Aunt Sues Nephew For Leaping to Hug Her at Birthday Party, Most aunts would adulation to be greeted with aflame hugs from their little nieces and nephews, but Jennifer Connell isn't like a lot of aunts. The New York City woman sued her 12-year-old nephew for $127,000 because he accidentally bankrupt her wrist if he leaped into her accoutrements in an animated greeting at his altogether party.
But today, in a arranged courthouse, jurors in a Connecticut Superior Cloister disqualified adjoin Connell, chief she didn't deserve a dime in her civilian affirmation adjoin her nephew. "We just didn't anticipate the boy was negligent," a juror told reporters alfresco the courthouse.
The adventure in fact took abode four years ago in March 2011 at a ancestors affair adulatory Sean Tarala's eighth birthday. According to reports, the 54-year-old aunt anticipation Sean should accept accepted bigger than to jump into her accoutrements as a agency of affable her."All of a sudden, he was there in the air, I had to bolt him, and we confused on to the ground," Connell testified endure anniversary about her appointment with the 50-pound boy. "I bethink him shouting, 'Auntie Jen, I adulation you,' and there he was aerial at me."
And for that audacious act of "youthful exuberance," she approved $127,000 in damages."I reside in Manhattan in a third-floor accommodation so it has been actual difficult," she said in her affidavit to the six-member jury. "And we all apperceive how awash it is in Manhattan."
On top of that discomfort, Connell — who has no accouchement of her own — is still ambidextrous with abiding affliction to her amusing life. "I was at a affair recently, and it was difficult to authority my hors d'oeuvres plate," she added.
Although she said she adored her "very loving, sensitive" nephew, Connell believed Sean — whose mother died endure year and who appeared in cloister with his ancestor — should be captivated accountable.
But today, in a arranged courthouse, jurors in a Connecticut Superior Cloister disqualified adjoin Connell, chief she didn't deserve a dime in her civilian affirmation adjoin her nephew. "We just didn't anticipate the boy was negligent," a juror told reporters alfresco the courthouse.The adventure in fact took abode four years ago in March 2011 at a ancestors affair adulatory Sean Tarala's eighth birthday. According to reports, the 54-year-old aunt anticipation Sean should accept accepted bigger than to jump into her accoutrements as a agency of affable her."All of a sudden, he was there in the air, I had to bolt him, and we confused on to the ground," Connell testified endure anniversary about her appointment with the 50-pound boy. "I bethink him shouting, 'Auntie Jen, I adulation you,' and there he was aerial at me."
And for that audacious act of "youthful exuberance," she approved $127,000 in damages."I reside in Manhattan in a third-floor accommodation so it has been actual difficult," she said in her affidavit to the six-member jury. "And we all apperceive how awash it is in Manhattan."
On top of that discomfort, Connell — who has no accouchement of her own — is still ambidextrous with abiding affliction to her amusing life. "I was at a affair recently, and it was difficult to authority my hors d'oeuvres plate," she added.
Although she said she adored her "very loving, sensitive" nephew, Connell believed Sean — whose mother died endure year and who appeared in cloister with his ancestor — should be captivated accountable.
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