Aunt Unsuccessfully Sues 12-Year-Old Nephew for $127K After Hug Broke Wrist

[crazy canuck]

The young boy, whose mother died last year, was in court with his father on Friday.

A wild guess that mom had a life insurance policy with son as a beneficiary.

Actually, that sounds entirely believable.

That sounds like something that a homeowners' policy would pay for anyway, whether you have money or not.

Yeah, that was my first thought.  An attempt to collect on the general liability policy without costing the family a dime - except maybe for increased premiums.

[Malthus]

A 54-year-old human resources manager from New York City unsuccessfully attempted to sue her 12-year-old nephew for jumping into her arms at a 2011 birthday party ...

This sullies the name of HR Managers everywhere. 

[Berkut]

A 54-year-old human resources manager from New York City unsuccessfully attempted to sue her 12-year-old nephew for jumping into her arms at a 2011 birthday party ...

This sullies the name of HR Managers everywhere. 

Not really.

[grumbler]

A 54-year-old human resources manager from New York City unsuccessfully attempted to sue her 12-year-old nephew for jumping into her arms at a 2011 birthday party ...

This sullies the name of HR Managers everywhere. 

Your comment kinda reminds me of a "true" story that Woody Hayes's wife told at a fundraiser.  She recounted how she was being interviewed in her house as part of a newspaper story on Woody's preparations for The Game.  The reporter asked whether Woody thought about anything that week other than football.  She replied that he never talked football around her, he was always talking about sex.  Woody, who was in the room, tried to interject that this was untrue, but she shushed him, saying "Be quiet, dear.  I'm improving your image."

[crazy canuck]

 

That's a great story

[Malthus]

A 54-year-old human resources manager from New York City unsuccessfully attempted to sue her 12-year-old nephew for jumping into her arms at a 2011 birthday party ...

This sullies the name of HR Managers everywhere. 

Not really.

[Malthus]

A 54-year-old human resources manager from New York City unsuccessfully attempted to sue her 12-year-old nephew for jumping into her arms at a 2011 birthday party ...

This sullies the name of HR Managers everywhere. 

Your comment kinda reminds me of a "true" story that Woody Hayes's wife told at a fundraiser.  She recounted how she was being interviewed in her house as part of a newspaper story on Woody's preparations for The Game.  The reporter asked whether Woody thought about anything that week other than football.  She replied that he never talked football around her, he was always talking about sex.  Woody, who was in the room, tried to interject that this was untrue, but she shushed him, saying "Be quiet, dear.  I'm improving your image."

That's a hoot.

[Syt]

Geek.com imagines this incident looked like this:

[alfred russel]

That sounds like something that a homeowners' policy would pay for anyway, whether you have money or not.

As a kid, my brother was at my aunt and uncle's house in a hammock, and the hammock broke and he fell "breaking his back". In quotes because while he broke something and it sounds awful it was really not serious.

The adults (my father, aunt and uncle) realized it was a way to get money out of the homeowner's policy, and so my father sued them for damages. Everyone stayed on good terms--we kept vacationing together etc.

[Admiral Yi]

As a kid, my brother was at my aunt and uncle's house in a hammock, and the hammock broke and he fell "breaking his back". In quotes because while he broke something and it sounds awful it was really not serious.

The adults (my father, aunt and uncle) realized it was a way to get money out of the homeowner's policy, and so my father sued them for damages. Everyone stayed on good terms--we kept vacationing together etc.

Their premiums go up?

[alfred russel]

Their premiums go up?

No idea.

[DontSayBanana]

Heard the "aha" moment just a little bit ago.  Yes, there was homeowner's insurance involved.  Both the aunt's insurance and the other insurance said the other had to pay, and apparently in Connecticut, the homeowner's insurance couldn't be named as a defendant- she had to sue the covered party to get the judge to say, no, this isn't falling on them, so your insurance is going to have to pay up.

[Berkut]

Translation: This is another example of sensationalist and irresponsible reporting, not an example of how crazy the aunt might be...

[alfred russel]

Translation: This is another example of sensationalist and irresponsible reporting, not an example of how crazy the aunt might be...

Its all good to try to exploit our shitty legal system to wrongfully take $127,000 from an insurance company.

[DGuller]

Translation: This is another example of sensationalist and irresponsible reporting, not an example of how crazy the aunt might be...

Its all good to try to exploit our shitty legal system to wrongfully take $127,000 from an insurance company.