CT - Woman sues her 8 y/o nephew for "rough hug" that caused injury
Woman sues nephew, 12, for $127K after exuberant greeting
Matthew Diebel, USATODAY 1:36 p.m. EDT October 13, 2015
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...rist/73867150/
Jennifer Connell has problems.
“I was at a party recently, and it was difficult to hold my hors d’oeuvre plate,” she told a told a Connecticut jury.
And why does Connell have this affliction?
Because, the New York City resident alleges, her then-8-year-old nephew, excited to see her arriving at his birthday party, jumped into her arms, causing her to fall and break her wrist.
And now she is suing him for $127,000 for his exuberance.
Connell, who lives on the tony Upper East Side of Manhattan, claims the boy, 12-year-old Sean Tarala of Westport, Conn., acted unreasonably in his greeting, causing her to fall and break her wrist four years ago, the Connecticut Post reported. This week Connell is asking a six-member jury to find the boy liable for his actions.
“The injuries, losses and harms to the plaintiff were caused by the negligence and carelessness of the minor defendant in that a reasonable eight years old under those circumstances would know or should have known that a forceful greeting such as the one delivered by the defendant to the plaintiff could cause the harms and losses suffered by the plaintiff,” the lawsuit claims.
On Friday, the boy, now 12, appeared confused as he sat with his father in a courtroom in Bridgeport, the state’s largest city, the paper reported. The boy’s mother died last year and a listed phone number couldn't be found for the youngster's father, Michael Terala, according to The Associated Press.
On the witness stand, Connell, a human resources manager in Manhattan, testified she loves Sean, whom she described as always being “very loving” toward her, but believes he should take responsibility for her injury.
(The perfect type of broad for that job - AF)
According to testimony reported by the Post, Connell, who has no children of her own, arrived at the Tarala home in March 2011 to attend Sean’s party. When he spotted Connell, he dropped his new bicycle on the ground and ran toward her calling out, “Auntie Jen, Auntie Jen.”
“All of a sudden he was there in the air, I had to catch him and we tumbled onto the ground,” Connell testified. “I remember him shouting, ‘Auntie Jen I love you,’ and there he was flying at me.”
Although hurt, Connell told the jury, she didn’t complain at the time. “It was his birthday party and I didn’t want to upset him,” she said.
But, Connell continued, her life was turned upside down as a result of the injury.
“It has been very difficult,” the Post reported her as saying. “We all know how crowded it is in Manhattan.”
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