This story has me so upset. I’ve been reading a lot on it to find out why this is even possible and I am so happy that the jury did not let her win, but how on Earth do you sue your nephew?????
The story goes that she had no other choice because the insurance company wouldn’t pay unless she sued and Connecticut law won’t let the insurance company be named the defendant. I won’t get into that, I don’t understand any of it and I don’t understand why her own insurance company wouldn’t take care of it but, that part, I don’t understand and that is that.
So, this lady breaks her wrist because the 8 year old boy jumped in her arms excitedly at his birthday party.
And $127,000 is how much a broken arm caused by an 8 year old is worth.
And, though she continues to say, as does the lawyer, that they didn’t want it to come to this, she testified that he should be held responsible for his actions and the lawyer takes that a step further and says “The injuries, losses and harms to the plaintiff were caused by the negligence and carelessness of the minor defendant in that a reasonable eight year old under those circumstances would know or should have known that a forceful greeting such as the one delivered by the defendant to the plaintiff could cause the harms and losses suffered by the plaintiff.”
So, an 8 year old boy, at his birthday party, is supposed to know better than to be excited?
Oh yes, and this lady lives on the third floor or a walk up and her broken wrist has made it difficult to walk?
And, of course, how can she hold her “hors d’oeuvres plate” with that broken wrist?
It must be a hard life for her now. But the boy who had to feel bad about doing it to begin with and now has to live with the fact that his aunt tried to sue him, that’s not going to be carried with him for the rest of his life.
The story makes me so angry! But, we shouldn’t be so quick to judge. There is probably more to the story than is being reported and I suppose it is not our business anyways. But, it was there, and, on the surface, it’s angering!
The story goes that she had no other choice because the insurance company wouldn’t pay unless she sued and Connecticut law won’t let the insurance company be named the defendant. I won’t get into that, I don’t understand any of it and I don’t understand why her own insurance company wouldn’t take care of it but, that part, I don’t understand and that is that.
So, this lady breaks her wrist because the 8 year old boy jumped in her arms excitedly at his birthday party.
And $127,000 is how much a broken arm caused by an 8 year old is worth.
And, though she continues to say, as does the lawyer, that they didn’t want it to come to this, she testified that he should be held responsible for his actions and the lawyer takes that a step further and says “The injuries, losses and harms to the plaintiff were caused by the negligence and carelessness of the minor defendant in that a reasonable eight year old under those circumstances would know or should have known that a forceful greeting such as the one delivered by the defendant to the plaintiff could cause the harms and losses suffered by the plaintiff.”
So, an 8 year old boy, at his birthday party, is supposed to know better than to be excited?
Oh yes, and this lady lives on the third floor or a walk up and her broken wrist has made it difficult to walk?
And, of course, how can she hold her “hors d’oeuvres plate” with that broken wrist?
It must be a hard life for her now. But the boy who had to feel bad about doing it to begin with and now has to live with the fact that his aunt tried to sue him, that’s not going to be carried with him for the rest of his life.
The story makes me so angry! But, we shouldn’t be so quick to judge. There is probably more to the story than is being reported and I suppose it is not our business anyways. But, it was there, and, on the surface, it’s angering!