Family of Newtown survivor SUING!!

[QueenBee]

WTF....instead of thanking God their child survived the horror..they are looking for 100 million

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MERIDEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - A $100 million claim on behalf of a 6-year-old survivor is the first legal action to come out of the Connecticut school shooting that left 26 children and adults dead two weeks ago.

The unidentified client, referred to as Jill Doe, heard "cursing, screaming, and shooting" over the school intercom when the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, opened fire, according to the claim filed by New Haven-based attorney Irv Pinsky.

"As a consequence, the ... child has sustained emotional and psychological trauma and injury, the nature and extent of which are yet to be determined," the claim said.

Pinsky said he filed a claim on Thursday with state Claims Commissioner J. Paul Vance Jr., whose office must give permission before a lawsuit can be filed against the state.

"We all know its going to happen again," Pinsky said on Friday. "Society has to take action."

Twenty children and six adults were shot dead on December 14 at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The children were all 6 and 7 years old.

Pinsky's claim said that the state Board of Education, Department of Education and Education Commissioner had failed to take appropriate steps to protect children from "foreseeable harm."

It said they had failed to provide a "safe school setting" or design "an effective student safety emergency response plan and protocol."

Pinsky said he was approached by the child's parents within a week of the shooting.
The shooting, which also left the gunman dead, has prompted extensive debate about gun control and the suggestion by the National Rifle Association that schools be patrolled by armed guards. Police have said the gunman killed his mother at their home in Newtown before going to the school.

(Reporting by Mary Ellen Godin Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst)

[Sphincter Cop]

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The unidentified client, referred to as Jill Doe

Really, that's the best name they could come up with; I suppose the male version of this would be named DIL ?

As for the civil action, that's pretty pathetic considering the circumstances. People are far to eager to make a buck off of tragedy.

[ramseycat]

Unfreakinbelievable.

[sharit]

The state is going to go broke.

[NightOwl]

What brazen parents!!

They should be on their knees the parents and be so grateful their wee child was spared!

[Duchess]

C'mon. You all are surprised? I'm only surprised it took two weeks.

[F.U.]

While I find this rinsane it raises a question in my mind.


In Iowa businesses can post a no firearms sign on their door if they do not want a customer to carry a concealed weapon on their premises. Some of the states counties have also made laws banning people from carrying on county property. The entire time these signs and laws have ben going up we, as a group [carry dangerous weapons permit holders] have ben telling them that should something bad happen while we were on their premises there was a good chance someone would file a claim against them because they did not provide adequate safety/protection. They kept telling us that a claim would never get filed. Well here is the case that will prove it one way or another.

[Duchess]

I hope they get tarred & feathered and run da fuck out of town.

[F.U.]

I agree Duch, but I have a feeling this may not turn out that way.

What we have ben saying is that if a place restricts your personal right to protect yourself [gun free zone] they then take on that responsibility and better make damn sure that you are safe. It will all boil down to weather or not they find that the school's use of locked doors was enough of a effort to protect the children. They may say that locked glass doors are not enough of a effort. That the doors should have ben made of steel. IDK how this will all work out, but it will be interesting at the least.

[Duchess]

That family hit the fuckin' lottery when their kid wasn't killed, that alone would be enough for the average person. I see them as greedy bastards now.

[F.U.]

I agree Duchess. I bet most people would feel lucky just to be able to hug their child that night. But there are those idiots that will just look at the $$$$$$$$$$$$$ they can win! If they do win I hope the cash is put into a fund in the childs name and she cant touch it until she is 30 years old.

[thekid65]

Step #1. Judge throws frivolous lawsuit out, fines the parents for wasting courts time.

Step #2. "Lawyer" is disbarred, then given 30 days jail in the same cell as Bubba.

[Duchess]

I almost always think that lawsuits that involve suing are frivolous. Every single time I read of one I automatically recall the stupid bitch that went to one of our job sites in stilettos and broke her ankle, she sued my boss and won!

[Sphincter Cop]

I almost always think that lawsuits that involve suing are frivolous. Every single time I read of one I automatically recall the stupid bitch that went to one of our job sites in stilettos and broke her ankle, she sued my boss and won!

Let us not forget the famous HOT COFFEE at McDonalds...another BULLSHIT case.

[HairOfTheDog]

This doesn't surprise me, but it doesn't make it less disappointing either. Why not get involved in a panel to brainstorm and advocate ways to minimize the chances of this happening to other children? That would be a way for the parents to deal with the grief and feel less helpless, whereas jumping into a lawsuit just reeks of greed.

I think the family and lawyers may hit a road bump here:
Pinsky's claim said that the state Board of Education, Department of Education and Education Commissioner had failed to take appropriate steps to protect children from "foreseeable harm."

If the shooting had taken place at a college, post office, or high school, I think that the family's lawyer might have a better chance of making a case that the incident was "forseeable"; only because spree killings have occurred there before. I think it's gonna be difficult to convince a (reasonable) judge or jury that anyone could have or should have foreseen something like what went down at Sandy Hook Elementary.

The NRA and reps from states like Arizona and Florida will be able to capitalize on this victim lawsuit in their push to arm schools.

[thekid65]

We're also forgetting that there's potentially going to be a lot of public funds spent on defending this lawsuit. Funds which are in scarce supply for school districts nowadays. Selfish pricks.

[F.U.]

IDK HOTD. I feel a grade school shooting is not that far of a streach from any othershooting. In fact in the firearm circles this has ben discussed for years and the topic has always ended in believing that if/when it would happen it would be the straw that broke the cammels back.
We remembered the gradeschool in the UK that took 16 [I believe] childrens lives, that caused the gun bans in the UK. If could and did hapen there, it could happen here.


Edited to add this link about the shooting in the UK .
http://www.ktvz.com/news/UK-school-massa...index.html

[Duchess]

If could and did hapen there, it could happen here.

I think it would cause a revolt the likes of which our country has never seen.

[F.U.]

We're also forgetting that there's potentially going to be a lot of public funds spent on defending this lawsuit. Funds which are in scarce supply for school districts nowadays. Selfish pricks.

It would be nice to see a few Lawyers step up to the plate and defend this for free. But I guess I am just dreaming now.

[F.U.]

If could and did hapen there, it could happen here.

I think it would cause a revolt the likes of which our country has never seen.

I should have made myself clearer Duch. I was talking about the shooting, not the bans.