Woman sues nephew for $127K after she fell at his 8th-birthday pa (3 Viewers)

[Henry Ford]

So this is just an indirect insurance grab right? She waits 4 years to sue an 8 year old $127k after his mom dies? Convenient.

She sued at least two years ago. It just went to trial.

 

[Henry Ford]

Wasn't his point that we mostly don't have all the facts of a case and without them we are making ill informed judgments?

Pretty sure his point was thank god that lawyers are around to ask the important questions that reporters don't ask. Things like discovering that a porch light were out and that a step was not exactly that same height! The horror! Thank god we have lawyers around to make sure that justice was done and that somebody paid.

That's why we have insurance. Because most people think the way you do and the law is what it is. And when people who think stuff is no big deal let stuff go, other people get hurt. And then insurance kicks in.

 

[Henry Ford]

As an aside, uniform riser height isn't exactly a new idea. It was required in ancient Rome.

 

[Insein]

So this is just an indirect insurance grab right? She waits 4 years to sue an 8 year old $127k after his mom dies? Convenient.

She sued at least two years ago. It just went to trial.

So two years after the incident. When did the mom die?

 

[Henry Ford]

So this is just an indirect insurance grab right? She waits 4 years to sue an 8 year old $127k after his mom dies? Convenient.

She sued at least two years ago. It just went to trial.

So two years after the incident. When did the mom die?

About a year ago, I believe.

 

[Hang 10]

What happens with insurance if her nephew knocks her over at her own house? Does she need to sue?

 

[Henry Ford]

What happens with insurance if her nephew knocks her over at her own house? Does she need to sue?

If it's at her house, her homeowners doesn't cover it

 

[Hang 10]

What happens with insurance if her nephew knocks her over at her own house? Does she need to sue?

If it's at her house, her homeowners doesn't cover it

Does her medical insurance? Or would they deny the claim because the boy was liable?

 

[Ookie Pringle]

What happens with insurance if her nephew knocks her over at her own house? Does she need to sue?

If it's at her house, her homeowners doesn't cover it

Does her medical insurance? Or would they deny the claim because the boy was liable?

The kids dad's homeowners insurance would likely cover this,

 

[James Daulton]

So this is just an indirect insurance grab right? She waits 4 years to sue an 8 year old $127k after his mom dies? Convenient.

She sued at least two years ago. It just went to trial.

So two years after the incident. When did the mom die?

About a year ago, I believe.

So this frivolous lawsuit basically killed the kid's mom? He should sue the aunt!

Even if no one's happy, at least the lawyers will get paid.

 

[parasaurolophus]

As an aside, uniform riser height isn't exactly a new idea. It was required in ancient Rome.

I have no idea what other details you will hide, omit, or makeup, or modify to fit and mold your argument but in the real world.... I bet you could go up and down almost every street in my area and 50% of the homes would have a last step that doesn't match the others.

Why you may ask? Because they are concrete and these houses are 50-100 years old and in a cold climate. What happens to the walkway that the last step connects to? It shifts like crazy. But I guess homeowners should have to get their front walks leveled every year right so clumsy women don't trip and fall? Actually you probably wouldn't want that because then there wouldn't be as many lawyers needed.

I am sure you will say that the scenario you put out there was all wood, it was built 5 years ago, and the last step wasn't connected to the ground and blah blah more lawyer, BS, blah blah. I am sure the women entered through a different entrance and she weighed 170 pounds so the alcohol could not have affected her and she was physically fit and had just completed her 27th ironman race and used to be a college gymnast that won the balance beam for the big ten.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Wasn't his point that we mostly don't have all the facts of a case and without them we are making ill informed judgments?

Pretty sure his point was thank god that lawyers are around to ask the important questions that reporters don't ask. Things like discovering that a porch light were out and that a step was not exactly that same height! The horror! Thank god we have lawyers around to make sure that justice was done and that somebody paid.

That's why we have insurance. Because most people think the way you do and the law is what it is. And when people who think stuff is no big deal let stuff go, other people get hurt. And then insurance kicks in.

Actually the law isn't always what it is. Infeasibility exceptions and grandfather exceptions are given all the time. There are also plenty of things that pass inspection by the city building inspector that weren't done right. So there is no reasonable expectation that everything will always have a standard uniform code.

People usually get hurt for being stupid.

If a woman is jogging down the street and sees a friend on the other side of the road and waves to her and shouts hello and then trips and falls on a bike that a kid left on the sidewalk and falls down and breaks her arm most reasonable people think it was because she wasn't watching where she was going.

A lawyer like you blames the kid that left his bike.

 

[James Daulton]

As an aside, uniform riser height isn't exactly a new idea. It was required in ancient Rome.

I have no idea what other details you will hide, omit, or makeup, or modify to fit and mold your argument but in the real world.... I bet you could go up and down almost every street in my area and 50% of the homes would have a last step that doesn't match the others.

Why you may ask? Because they are concrete and these houses are 50-100 years old and in a cold climate. What happens to the walkway that the last step connects to? It shifts like crazy. But I guess homeowners should have to get their front walks leveled every year right so clumsy women don't trip and fall? Actually you probably wouldn't want that because then there wouldn't be as many lawyers needed.

I am sure you will say that the scenario you put out there was all wood, it was built 5 years ago, and the last step wasn't connected to the ground and blah blah more lawyer, BS, blah blah. I am sure the women entered through a different entrance and she weighed 170 pounds so the alcohol could not have affected her and she was physically fit and had just completed her 27th ironman race and used to be a college gymnast that won the balance beam for the big ten.

Also don't put that plastic bag over your head or you may suffocate. Thanks lawyers!

 

[chauncey]

I thought the ol slip n fall was just something Better Call Saul made up for entertainment schtick. I didn't realize people make a living off of it.

Who is more despicable, slip n fall attorneys or insurance companies?

 

[parasaurolophus]

I thought the ol slip n fall was just something Better Call Saul made up for entertainment schtick. I didn't realize people make a living off of it.

Who is more despicable, slip n fall attorneys or insurance companies?

Attorneys for sure.

Insurance companies really only suck because of attorneys.

 

[renesauz]

Almost like health care should be a basic right, and profit motives should be taken out of the equation of who gets health care entirely.

Absolutely.

Can I get an AMEN?

 

[Henry Ford]

I thought the ol slip n fall was just something Better Call Saul made up for entertainment schtick. I didn't realize people make a living off of it.

Who is more despicable, slip n fall attorneys or insurance companies?

I'm not aware of anyone who makes a living off of it but I'm sure some people have.

 

[Henry Ford]

What happens with insurance if her nephew knocks her over at her own house? Does she need to sue?

If it's at her house, her homeowners doesn't cover it

Does her medical insurance? Or would they deny the claim because the boy was liable?

The kids dad's homeowners insurance would likely cover this,

I don't think the kid's dad is liable for basic negligence of a kid in Connecticut.