Comments on: Family of little girl with fractured skull sues the Braves

By: missmollysmom

missmollysmom — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:43:27 +0000

If you file a lawsuit because of an injury, you include in your “damages” all the medical costs involved, whether or not there’s any insurance to cover the expenses, and if the case goes to trial, you generally can’t be forced to disclose that the expenses were actually paid for. If either parent had been working, the little girl’s costs were likely covered by the employer’s health care plan, but you’ll never hear about that.

By: pinkfloydprism

pinkfloydprism — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:28:51 +0000

Retail price, not cost to make.

By: nbjays

nbjays — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:29:37 +0000

Um, read the article again. It says nothing about losing a child, and it happened almost 2 years ago and the girl is still alive.

By: teaspoon1731

teaspoon1731 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:14:07 +0000

I was thinking the same thing. While there are people that would do this for the money alone, those kinds of medical bills could destroy most families. It’s probably not the best way of going about things, but facing that, most reasonable people would consider a lawsuit to at least help alleviate those costs. Especially since she’s so young and there may be lifelong problems associated with such an injury.

I’m not necessarily forgiving the situation, merely looking at it from a different angle.

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:08:26 +0000

Or, they could be just fine and looking to make coinage. I like to think the worst about people and hope they pleasantly surprise me.

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:04:55 +0000

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged – Jul 18, 2012 at 9:23 PM

Wife is a Sox fan =\

And you still married her????

By: skids003

skids003 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:05:10 +0000

They may have med insurance or Medicaid at worst. It’s still a BS lawsuit. They are blaming someone else for their poor parenting.

By: skids003

skids003 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:03:26 +0000

Where have you been since 1991, man? 14 division champs and a World Series. Come out of your stupor dude.

By: cshearing

cshearing — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:58:06 +0000

To all of the people disparaging the parents, I would point you to a horrendous health care system that may well be bankrupting these parents because their kid was involved in an accident. Without that economic pressure, who knows what might have been? Plus these people are obviously grief stricken, susceptible to some prodding by a lawyer. I just have a hard time admonishing folks who just lost a child.

By: hockeyflow33

hockeyflow33 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:55:36 +0000

$15? more like $2

By: db105

db105 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:32:31 +0000

Unfortunately many people should not have kids. Often times these kids become similar to their parents.

By: bjbeliever

bjbeliever — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 04:56:20 +0000

Sue the Braves? they should call child services…who;s the parent that takes a 6 year old to a ball game, seats them behind the bases, doesn’t watch the play enough to shield them and then blames everyone but themselves?? Its an adult choice to go to an event the presents any form of danger and the only one liable in this situation is the parents…i mean c’mon a foul ball at a baseball game is not a reasonable expectation?

By: djpostl

djpostl — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 04:31:45 +0000

I feel bad for the child..because she clearly has some money grabbing pieces of shit that A. use their child’s suffering shamelessly for a quick cash score and B. didn’t have the sense to keep an eye out for foul balls when they had a 6 year old with them.

Pathetic.

By: surefooted1

surefooted1 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 03:54:15 +0000

They can be superseded by actual negligence. A foul ball does not constitute negligence.

By: BrownsTown

BrownsTown — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:57:44 +0000

I cant recall the specifics, but I recall from my business law classes that those clauses are often worthless and can be superceded by other claims. I know, real specific on my end, but FWIW.

By: dcbear90

dcbear90 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:57:19 +0000

Only a matter of time before nets are put up. Just like in hockey.

By: micker716

micker716 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:48:15 +0000

I suggest you should.

By: woodyqq2

woodyqq2 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:12:32 +0000

Now i’m confused, “future Mrs. Church” verses “Wife is a Sox fan =\”. Which one you take to Fenway and which one to Yankee Stadium?

By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo

sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:58:36 +0000

Behind any unscrupulous lawyer is a far more unscrupulous client. Really, the lawyer is an instrument here, fulfilling the wishes of his/her client. Why is it that the lawyer gets blamed? Lawyers don’t sue people; clients sue each other.

By: rcali

rcali — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:57:17 +0000

Way to protect your child bad parents. Of course it’s somebody elses fault.

By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo

sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:55:00 +0000

As they say in legalese, this is the credited response.

By: brianbosworthisstonecold

brianbosworthisstonecold — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:42:51 +0000

At least Atlanta might have a good chance in winning. They don’t know what it means but this might get something started.

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:41:14 +0000

Well, I’ve finally found your problem. Mixed marriages just don’t work. :/

Had a similar experience at Wrigley once. My uncle had hooked us up with tickets about six or seven rows behind the first-base dugout. One of the guys we were with was from Guam and had never been to a baseball game before. Two of the first three pitches became foul balls that buzzed us. Not sure if he’s been back to a game since.

By: 1943mrmojorisin1971

1943mrmojorisin1971 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:30:45 +0000

My sympathies to the family, but aside from the fine print on the ticket there are enough explicit warnings about balls and bats going into the stands.

Baseball may be slow-paced but you have to pay attention when there’s something happening.

By: imthedudedude

imthedudedude — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:24:43 +0000

Wow stupid parents. Feel bad for the little girl.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:23:14 +0000

Wife is a Sox fan =\

By: vallewho

vallewho — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:15:29 +0000

the Braves/MLB should counter-sue. The adults who took the child to the game and as not supervising/protecting the child during the gameplay are at fault here. they should also pay all court/lawyer fees.

By: philly56

philly56 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:03:17 +0000

Those warnings aren’t ironclad I don’t think. I remember about ten years ago when I lived in central Ohio a young girl was in the stands at a blue jackets game when she was hit in the head by a hockey puck. Fractured her skull like this girl, but then it also led to blood clotting iirc and she died a couple days later in the hospital. And yeah, there was a debate about the warning on her ticket but I think it was argued that because that was printed on something that was given to her after the transaction was already completed it was irrelevant and didn’t protect the blue jackets – because no new conditions can be thrown into something like that after a purchase has already been made. Like, if she had been made aware of the deadly risks she was facing merely by watching a shitty hockey team in the most boring city in America *beforehand* and decided to pay anyway it would have been different. I’m no lawyer, but the family sued and won over a million dollars and the NHL added more netting around their arenas so it’s not as if their case was thrown out because of some stupid warning printed on the girls ticket.

By: sportfan23

sportfan23 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:54:16 +0000

Good luck. Inherent risk of seeing a game.

By: artthoumad

artthoumad — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:52:35 +0000

The only people that are going to get paid are the lawyers. Did the family really think they could win?