Aunt sues 'loving' 8-year-old nephew over injury

[TwiceOver]

http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2015/10/aunt_sues_loving_8-year-old_ne.html

This can't be real...

 

[Kaido]

We were discussing it over in this thread:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2451241

Unless there's more to the story, it sounds completely ridiculous. That poor kid will be scarred for life against his aunt & the legal system...

 

[K7SN]

Why did it take Connecticut Jury 25 minutes to say no money. They must have spent 20 minutes laughing or scorning the plaintive.

Seriously the only way this thread is going anywhere is fictionally suggesting motivation of plaintive.

I'll leave that to the younger more creative posters.

 

[SearchMaster]

Why did it take Connecticut Jury 25 minutes to say no money. They must have spent 20 minutes laughing or scorning the plaintive.

Seriously the only way this thread is going anywhere is fictionally suggesting motivation of plaintive.

I'll leave that to the younger more creative posters.

I was a jury foreman once on an open-and-shut civil case, but we spent about a half hour deliberating. We wanted to make sure we went over every piece of evidence and were in complete agreement on what the evidence meant and whether it impacted our decision.

FTR, our case regarded an elderly woman who had lent a fairly modest amount of money to her mechanic (~$5000 IIRC). She was so fastidious with her paperwork that she even filed the loan with the county. He was claiming he didn't owe her estate the remaining balance after she passed because when she filed it with the county, she had transposed the "cents" amount (even though she corrected it on the form). Also, she had a receipt book where she religiously wrote receipts for every payment and put some notes in the receipt book when he would miss a payment. He claimed that he had made the missing payments but she didn't give him a receipt. I have to assume this woman was an accountant during her working years because I have never heard of such amazing documentation on a person-to-person loan like this.

 

[Kaido]

He was claiming he didn't owe her estate the remaining balance after she passed because when she filed it with the county, she had transposed the "cents" amount (even though she corrected it on the form).

This is the kind of BS that I hate about our legal system. It's not about justice, it's about splitting hairs to see what you can get away with. It's about who has the more expensive lawyer & who can more effectively argue in court than actually being moral about cases.

 

[John Connor]

 

[Drako]

Wow, that woman is officially the worst person in the world.

What a piece of shit.

 

[Slew Foot]

probably hoping to cash in on the kids parents homeowners insurance. she probably thought theyd give her some token amount to go away, she was wrong.

edit: i would have no problem if the internet hate machine ruins this persons life

 

[MarkXIX]

According to her the "more to the story" is that the Connecticut state law requires you to sue someone in order to get their insurance to pay the medical bills. I'm not a lawyer.

 

[Slew Foot]

shit like this is why i carry a 2 million dollar umbrella liability policy. peace of mind for $400/year.

 

[Hugo Drax]

That aunt would be dead to me if I was the father of that kid. She would be banished forever. she would never see any of the kids or have contact.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

shit like this is why i carry a 2 million dollar umbrella liability policy. peace of mind for $400/year.

Except if I slip on your sidewalk and crack my skull, your liability policy would inevitably lowball the payout and I'd still have to sue you to recover anything close to actual damages.

(Nothing personal.)

 

[John Connor]

shit like this is why i carry a 2 million dollar umbrella liability policy. peace of mind for $400/year.

Where do you get something like that? What company do you have this with?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Why did it take Connecticut Jury 25 minutes to say no money. They must have spent 20 minutes laughing or scorning the plaintive.

They needed to pad the time to qualify for their meal per diem.

 

[Genx87]

Christ people. She had to name a defendant in the lawsuit in order to sue the home owners insurance company. afaik her injuries were real.

 

[OutHouse]

how can you sue a 12 year old? if she was going after insurance wouldnt she list the owner of the house where the accident happened?

 

[Genx87]

how can you sue a 12 year old? if she was going after insurance wouldnt she list the owner of the house where the accident happened?

I'd guess she listed the kid due to him causing the injury. But the insurance company is who is actually going to be paying out and defending the action.

Reminds me of a case I read about where a BF caused serious unintentional injury to his GF. But to get his insurance company to pay she had to sue him. Which sent him off the deep end.

 

[Jimzz]

For those getting your pitch forks ready, she did not want to sue; it was her insurance company.

http://foxct.com/2015/10/14/aunt-who-sued-nephew-speaks-out-says-she-was-forced-to-go-to-trial/

"The aunt who sued her nephew for damages said that she was forced to do so by Connecticut law when the insurance company only wanted to pay her one dollar."

Blame her insurance company and state law.

 

[TwiceOver]

So confused why Home Owner's insurance is even involved here.

 

[Rakehellion]

shit like this is why i carry a 2 million dollar umbrella liability policy. peace of mind for $400/year.

Where do you even get a policy like that?

 

[MarkXIX]

So confused why Home Owner's insurance is even involved here.

Because fucking insurance, that's why.

I had a neighbor go ahead and climb a ladder on my property to trim branches using HIS chainsaw thinking he was helping me. Instead, the branch took out the ladder and him with it. Chainsaw missed him, but he caught himself with both hands on the way down off an 8 foot ladder and fractured both forearms.

He didn't sue, but our homeowners insurance paid out a flat $1,500.00 settlement to him anyway after we called and explained the situation.

Nice enough guy, retired Air Force veteran. Sadly he died about 18 months later in his sleep. Unrelated to my incident, but at his age an injury like that doesn't exactly make the body stronger in the aftermath.

Look, I was appalled too when I first saw this story, then I got some facts and the bottom line is, fuck insurance companies and stupid state laws.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

So confused why Home Owner's insurance is even involved here.

I take it you don't have any. It contains liability insurance for accidents that occur on your property.

Honestly the injury should be covered by it. There doesn't even need to be any negligence involved, but in this case there clearly was.

I'm not saying that the liability is $127,000; it clearly is not, but the basic medical care should be covered. The plaintiff's attorney is probably an idiot, as is the plaintiff for waiting 4 years to take action.

The media is sensationalizing the story, and the defense attorney probably played it to the jury the same way this humor reporter did. Obviously the kid had no malice, but parents are responsible for the silly shit their minor children get into.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Where do you even get a policy like that?

From almost any multi-line insurance agent, such as the guy that services your homeowner's/renter's/auto insurance.

 

[Red Storm]

I take it you don't have any. It contains liability insurance for accidents that occur on your property.

Honestly the injury should be covered by it. There doesn't even need to be any negligence involved, but in this case there clearly was.

I'm not saying that the liability is $127,000; it clearly is not, but the basic medical care should be covered. The plaintiff's attorney is probably an idiot, as is the plaintiff for waiting 4 years to take action.

The media is sensationalizing the story, and the defense attorney probably played it to the jury the same way this humor reporter did. Obviously the kid had no malice, but parents are responsible for the silly shit their minor children get into.

Considering this is all family stuff, I still don't see why insurance is involved. If I get hurt on a family memeber's property, insurance, lawsuits and lawyers are never entering the picture.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Considering this is all family stuff, I still don't see why insurance is involved. If I get hurt on a family memeber's property, insurance, lawsuits and lawyers are never entering the picture.

Because medical costs are excessive and that's why you PAY for insurance, to cover unreasonable and unexpected costs.