Please tell me this isn't happening...

[Gekko71]

A US judge has decided that a 4 year old girl can be sued.

Read the link below:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/br ... 5945490166

They can't be serious surely???

[Nightshade]

Lawyers want candy and chewing gum money too.

[Gekko71]

Forget the lawyers TB, I'm referring to the international and long-established common law principle that children are innocents and cannot be sued.

This sets a very, very nasty legal precedent.

This judge has decided a 4 year old girl has a case to answer. If a clear causal link can be established between the injuries sustained by the plaintiff and the plaintiff's eventual death that same year, then it could be a case of negligent death, not death by misadventure (BIG DIFFERENCE!!) - and because it's the CHILD being sued as well as their parents, it's the *child* that may have to face the legal consequences.

This is not justice. Nor is it the fair and reasonable application of law - this is f*****g insanity!

[CUDA]

I wanted to sue my friend's 6 month son old one time because he took a crap on my new shirt. little bugger should have known better

someone needs to sue the Judge for stupidity.

[Grendel]

A bit more info here. That judge probably never has been around todlers. I doubt that the case will go anywhere, there should be some common sense left in this world.

[Nightshade]

Gren-

All common sense went out the window a long time ago.

America elected Obama. That's evidence enough.

[Gekko71]

Thanks for that Gren. But it doesn't reassure me.

\"Nothing to indicate a lack of intelligence or **maturity**\"????

SHE'S FOUR FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!!!

[Mjolnir]

Gren-

All common sense went out the window a long time ago.

America elected Obama. That's evidence enough.

Right, because it wasn't evident enough back when the country elected a man to play the role of President instead of actually be one back in the 80's.

[woodchip]

Gren-

All common sense went out the window a long time ago.

America elected Obama. That's evidence enough.

Right, because it wasn't evident enough back when the country elected a man to play the role of President instead of actually be one back in the 80's.

Right. Funny how it took a actor to get the country going from the failures of a peanut farmer. Nice try my little DNC operative.

[Swazook]

It is only the beginning.

Under this administration a black hate group can intimidate voters at a polling station. And it was captured on video - AND it was dismissed by Mr. Holder and barry.

There's a lot of radical \"william ayers stuff\" coming if this cretin stays in office. He's only skimmed the surface of what he really wants to do.

[Mjolnir]

Gren-

All common sense went out the window a long time ago.

America elected Obama. That's evidence enough.

Right, because it wasn't evident enough back when the country elected a man to play the role of President instead of actually be one back in the 80's.

Right. Funny how it took a actor to get the country going from the failures of a peanut farmer. Nice try my little DNC operative.

If by going you mean totally annihilating our infrastructure and making sure everyone was drowning in debt... then I guess you're right?

Also note - a peanut farmer is a much harder worker than an actor. Contempt for difficult work like farming just makes you look like an ass IMO.