I find this hilarious. Like every single line of the article made me laugh. There have been some articles really seemed like they might belong on The Onion, but this takes the cake. I mean, I feel sorry that she broke her wrist and hope she recovers, but suing an 8-year-old? LOL. The part where she's saying that he's a good boy but needs to take responsibility killed me.
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Aunt loses lawsuit against 8-year-old nephew who jumped into her arms
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I am not sure why this even matters.
It still a really nasty thing to do no matter when she file the lawsuit.
flatearthpandas
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If she had to sue to go after homeowner's insurance, why were the boy and his father represented as being confused and unhappy about the lawsuit? Isn't that something you would talk about with them--or at least the father--if it was just standard procedure? Seem to me, coupled with her statements, that she is either a raging bitch or trying to make some kind of statement, considering her sound bytes could have come from an onion article.
The son was portrayed as confused because he's a 12 year old kid who has been sued and doesn't understand any of it. I don't see any such description of the father.
It matter because, as evidenced on the last page, you get multiple people looking at a mod's post along the lines of 'it looks like she is just after his inheritance money' and going off for no good reason. Its not what happened. Do you not see why it would be a good idea to go by the facts instead of just feelings?
mre posted facts multiple times and was either ignored or purposely overlooked because a mod posted something different that is untrue. How is ignoring facts good for discussion?
poppabk
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Even in the Devils advocate version she is still a horrible person.
Which would be okay unless you get on the stand and tell the court that it ruined your social life because you couldn't hold your plate of appetizers at a dinner party. It does make me wonder about how she ended up here and the context of her intents. I'm not surprised that it would happen but it just seems like the information I want to know isn't there, whereas things said in court are. I've seen the things people say in court taken out of and put back into context and it can completely shift things.
devil's advocate pt 2
The Artisan
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This is ridiculous.
At the end of the day she stood in court next to a boy, whom just lost his mother, and asked a jury for $127k for an injury that resulted from the boy being super excited to see her. Whether she filed it before his mother's death or not is largely irrelevant.
No amount of explanations or devil's advocacy would polish that turd. You have to be entirely divorced from reality to think this was an appropriate course of action.
Now I am not exactly sure what the cost of living in is Manhattan, but I am finding it hard to believe she was uninsured. She would have had to pay, of course, and her life might have been a little difficult, but a rational person would pay that price before trying to sue an 8 year old that got overly excited to see you.
Her lawyer can't have thought this was a good idea.
No amount of explanations or devil's advocacy would polish that turd. You have to be entirely divorced from reality to think this was an appropriate course of action.
Now I am not exactly sure what the cost of living in is Manhattan, but I am finding it hard to believe she was uninsured. She would have had to pay, of course, and her life might have been a little difficult, but a rational person would pay that price before trying to sue an 8 year old that got overly excited to see you.
Her lawyer can't have thought this was a good idea.
ugh_the_boot
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I hope she lost a lot of money filing for this case. What a bitch.
Someone whose insurance company requires them to be a party to a lawsuit in order to recover money paid out by the insurance company from the kid's parent's homeowner's insurance.
mgs2master2
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surprised she lost, this is america and unsurprisingly you can sue almost anyone and almost win each time.
wow :/
oneils
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Rhomega Beta
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He's 12. It's been 4 years since.
I want to quote this post again so hopefully some people in this thread will read it. It's really gotten out of hand and your post is far more likely than half the crap people are posting.
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Also none of the articles have any quotes from the father or son and they could be perfectly content with the aunt suing them for reasons MRE has already pointed out. People need to settle down and stop being completely stupid about this. Until I see the dad making a big uproar about this its a thousand times more likely that he is ok with the lawsuit.
I doubt re-quoting mre's post actually helps since people are still ignoring it and only looking at the inaccurate post a mod made.
Like this guy.
And one poster even responded directly to me that inaccurate or not it doesnt matter.
Ban Puncher
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Zeuanimals
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Hey OP, can you edit this with the new information from mre so people can stop getting the wrong idea about why she's suing? Thanks. Too many people not reading the thread.
As ridiculous as it is to sue the kid, once he fully understands what he did he probably won't feel great about himself either. He did bowl over a 50 year old woman.
FinalStageBoss
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What a fucking asshole. I'm glad the piece of shit didn't get a penny.
EdwardTivrusky
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QuicheFontaine
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When I read this verdict I was so shocked that I dropped my hors doeuvres plate. My hors doeuvres went everywhere.
Shining Sunshine
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They should put her in jail. Just for the hell of it.
Miles Quaritch
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She won't even get a slap on the wrist.
Ok, well to be fair dodging a kid trying to give you a hug is a pretty asshole move as well.
She didn't wait until 4 years later to sue. She sued before the statute of limitations to sue expired, which would have been 2 years ago, when the mother was still very much alive. Otherwise she could not legally sue at all.
mre has explained this already. Not sure why people refuse to believe facts in this case.
Charles Foster Kane
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Considering what she's done, that would have been nothing.
KarneeKarnay
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Not excusing this is a pretty douchey move by the Aunt, I have been told that in some cases to get the medical insurance to cover expenses, you have to sue the person responsible, to prove liability.
In this case she may have done it to try and get her insurance to cover the cost. That said, this is a huge coincidence that this took place a week after the mother's death.
In this case she may have done it to try and get her insurance to cover the cost. That said, this is a huge coincidence that this took place a week after the mother's death.
aygomyownroad
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Common sense has prevailed!
My nephew and niece regularly jump on me, and its great, if they were to break my wrist it would be an accident.
The aunt is an absolute C**t for bringing this to court not only after his mother passed away but for trying to sue a child who was only showing affection.
just seen Mre's post. But my point still stands that ot was an accident and the thought to sue even through insurance company is a joke.
My nephew and niece regularly jump on me, and its great, if they were to break my wrist it would be an accident.
The aunt is an absolute C**t for bringing this to court not only after his mother passed away but for trying to sue a child who was only showing affection.
just seen Mre's post. But my point still stands that ot was an accident and the thought to sue even through insurance company is a joke.
Dayner_Kurdi
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Dad: "son, did you remember the time you broke your Aunt's wrist ?"
that will make a nice story lol
that will make a nice story lol
ZombiePlatypus
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I know everybody is entitled to a trial and all that, but jesus, really? The jury should sue her for wasting everyone's time, the people as a whole should sue her for wasting American tax dollars, the court should sue her for abusing the system, and the nephew's parents should sue her for being a POS twat of a person.
It's a real shame that cases like this and the McDonald's coffee case are what people associate tort law with. The people who benefit from an increasingly sceptical attitude towards this area of the justice system are, by and large, the people who would have large claims brought against them in the first place.
People can and do bring vexatious claims, but without knowing more about the circumstances in this case it's completely premature to call this woman a monster or, as some posters have done, call the case 'basically child abuse'.
People can and do bring vexatious claims, but without knowing more about the circumstances in this case it's completely premature to call this woman a monster or, as some posters have done, call the case 'basically child abuse'.
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