the accident on purpose. I do however believe that it happened out of your negligence, which is what the trial was about. I would feel for you, as much as I do my family, if I saw that you are as crushed as your friends have posted here. Your attorney advised you wrong, you should have shown remorse, you should have shown remorse from the beginning,before the trial. I hold a lot of anger, I won't lie. But I hope someday I can see what these people have said about you, that you are kind, that you are hurt, that you are sorry. Because then, I could move toward forgiving you the way I know God wants me to, but unfortunately, what I saw, I can't move past and can't forgive who I saw in that trial.

I shouldn't have even read most of this because it just angers me more than I already am. Most of the ignorant comments don't even deserve being read let alone a response. So I will leave it that a fair trial was given on the facts that played a significance in the actual accident. And a jury found a guilty plea. But I must say, the small amount of time that Cathryn will endure in jail, and her family without her, does not compare to the lifetime of a loss that we have to endure. I will be at sentencing, I will speak if I am able to. I will speak for the love of my brother, and for the great loss of his life. I will be there to hopefully, finally, be able to close this chapter of my life, and find a way to begin a new one as I pray the rest of my family can do.

God bless you Gary, may you rest in the peace that none of us can seem to obtain down here.

On the 13th of November, I lost my Grandmother to an auto accident. She was taking a short trip (probably to the grocery store) and was struck by the rear end of a cotton gin truck's trailer. It was the truck driver's fault. He swung out to make his right turn, and the back of his trailer went through her windshield and darn near took her head off. My point is, I hope that the truck driver suffers every single day of his existence. I hope he has nightmares, I hope he can't sleep. I hope he has to seek professional counseling. And I hope he goes to jail. His irresponsibility took someone's life. we need to stop coddling the guilty and think purely of the victims. What has society become when victims are villified and the guilty are embraced? It makes me sick to my stomach. I'm sure that the driver of the car is a lovely lady, but I'm more concerned about the family who was left without a patriarch. THAT is where our thoughts, prayers and concerns should be aimed. Yes, accidents are accidents. No, I'm sure she didn't start her day with the intent of killing someone, but reckless disregard for others is prosecutable. Plain and simple.

To the Clines, I am very sorry for your loss, and I pray that God can give you the strength to get threw this.
But, I just read this and have read the comments written by everyone. I know Cathy personally for about 10 years. I understand hurt feelings everyone is having. Its very hard to loose someone you love very much to something so horrible; however its not like Cathy intentionally killed Mr.Cline.. She didnt start out her day saying, watch out world I'm going to kill someone today. Accidents happen.. And unfortunately for whatever reason God decided for this to happen. Do we all necessarily understand it? No. However Cathy is a very caring && loving woman. Everyone deals with everything differently as well. I can only imagine what her family is going threw now.. I know Mrs.Cline that a part of your heart is gone forever.. && its going to take a long time for you and your family to heal. However holding onto the bitter-hatred part of all of this is only going to destroy you. Once again, Im so very sorry for your loss..

Jen - EXCELLENT comment. I will send you a message on FB so you know who I am. I know how much all of you miss Gary. He was a good guy and no one can ever take that away. I think of you and the kids often.

Did I read that correctly?? She is getting a first-degree misdemeanor! She took a mans life and that doesnt constitute a Felony? CRAZY!

Jennifer you and your family are always on my mind. You are obviously a very strong woman.

How typical of Wayne to go on about how bad his wife feels, then try to shift blame to Gary at the end of his comment! I really didn't want to comment on this matter because it is personal and embarrassing, but I feel I have no choice than to stick up for my husband. As for the mention of illegal drugs: yes, a very SMALL amount of marijuana was found in Gary's urine, but NONE was found in his blood-proving that he was not under the influence at the time of the accident. That is the reason the judge excluded this information from the jury, it was irrelevant since marijuana stays in body for up to a month. As for Gary supposedly speeding...again, a lame attempt at putting blame on him. Catherine's own expert concluded that Gary was traveling at 55-57 mph. If he was speeding, how is it that he was in the right lane and had gotten passed by other cars? He would've been turning at Lake Street, so if anything, he would've been slowing down.
As for the person that made the comment about me not showing emotion during testimony-you obviously weren't in the court room. I didn't make it through the first question w/out crying and I sobbed the whole time during my testimony,closing arguements, and the verdict.
Wayne, why no mention of how your wife acted at the scene telling the EMS worker and Aston to "get the f*ck away from me" when they tried to help her? Why no mention of the fact that she claims she was stopped in the middle for two minutes, yet your own expert says she tapped her brakes for two seconds? How about that supposed sun glare? What ever became of that-oh yeah, it's shaded at 6:46 in the morning. And as the prosecutor pointed out-she made a call to you and a call to work, yet no call to 911 to get my husband some help.
As for her crying at night...at least she has you to comfort her. I have not had a full night's sleep in almost a year and a half and there is no one to comfort me. She has memories of the crash only: I have memories of pulling up to the crash scene, identifying my husband's body in the hospital, and picking out his casket. Do you even want to suggest that she has it worse?
I have much more to say, and you will hear about it at sentencing.
Mrs. Gary Cline

muskie, when people are in a state of shock "if you will" they do appear like they have no remorse. And yes, years later, when you are being convicted of a crime that you did not intend on doing you can be in shock.

I cannot explain how your body reacts to situations that seem so unreal to you. I can only tell you from my experience on a victims point of view, that I was the same away. You want to cry but know you can't. You know you have to be strong. But then again, I'm not mellow dramatic. I'm a realist, and you can only do what you can.

Without knowing all the history of this person. I can tell you from personal experience (my husband in a motorcycle accident and living to tell about it barely) that people don't do these things on purpose. I know that my husband went through pure hell after his accident (49 days in the hospital). We almost lost him twice. He is today still very angry. I am very salty about how our lives have changed, but there is nothing we can do about it except for to move forward.

In our case, it was clear that the young girl that hit him had absolutely no remorse, she was mean, nasty and tried to blame him for her hitting him and lack of responsibility. However, in most cases people do not do these things on purpose (as she did not) and feel terrible remorse(again from her tone, she did not). That is why they are called accidents, as I remind my husband every day. It so hard for him to overcome how she has changed her life (and ours) and he doesn't feel in my opinion the man he use to be. People are different in many ways. Just because she doesn't show emotion doesn't mean she doesn't have any. Our son never showed us any emotion, but in talking with him later he opened up to me and told me he cried every night about his father. I never knew. My point is, don't prejudge. Unless you are walking a mile in their shoes you have no idea. In our case the young (very young) girl was more concerned about what she was going to have to pay out "NOT MUCH AT ALL", than she was about the man she just left for dead on the street.

In this post I'm pointing out how people react differently to different situations. If you would've first talked to me when this all happened to my family you may found me cold. I NEVER cried in front of everyone, but unfortunately like this gal (according to her hubby) I cried a lot and lost a lot of sleep. Everyone compliments me about how upbeat I am. I'm really not that grand. I have lots of moments. The public just doesn't know it.

I'm not defending her actions, but truthfully you have know idea what one goes through on either end of a tragedy unless you have personally experienced it. I'm still angry, but what's a girl to do, but move forward. Maybe I'm too soft, but I can't dwell on the tragedy and move forward. I pray the family of the victim can do so too. What will being vindictive get you, but a few bucks in your pocket? It isn't going to change a thing. I'm sorry for both families. It is so trying and hard for all involved.

Its not very hard to get a copy of the coroners report. I have seen it and it was more than a poppyseed bun.

No matter how you look at it another biker is down for the count and it is a cage driver responsible. Please people, watch out for motorcycles. They are harder to see and no matter what the circumstance, in a bike car accident, the bike is going to lose. I have ridden for years and I can't count the number of times a car has pulled out right in front of me like I wasn't even there. We all make mistakes, but when you are on a motorcycle a mistake on either parties falt can end up a fatal accident.