New York woman sues 12-year-old nephew over hug that broke her wrist

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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/13/woman-sues-11-year-old-nephew-hug-broke-wrist

Human resources manager Jennifer Connell claims nephew acted unreasonably when he leapt into her arms to welcome her to his eighth birthday party

Jennifer Connell testified that the wrist injury had made her life ‘very difficult’.
A Manhattan human resources manager is suing her 12-year-old nephew for leaping into her arms when he welcomed her to his eighth birthday party.

The aunt, Jennifer Connell, claims her nephew acted unreasonably when his exuberant greeting caused her to fall and break her wrist in 2011, the Westport News reported from the courthouse on Monday.

•Woman who sued nephew over wrist-breaking hug receives zero damages

She is seeking $127,000 in damages from the boy, whose mother died last year. Westport News also reported that the 12-year-old appeared confused as he sat in the courtroom with his father. Connell reportedly testified that she loves her nephew, whom she described as always being “very loving, sensitive” toward her.

He had been riding his first two-wheeled bicycle – which was bright red, according to testimony – around his home. When Connell arrived, he dropped it. “I remember him shouting, ‘Auntie Jen, I love you!’ and there he was flying at me,” Connell reportedly testified.

Of the damage done, Connell testified that she did not complain at the time, but she said her life had been “very difficult” since the injury because of “how crowded it is in Manhattan”. “I was at a party recently, and it was difficult to hold my hors d’oeuvre plate,” she reportedly said.

This article was amended on 13 October 2015 to correct the age of the boy from 11 to 12.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Guess she won't be invited to his 13th!

[Boiler 46,337]

Wonder what present she took.

[Ban Hammer 13,696]

Wonder what present she took.

business card of an attorney?

[arken 4,197]

It is so wrong, she should be suing "Manhattan crowd" not the kid. It seems like the crowd of Manhattan is making her life difficult.

[Jacque67 7,328]

HR-lol.

[TBoneTX 46,354]

This reaffirms that anything can be actionable...

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

I was curious how many pages of google search I would have to go through to find a single media outlet that bothered to follow through on the story enough to figure out it was just an insurance case that required a person to be named instead of a company.. After seven pages I gave up (wow, lots of hate flung at this woman in all the comments on the news sites) and added "insurance" to the search criteria..

'Aunt' says lawsuit against 8-year-old was insurance case

http://www.wxii12.com/national/aunt-sues-nephew-over-forceful-birthday-greeting-loses/35827020

Edited October 14, 2015 by OnMyWayID

[decocker 7,198]

I was curious how many pages of google search I would have to go through to find a single media outlet that bothered to follow through on the story enough to figure out it was just an insurance case that required a person to be named instead of a company.. After seven pages I gave up (wow, lots of hate flung at this woman in all the comments on the news sites) and added "insurance" to the search criteria..

'Aunt' says lawsuit against 8-year-old was insurance case

http://www.wxii12.com/national/aunt-sues-nephew-over-forceful-birthday-greeting-loses/35827020

go figure, an insurance company doesn't want to cover expenses incurred from an accident. what's insurance for anyway?

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Insurance companies having presumably paid her medical could subrogate.

But that does not explain why she was in court, nor why an Insurance Company would sue a 12 year old, they are not going to throw good money after bad especially with such negative PR potential.

Maybe a bit of both, her medical costs and the pain and suffering which was mentioned?

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

I was curious how many pages of google search I would have to go through to find a single media outlet that bothered to follow through on the story enough to figure out it was just an insurance case that required a person to be named instead of a company.. After seven pages I gave up (wow, lots of hate flung at this woman in all the comments on the news sites) and added "insurance" to the search criteria..

'Aunt' says lawsuit against 8-year-old was insurance case

http://www.wxii12.com/national/aunt-sues-nephew-over-forceful-birthday-greeting-loses/35827020

It's subrogation in action. If you want to get mad, get mad at her insurance company. Suing kids for negligent acts is not uncommon in these cases. The question came down to if a reasonable child of his age in the circumstances would have believed his actions would have led to injury. In the end, the jury disagreed. There's a very famous case that everyone learns in torts on this very topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garratt_v._Dailey

[arken 4,197]

I guess nobody would hug or handshake her or she will have a reason to sue that person for her pain and suffering due to tight hug or hard handshake.

[Jacque67 7,328]

It's subrogation in action. If you want to get mad, get mad at her insurance company. Suing kids for negligent acts is not uncommon in these cases. The question came down to if a reasonable child of his age in the circumstances would have believed his actions would have led to injury. In the end, the jury disagreed. There's a very famous case that everyone learns in torts on this very topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garratt_v._Dailey

Interesting.

[TBoneTX 46,354]

There's a very famous case that everyone learns in torts on this very topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garratt_v._Dailey

Thanks for the link.

One of my very favorite English-language words is "tortfeasor" (not yet blocked by the VJ language-filter).