:o   Hmmm at what age does a kid stop being a child with 100% reasoning or even 50%.
Are we asking our kids to grow up way to fast??  The child was on a training bicycle !!   

NEW YORK — A girl can be sued over accusations she ran over an elderly woman with her training bicycle when she was 4 years old, a New York Supreme Court justice has ruled.

The ruling by King's County Supreme Court Justice Paul Wooten stems from an incident in April 2009 when Juliet Breitman and Jacob Kohn, both aged four, struck an 87-year-old pedestrian, Claire Menagh, with their training bikes.

Menagh underwent surgery for a fractured hip and died three months later.

In a ruling made public late Thursday, the judge dismissed arguments by Breitman's lawyer that the case should be dismissed because of her young age. He ruled that she is old enough to be sued and the case can proceed.

The decision also will allow for the lawsuit to proceed against the Kohn family for the incident.

"For infants above the age of 4, there is no bright-line rule," Wooten wrote, adding that the girl had been three months shy of turning 5.

Wooten also disagreed with the lawyer's assertion that Juliet Breitman should not be held responsible because her mother was supervising the children at the time.


http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20101029/NEWS-US-USA-LAWSUIT-CHILD/

Freakin amazing!!!
Here in Ca, if the child is 7 or younger, he can't be held responsible for anything they do.
That includes being sued, but the parents can be held responsible.

This is just plain idiotic, the judge should be taken from the bench by the men in white coats and remanded to Belleview for an M.O
(mental Observation).


Billy