If there’s one thing I remember having a grasp of as a kid in school it’s when we were let out early and talking about it nonstop. And, I HIGHLY doubt this was an impromptu event because, lets use our brains here, schools don’t do that. Furthermore, I know when I was in school (all the way through high school) we were given calendars to take home that let parents know of holidays, conferences, etc…
Personally, I find it rather fishy these parents claim they knew nothing of a half day.
Sounds like they were forgetful and are looking to place blame.
You know what I find really funny though, is that parents have put down the iron fist on what a teacher can and cannot do (discipline) but now, it’s the teachers responsibility to care for the child AFTER school as well???
you need to have a license to drive a car, own a gun, sell liquor, teach, practice medicine, etc….but any MORON can have a child. awesome.
I googled the school system, and surprise, surprise they have an online calendar with events, early dismissals, etc. I believe that it can be fairly assumed that they inform parents of early dismissals.
I wonder if the State Supreme Court or the Appeals Court considered this?!
My wife is an Elementary school principal in VA. You can’t imagine how much parents demand of educators and how little they demand of themselves.
Hopefully, the preponderance of the evidence will result in dismissal.
Excellent point, stunned! I think you hit it right on the head…if the child was hit at 3:30, shouldn’t the parents have been there by that time anyway!?
What we have here is a perfect example of the social-progressive attitude, and the arrogance of the courts, dictating that no one should ever be allowed to be injured by anything without recovering monies from someone, regardless of fault, or the facts and circumstances that may impose duties on the injured person or his/her family. What is also amazing is that this was a unanimous decision by all of the justices. My God, isn’t there any hope left for some sensibility and assignment of responsibilities where they should reside? NJ residents, expect property taxes to increase because of this decision – we’ll now be obligated to pay for baby-sitters.
Our society values are so far out of whack that the Pope has to plead for sanity on the roads by suggesting the 10 commandments of driving. Personal responsibility has been eroded to the point of absurdity in this country. ARC is right, our legal system thinks somebody has to pay for everything that happens. Our judges, lawyers themselves, don’t have the stones to throw out any frivolous or non-meritorius suit. People have bantered about tort reform for decades but don’t think it will happen anytime soon. Too many lawyers have bellied up to the social trough.
Your comment: ….”In my mind there is no substitute for parental responsibility and the notion that parents can shuck this duty off on schools or malls or friends and relatives is absolute BS.” …is absolutely on the mark; I could not say it better. A lawsuit like this would not have made it anywhere when I was growing up in the 50’s and 60’s…my parents would never have the nerve to admit that they weren’t responsible for their children, nor would they expect the school to take on their responsibility.
Not saying that I don’t think you bring up an important thing to consider, but I think we need to note that the article notes that the accident happened “blocks away from the school.”
Perhaps the brother did indeed show up at the proper time, but was unable to find his sibling? Say school ended at 230- even if the brother did go out to look for his younger sibling, he probably would have waited around for a little while, assuming he was just late. Even if he waited just ten minutes and the little brother was within five square blocks, I don’t find it hard to believe that the older brother may not have been able to find him in 50 minutes time.
I’m not at all saying that it does- just saying that maybe the fact that the brother wasn’t around isn’t necessarily the nail in the coffin we would think it may be for the parent’s responsibility.
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If there’s one thing I remember having a grasp of as a kid in school it’s when we were let out early and talking about it nonstop. And, I HIGHLY doubt this was an impromptu event because, lets use our brains here, schools don’t do that. Furthermore, I know when I was in school (all the way through high school) we were given calendars to take home that let parents know of holidays, conferences, etc…
Personally, I find it rather fishy these parents claim they knew nothing of a half day.
Sounds like they were forgetful and are looking to place blame.
You know what I find really funny though, is that parents have put down the iron fist on what a teacher can and cannot do (discipline) but now, it’s the teachers responsibility to care for the child AFTER school as well???
you need to have a license to drive a car, own a gun, sell liquor, teach, practice medicine, etc….but any MORON can have a child. awesome.
I googled the school system, and surprise, surprise they have an online calendar with events, early dismissals, etc. I believe that it can be fairly assumed that they inform parents of early dismissals.
I wonder if the State Supreme Court or the Appeals Court considered this?!
My wife is an Elementary school principal in VA. You can’t imagine how much parents demand of educators and how little they demand of themselves.
Hopefully, the preponderance of the evidence will result in dismissal.
If this accident happened at 3:30 where was the adult sibling that was scheduled to pick him up? In N.Y. most schools are out between 2:30 and 3:00PM.
Perhaps the parents are looking to keep the responibility of child rearing on others then the family that had the child.
Excellent point, stunned! I think you hit it right on the head…if the child was hit at 3:30, shouldn’t the parents have been there by that time anyway!?
Genius!!!
What we have here is a perfect example of the social-progressive attitude, and the arrogance of the courts, dictating that no one should ever be allowed to be injured by anything without recovering monies from someone, regardless of fault, or the facts and circumstances that may impose duties on the injured person or his/her family. What is also amazing is that this was a unanimous decision by all of the justices. My God, isn’t there any hope left for some sensibility and assignment of responsibilities where they should reside? NJ residents, expect property taxes to increase because of this decision – we’ll now be obligated to pay for baby-sitters.
Our society values are so far out of whack that the Pope has to plead for sanity on the roads by suggesting the 10 commandments of driving. Personal responsibility has been eroded to the point of absurdity in this country. ARC is right, our legal system thinks somebody has to pay for everything that happens. Our judges, lawyers themselves, don’t have the stones to throw out any frivolous or non-meritorius suit. People have bantered about tort reform for decades but don’t think it will happen anytime soon. Too many lawyers have bellied up to the social trough.
Your comment: ….”In my mind there is no substitute for parental responsibility and the notion that parents can shuck this duty off on schools or malls or friends and relatives is absolute BS.” …is absolutely on the mark; I could not say it better. A lawsuit like this would not have made it anywhere when I was growing up in the 50’s and 60’s…my parents would never have the nerve to admit that they weren’t responsible for their children, nor would they expect the school to take on their responsibility.
Not saying that I don’t think you bring up an important thing to consider, but I think we need to note that the article notes that the accident happened “blocks away from the school.”
Perhaps the brother did indeed show up at the proper time, but was unable to find his sibling? Say school ended at 230- even if the brother did go out to look for his younger sibling, he probably would have waited around for a little while, assuming he was just late. Even if he waited just ten minutes and the little brother was within five square blocks, I don’t find it hard to believe that the older brother may not have been able to find him in 50 minutes time.
Just a thought…
I don’t understand the relevance of your point…how does that make it the schools fault?
I’m not at all saying that it does- just saying that maybe the fact that the brother wasn’t around isn’t necessarily the nail in the coffin we would think it may be for the parent’s responsibility.