On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:46:23 -0800, "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" said: > A New York court has held that a four-year-old can be sued for negligence > causing > death.
Note that what the court actually ruled was: 1) The case isn't being tossed out because the person is trying to sue a ham sandwich - those are usually indictable, but not suable. ;) 2) The question to be decided is "Can a 4 year old understand the concept 'Running into people with your bike is a Bad Thing'"? And it's not totally obvious on the face of it that a 4 year old *can't* understand that. The part I'm trying to figure out is why they're naming the 4 year old as one of the defendants - the kid is probably pretty judgement-proof at that age, with usually no assets and not even a *prospect* of assets till they're old enough to get a job. There's obviously more to it than the news has reported so far.
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