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4-Year-Old Can Be Sued, Judge Rules in Bike Case
She was racing another 4 year old on her bike...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/nyregion/29young.html?_r=1
She was FOUR freaking years old. WTF is going on in America?
She was racing another 4 year old on her bike...
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.
“A parent’s presence alone does not give a reasonable child carte blanche to engage in risky behavior such as running across a street,” the judge wrote. He added that any “reasonably prudent child,” who presumably has been told to look both ways before crossing a street, should know that dashing out without looking is dangerous, with or without a parent there. The crucial factor is whether the parent encourages the risky behavior; if so, the child should not be held accountable.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/nyregion/29young.html?_r=1
She was FOUR freaking years old. WTF is going on in America?