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New York Judge Rules 6-Year-Old Can Be Sued

Posted by Soulskill on from the court-is-more-interesting-than-kindergarten-anyway dept.

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."

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  1. is this an advert for "rally to restore sanity?" by dAzED1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    surely this is just a plug for the john stewart rally thing today...right?

  2. aren't we all born in sin? by porky_pig_jr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    if so, we're qualified to be sued the moments after we're born.

    1. Re:aren't we all born in sin? by GNUALMAFUERTE · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      No, because there is no god, therefore the word sin is a lie. There is no sin.

      Also, keep your filthy religion out of our laws. Nobody should be sued for a 'sin'.

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    2. Re:aren't we all born in sin? by Chysn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      How the hell can you "sin" moments after you're born? I get that some people believe this, but I've never understood it.

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  3. Those Two Dreadful Children by RevWaldo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But take one look into our sweet angelic faces and let it not be forgotten
    That deep down at heart we're both really... ROTTEN.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vze3NVumZ2g

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