Aunt sues 12 year old nephew for hugging her and breaking her wrist

Aunt sues 12 year old nephew a year after his mum died because he hugged her too enthusiastically when he was 8. Stay classy America.

Guardian article

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/13/woman-nephew-broken-wrist-hug-lawsuit-no-damages

It’s an insurance thing I presume – she has to sue her nephew to collect on the insurance. Sadly not the sort of thing which is confined to the US any more.

Didn’t we do this yesterday?

I don’t know, did we? Searched for aunt sues nephew and nothing came up.

It confirms everything I’ve always said about people who work in HR.

d twisted, dead-eyed sociopaths the lot of ’em!

She waited 4 years before doing anything?
Hmmm HR living up to their stereotype there then.

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/only-in-america-3

this is what happens when you don’t have universal healthcare

konabunny say I’m not allowed opinions on anything.

off to see what the other 3 only in america threads were about!

Nah. This is what happens when you don’t read every previous thread on STW

Chucked out by the jury. As it was on the other thread.

What aracer said. Had a similar claim in UK where using a bouncy castle resulted in brain injury. Suing the family member invokes the household/legal insurance. You could describe it as cynical or pragmatic, but it’s not “gee look at those crazy yanks”.

Had a similar claim in UK where using a bouncy castle resulted in brain injury

Completely different cases, in one the child was affected severely for life and needed expensive care 24/7, the other an HR bod had a slightly hurty wrist..

Oi – don’t you be dismissing the seriousness of a hurty wrist!

Depends on which wrist and relationship status.

Not new. A mate crashed his bike and his girlfiend sued him.
She sued him for a while they were rolling in dosh. That must be
around 1980.

Mate and his Dad did the same. Mate suffered permanent injuries in a bike accident while he was pillion and his Dad riding. Suing his dad was the mechanism used to get the insurance to pay out for the injuries. Perfectly amicable, that’s how the system works.

Explanation of what happened here. Basically, as above, insurance wouldn’t payout until a legal verdict had been reached.

http://www.thecanary.co/2015/10/19/real-culprit-behind-worst-aunt-ever-sued-nephew/