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New York Judge Rules 6-Year-Old Can Be Sued
suraj.sun sends this snippet from Reuters:
"A girl can be sued over accusations she ran over an elderly woman with her training bicycle when she was 4 years old, a New York Supreme Court justice has ruled. The ruling by King's County Supreme Court Justice Paul Wooten stems from an incident in April 2009 when Juliet Breitman and Jacob Kohn, both aged four, struck an 87-year-old pedestrian, Claire Menagh, with their training bikes. Menagh underwent surgery for a fractured hip and died three months later. In a ruling made public late Thursday, the judge dismissed arguments by Breitman's lawyer that the case should be dismissed because of her young age. He ruled that she is old enough to be sued and the case can proceed."
They are just building up a business model for bike insurance
blame Macaulay Culkin for this. YOu can see what a disaster a young child can cause.
PS, this was typed by my dog. Sue him!
It really IS time to kill all the lawyers
No, don't worry, the little girls will be OK in the end. Their lawyer will in turn sue the bicycle manufacturer because there wasn't a sticker on it saying 'WARNING: DO NOT RUN OVER OLD PEOPLE'.
Sounds like a systemic issue. If she was so frail that a 30 pound 4 year old could kill her she should of been in a facility. The kids shouldn't of been in a public place where they were a nuisance and a danger to others. That should probably be a fine of 20$. If you want to live in a place without the proper areas to ride bikes your kids don't get to ride bikes.
Judges start out as lawyers. Kill them in the larval stage.
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>> What if it wasn't accidental
Right on!!
The kids were found in possession of 2 pounds of marijuana along with 10 syringes clearly meant for heavy drug usage. But more importantly, the test proved the a 0.5 BAC for alcohol in their blood. The police also found two semi automatic 12 gauge shotguns in the back of their bicycles.
Clearly, it wasn't accidental.
A mother in New York has successfully sued her newborn for failing to properly aligning himself for natural delivery, forcing a cesarean section. While compensatory damages are only $14,789, the woman is seeking $2,000,000 in putative damages for a future the humiliation at her spa and Bermuda resort. The baby has counter sued the mother for failing her lamaze class, seeking damages for in proper immunization from failure to emerge through the birth canal. More at 11.. Next, sperm sued for infertility!
Look, parents should keep a closer eye on their kids. They need to spend more time with them, listen to them, and play a more active role in their child's development.
If parents don't, then they should be jailed until they do. ;-)
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
...this is an accurate statement for both the victim and the accused.
Plenty of 87 year olds often have similar accidents every year, though these usually result in a great deal more damage as there are not many four year olds that have access to Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs.
87 year old ladies don't spring out of nowhere.
You've obviously never been to Florida, don't you?
and then the next thing you know it will be mandatory to buy bike insurance, just like car insurance! Don't tell the Tea Party!
Remember, this is an age group that still pees or poops itself when out playing.
Age group, schmage group. If you're not occasionally peeing or pooping yourself when out playing, you're not playing hard enough.
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“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
Not to sound cruel, but at 87 years old she was expected to die any day any minute.
Not to sound cruel, but we might as well allow people to go around viciously beating 87-year-olds for any reason at any time, because they are expected to die any time.
"I don't care about the Constitution!" --Bill O'Reilly, November 17, 2009
No, the worst thing about corporal punishment is that it is used as a fig-leaf by child abusers.
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They don't have the part of the brain that you would use to make such a decision.
I would certainly hope they don't have the part of my brain that I would use to make such decisions. After all, it's my fucking brain and they shouldn't be stealing part of my brain to use for themselves.
... and then they built the supercollider.
A jury of her peers, right? Can you imagine trying to get a dozen four-year-olds to sit still for ten minutes, much less through a whole trial?
And then there would be the potty breaks, the snack breaks, the "he looked at me funny" breaks, the "she's touching me" breaks... yeah, I would also say go for a jury trial. That would be hilarious.