Judge: 4 yr old girl can be sued for running down old lady with bike

[CptStern]

Citing cases dating back as far as 1928, a judge has ruled that a young girl accused of running down an elderly woman while racing a bicycle with training wheels on a Manhattan sidewalk two years ago can be sued for negligence.

The ruling by the judge, Justice Paul Wooten of State Supreme Court in Manhattan, did not find that the girl was liable, but merely permitted a lawsuit brought against her, another boy and their parents to move forward.

The suit that Justice Wooten allowed to proceed claims that in April 2009, Juliet Breitman and Jacob Kohn, who were both 4, were racing their bicycles, under the supervision of their mothers, Dana Breitman and Rachel Kohn, on the sidewalk of a building on East 52nd Street. At some point in the race, they struck an 87-year-old woman named Claire Menagh, who was walking in front of the building and, according to the complaint, was “seriously and severely injured,” suffering a hip fracture that required surgery. She died three months later.

wow they must have been doing sub-sonic speeds to inflict that kind of damage

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/nyregion/29young.html?_r=2&hp

 

[Quixoticism]

She was probably going to die in 3 months anyways. A 4 year old should not be able to be sued.

 

[McGooTheWise]

This has got to be a joke. Someone tell me this is a joke.

 

[Remus]

It's a joke.

 

[The Monkey]

Only in Vietnam.

 

[Stigmata]

I'm sure the plaintiff will put this girl's allowance money to good use.

 

[McGooTheWise]

It's a joke.

Thank you.

 

[Krynn72]

I'd sue some little shithead kid for purposely hitting me with their bike.