Reuters
Newtown family sues state over trauma child sustained from shooting
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’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.”
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Pathetic, its all about me…………
dmann on December 29, 2012 at 7:47 PM
Vultures.
CW on December 29, 2012 at 7:48 PM
Safety is an illusion. All we can do is try our best to prevent bad things from happening. But sometimes, we can`t.
ThePrez on December 29, 2012 at 7:50 PM
And so it begins…We all knew it was inevitable..
nothing bad is ever supposed to happen in your life and if it does you are to be compensated…what a fu*ked up society we have let this become
Tim Zank on December 29, 2012 at 7:52 PM
It sounds like gun-free zones are about to be sued out of existence.
FloatingRock on December 29, 2012 at 7:52 PM
I wonder if they contacted a lawyer or if a lawyer contacted them. I’d bet the later. The lawyers are the vultures.
MikeA on December 29, 2012 at 7:53 PM
It will turn into a class action suit. The lawers will get millions, an the plaintiffs will get 17¢.
davidk on December 29, 2012 at 7:53 PM
Thus it begins.
It’s impossible to have a 100% safe school, or life.
$100 million? Yeesh, way to lose sympathy.
rbj on December 29, 2012 at 7:53 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qYbVQu7YAQ
FloatingRock on December 29, 2012 at 7:54 PM
I don’t think this suit is on the level – it’s a stunt. So many glommers on, grandstanders and hoaxers have attached themselves to this case, including one creep known to file suits under the name of other people, and a horrible woman who has used a phony story of having to ID her nephews body to set up donation funds (she also was a Hurricane Sandy grifter)
I have no confidence that “Jill Doe” is not a hoax client. I think its even possible there is no client at all – I don’t put client fishing past him. He has taken ethical shortcuts before, and been suspended from practice. He has had a “stunt practice” of sorts as an Occupy attorney, and had some unconventional advertising practices described in AdSense – advertising that the business said was unconnected to any action or desire of their own.
Irving Pinsky was actually suspended from practice for a time for a failure to meet professional responsibility, and had a reprimand (eventually overturned) for inappropriately contacting a person who was evicting him from his offices.
SarahW on December 29, 2012 at 7:56 PM
And they wonder why people don’t like lawyers…
Ambulance chasers are bad enough, but using dead children as an opportunity to make a few bucks is disgusting.
JetBoy on December 29, 2012 at 7:56 PM
If I was denied the ability to defend myself or teachers were denied the ability to defend themselves and my kids then the system should be sued. People want to use liability concerns as an excuse to remove your right to defend yourself. But they should be concerned about the liability involved in taking that right away. The truth is that “gun free” zones ignorantly but people at risk despite the fact that it is known that these are favorite targets. The system is at fault for sticking to anti second amendment dogma and should be held accountable.
MechanicalBill on December 29, 2012 at 7:58 PM
A school bus driver turn too sharp and brushed a parked pickup. He said he didn’t feel anything, just caught it as he looked into his mirror. He probably could have made a quick steering adjustment and went on without anyone knowing that it happened. And the truck onwer not knowing who scuffed up his truck.
Two months later the school bus company was sued by a parent whose child was having headaches because of the accident.
I drove past the scene, and later observed the damage to both vehicles. The kids get jostled more crossing the railroad tracks.
davidk on December 29, 2012 at 8:01 PM
I oppose frivolous lawsuits but in this case the children were left vulnerable to violent maniacs as part of a deliberate strategy by a bunch of left-wing hippie school administrators who were responsible for the safety of those children. Are we really so sure this is a frivolous lawsuit? Maybe so, I’m reserving judgment until I learn more and hear more opinions about it. If this particular lawsuit is somewhat questionable, certainly the parents whose children were physically injured have a legitimate complaint.
FloatingRock on December 29, 2012 at 8:02 PM
Ban Public Announce intercom systems, it is the only way.
tjexcite on December 29, 2012 at 8:02 PM
I have been traumatized by the incessant Leftist propaganda resulting form the Massacre, may I join in this action?
JFKY on December 29, 2012 at 8:04 PM
Damn, you beat me to it. Can we “split” the award?:)
Clink on December 29, 2012 at 8:11 PM
Clink, sure….
JFKY on December 29, 2012 at 8:13 PM
If I had lost a child in Ct, or even had one traumatized in the incident, I’d absolutely file a lawsuit. “Gun Free Zones” are the most dangerous environment a child can be in. With no way to protect the children in that school from the criminally insane among us, the school district and every jurisdiction involved was utterly negligent and should be charged as such. Lawsuits should be the least of their problems, for what they stupidly allowed to happen on their watch.
Harbingeing on December 29, 2012 at 8:15 PM
The attorney may be slime but the only way to end the erosion of our rights is to monetarily penalize the loony left every time their policies hurt someone.
The school district needs to be bankrupted. that will send a loud clear message to all other districts. The
gun-freefreefire zones will vanish rather quickly, as the attorneys advise the districts that it is too costly to risk keeping them.platypus on December 29, 2012 at 8:15 PM
It was only a matter of time. Every single person in that building will be a millionaire before it’s all over with.
ButterflyDragon on December 29, 2012 at 8:17 PM
Most of them already are. That is a wealthy section of the country. I was beside myself when I heard that people were sending food and blankets. Then I remembered that the household pets probably could use those supplies so they weren’t a total waste.
platypus on December 29, 2012 at 8:25 PM
Connecticut has sovereign immunity. Won’t that put a stop to the suit?
lynncgb on December 29, 2012 at 8:29 PM
If that’s true, that’s downright disgusting.
lynncgb on December 29, 2012 at 8:34 PM
Obama, ever since, the parents and the laywers feed on carrion.
Shame on all. The land has been deprived of the last shred of decency.
Schadenfreude on December 29, 2012 at 8:37 PM
Shun them all, from Obama to the parents.
Schadenfreude on December 29, 2012 at 8:37 PM
$100m. Is that all?
Cockroaches.
CorporatePiggy on December 29, 2012 at 8:44 PM
Every state should have a ‘loser pays’ system of civil litigation.
Loser pays ALL costs of the defense and the state – court fees, expert witnesses, entire defense team fees, lost earnings for the defendant, punitive damages in case of a malicious suit.
All of it.
The defendant they’re going to try to bilk in this case is of course the taxpayer. And if this case is with merit the taxpayer will suck it up. If it is not with merit, roll the dice.
CorporatePiggy on December 29, 2012 at 8:46 PM
PLEASE !! Does this really surprise anyone ?? Look at all the frivolous litigation following 9/11 ?? Wasn’t one class action suit like over $1B ??
No tragedy is too intense for a fucking ACLU ambulance-chasing deuschebag “Lionel Hutz” to exploit ! Yup Shakespeare was right alright ! Always about the bottom line ($$$$$$$).
We really have gone down the proverbial shitter as a society! The worst part is we stil have yet to hit rock bottom !
cableguy615 on December 29, 2012 at 9:06 PM
That’s what I thought too when I first saw this but it also reeks of opportunism like this jacka$$ and his lawsuit.
jawkneemusic on December 29, 2012 at 9:09 PM
Good. Every gun free zone should be provided armed security, or be subject to law suit for failing to protect. Screw these gun free kill zones. They should be sued out of existence. Sue the crap out of them. I hope the they have to pay millions.
juliesa on December 29, 2012 at 9:37 PM
Damn straight.
Harbingeing on December 29, 2012 at 9:57 PM
i was severely traumatized by the past election…. on top of the trauma of barry’s first 4 years…
mittens on December 29, 2012 at 11:29 PM
The state/school wont care. The taxpayers pay the bill/judgement
mockmook on December 30, 2012 at 12:13 AM