Jennifer Connell, a 54-year-old HR manager in New York City, sued her nephew, Sean Tarala, for USD127,000 (RM534,822) over events that occurred at his 8th birthday party 4 years ago in the year 2011
According to the aunt, her nephew, Sean Tarala, now 12, should have known better than to jump into her arms as he welcomed her to his birthday party. She described his act as a “forceful greeting.”
The aunt, Jennifer Connell, claimed her nephew acted unreasonably when his exuberant greeting caused her to fall and break her wrist in 2011, the Westport News reported from the courthouse on Monday.He had been riding his first two-wheeled bicycle which was bright red, according to testimony around his home. When Connell arrived, he dropped it and ran to her. I remember him shouting, Auntie Jen, I love you! and there he was flying at me, Connell is quoted as saying in court.
She told the court that she realised she had been injured but did not want to raise the matter at the time because she did not want to ruin his birthday celebration.
However, she said the injury had had a massive impact on her life.
Jennifer, who does not have her own children, said that her injury made it difficult to get around Manhattan, where she lived. She said it also caused her other issues.
I was at a party recently, and it was difficult to hold my hors doeuvre (appetizer) plate, she said, according to the Connecticut Post.
You think she’s a riot? You should read what her lawyer said. He finishes it in a way that just adds the cherry on top of this circus act:
Jennifer Connell’s lawyer William Beckert told the New York Daily News that his client didn’t take pleasure in suing her nephew, but that he “should have known better.””We have rules for children,” he said. “He was not careful. He was unsafe.”
Luckily, jurors, who took only 25 minutes, ruled in favour of the kid
According to jurors in Bridgeport, the nephew Sean Tarala was not liable for his actions in the case brought against him by his aunt, Jennifer Connell, the Connecticut Post reported.The child was the only defendant in the case, and he was accompanied to court by his father, according to the Connecticut Post. The boys mother died last year.
The boy’s attorney, Thomas Noniewicz, told the New York Daily News that justice was served.”Kids will be kids,” Noniewicz told the newspaper. “He was an 8-year-old boy being an 8-year-old boy Sean was not negligent.”
Unsurprisingly, the 54-year-old has become the most hated aunt:
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