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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 1341207" data-attributes="member: 229">I understand man - I was trying to make light of the direction this thread was heading so that I didn&#039;t come off like I was trying to argue for no reason.&nbsp; I understand that old people are fragile and I&#039;m not for suing a 4 year old.&nbsp; I just can see the two mothers being a lot less &quot;responsible&quot; being as they live in NY (I.E. talking on cell phones while their kids run around doing whatever they want near a busy NY street) and if there was a lack of supervision by the parents, then it is negligence.&nbsp; Not trying to argue with everyone who already has their mind made up based on the very little info in the article, but there are always two sides to every story.&nbsp; Accidents happen, but if I hit someone due to an accident and I was failing to do everything I could to prevent that accident, I&#039;m responsible for the outcome (that&#039;s why we have insurance, etc...).I just don&#039;t see holding the old lady accountable for &quot;not being able to move fast enough&quot; as a fair defense if the kids were truly not being watched by their parents.&nbsp; Again, I&#039;m not for being sue-happy and its quite possible that the old lady&#039;s estate are just being greedy.&nbsp; It is NY, they&#039;re probably all a little guilty of being crappy <img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 1341207, member: 229"] I understand man - I was trying to make light of the direction this thread was heading so that I didn't come off like I was trying to argue for no reason. I understand that old people are fragile and I'm not for suing a 4 year old. I just can see the two mothers being a lot less "responsible" being as they live in NY (I.E. talking on cell phones while their kids run around doing whatever they want near a busy NY street) and if there was a lack of supervision by the parents, then it is negligence. Not trying to argue with everyone who already has their mind made up based on the very little info in the article, but there are always two sides to every story. Accidents happen, but if I hit someone due to an accident and I was failing to do everything I could to prevent that accident, I'm responsible for the outcome (that's why we have insurance, etc...). I just don't see holding the old lady accountable for "not being able to move fast enough" as a fair defense if the kids were truly not being watched by their parents. Again, I'm not for being sue-happy and its quite possible that the old lady's estate are just being greedy. It is NY, they're probably all a little guilty of being crappy :D [/QUOTE]

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