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Okay, you're reacting exactly how the Media and the parents' attorneys want you to.



Although the kids are named in the suit their parents are the ones who are actually being sued. The judge only ruled that kids can cause damages which result in liability; if they had been three year-olds then the old lady's family wouldn't have standing to sue, according to New York law.



The principle here is "You break it, You buy it". If a couple of kids racing their bikes ran head-long into the side of your vintage 1966 Charger and did about $10,000 in damages to the paint then you'd expect the parents to at least cover the cost of your insurance deductible no matter how old they were, wouldn't you?



This is the same principle: These kids did more than a few thousand dollars worth of damage to a car: They ran into a fragile old lady, giving her injuries which resulted in her death. But before she died she had hip replacement surgery (my Mom's hip replacement cost around $25,000 back in 1992) and probably had to stay for three months in a care center (more big bucks which Medicare does not completely cover –– depending on the care level it can be up to $5,000/month).



If this lady didn't have adequate insurance the estate could be set back at least $50,000 –– a conservative estimate, considering this is New York City. Add in around $10,000 to 15,000 in funeral costs and you're talking serious money. If that were your Mom and you found out that her estate was tens of thousands of dollars in the red then I'm pretty sure you'd get a lawyer too and go after the parents of the kids who caused the damages.

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No, it isn't.

But this is what happens when we've allowed lawyers, judges and legislators to warp, corrupt and collectively connive to put a legal system beyond reason, accessibility or understanding of the lay person.

We, the represented, are no longer, and we get taken for a ride designed for the few to prosper from the many.

It's all "legal" which makes it okay...

Then again, genocide is "legal" in the countries that perpetrate such inhumanities.  

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Certainly your an "expert" in the "legal" system, and your measure of me must be accurate...

Well, your the one slinging shit. A bit childish, don't you think?

Never mind, I'll back out of this thread just on principal.

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Whatever happen to the days of judgement...morals and ethics...

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I'm most certainly not an expert in the legal system - I never claimed to be.



I'm slinging shit?  What do you call the knee-jerk reactions of folks that obviously didn't read the linked article?

Brian

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Whatever happened to the days of reading something and actually comprehending what was written before posting a reply?

Brian