Ozmar
This tree will shoot you.
If the woman was just standing or walking down the sidewalk and the kid knocked her over, the parents should pay the remaining 20% of the bill. But if the woman was entering onto the sidewalk she is also responsible for what happened because she failed to look first.
Kids do not always listen to their parents, even if said parent is screaming like a lunatic telling the kid to stop. Kids are not dogs that stop when commanded.
Do you know if they weren't actually supervising their kid (talking on a phone for example) or if they were supervising them and the kid ignored or didn't hear them?
zoom, EVEN IF the children ignored their parents, the parents are responsible for the children's actions....are you saying they are not?
I don't understand why you think, that the parents are not responsible for the damage their children may cause? Even if the parents yelled at the kids to stop or be careful not to hit the old woman walking on the sidewalk, if the children hit the woman on the sidewalk and she fell, breaking her hip, the parents are held accountable financially, as they SHOULD BE. this is responsibility for their own children and is fair and just....
I don't buy in to it being the old lady's fault for walking out the front door of her high rise on to the sidewalk, if it happened that way....which it didn't or it would have been in the story.... the old woman is the victim, not the person you should be blaming. And as said even if the parents tried to control their children and the children did not listen to them, the parents are STILL financially responsible for their own children's wrong actions.
Care, did you NOT see the first sentence in my post above???
IF the woman was walking onto a busy sidewalk and did not look both ways before entering, she is also responsible for the accident. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.
As to my question to p kirkes, it was just a question. I find it off-putting when folks assume that kids can be 'controlled' and never do kid things . . . like take off on a bike down a sidewalk, even if they've been told not to do that.
If I walk out on a busy sidewalk and get shot, is it my fault for not looking to make sure there wasn't a bullet traveling down the sidewalk?
One of those scooters that goes 50 miles an hour max-speed? Rollerbladers?
Someone riding a bike on an area clearly designated for walking. Bikes are considered road-vehicles. It's up to police discretion whether to ticket someone for having them on the sidewalk. In this case, as guardian, it was the mother's responsibility for the kid on that bike, and not the responsibility of granny to be 100% alert and dodge little uncontrollable brats.