Lawsuit claims crossing guard was negligent

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Why Crossing Guards? - 2009-05-05 10:42:41

Why not just teach children how to cross the street with crosswalks and street lights? Crossing guards create undue confusion. Just too simple, isn't it????

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S. Abbott - Annapolis, MD - Karma: Terrible

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Lawsuit Reform - 2009-05-05 09:00:18

So how much does one pay out? What is fair? BTW, lawyers take their share right off the top, on both sides of the suit. I would not wish this injury on any child, or adult for that matter. Children are more resilient and able to bounce back from adversity than we give them credit. Emotional distress is a politically correct buzz word here. You can't gauge it or diagnose it. When its there, its truly hell. But, it also so overuse that causes one to doubt when it is there.

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Rick M. - Laurel, Md - Karma: Neutral

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Incompetance costs - 2009-05-05 08:09:06

Hahn was clearly at fault here, but others (being the crossing guard and / or her visiting friend) could have been contributing factors, which could have lead to or prevented this accident. I guess it will ultimately come down to Brian Fitzsimmons testimony concerning where the crossing guard was at the time of the accident and whether or not she was visiting with a friend. I am sure the Mondays son did suffer watching his sister being hit, he's not going to forget that, let me add to my earlier comment and say I hope he gets to go to Disney and gets funds for 10 years of therapy also. Poor kids, it's too bad that little girl is the one that bore the bust of this incompetence, regardless of where it came from.

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Jen Rhoades - Annapolis, MD - Karma: Neutral

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It takes time - 2009-05-04 17:30:02

Unfortunately, the process of getting some type of restitution is long and arduous. The insurance companies battle you in and out to not pay up. Heck, I have had to take my own auto insurance company to court in order to get them to pay me my coverage for getting rear ended, while I was sitting at a red light. Although, I guess most of you missed the part about they are also seeking damages for their son "They also claim her now-12-year-old brother, Tyler, who witnessed the wreck, suffered "severe and extreme emotional distress" as a result of the teenager's driving." My question, where was he at? If the kid who was driving was charged and found guilty, go after the kid in the car who is at fault, not some third party. This lawsuit is a joke as they are obviously just going after everyone in an attempt to settle out of court.

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Johnathan Locke - Edgewater, MD - Karma: Good

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Pay up - 2009-05-04 14:39:30

Treated for her broken bones and released....How many days and surgeries, and follow-ups days and surgeries did that take? Broken leg, broken jaw and broken nose. Poor kid, what a nightmare, which the little girl is probably still having constantly. Can anyone truly blow this off as how dare they sue for their suffering. Not me, I hope they win enough to take that kid to Disney or where ever else she wants to go, and have a therapist for the next 10 years! Being a taxpayer, I'm not happy about footing the bill for the countys part in this, but on behalf of this kid, give her what she wants. And Rick, I cant help but to think that 3 years is what has probably been a time frame for this family to move from phase one (injured and recovering) to phase two (hold accountable and collect) in this disastrous, completely avoidable, never needed to happen, kid damaged forever scenario.

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Jen Rhoades - Annapolis, MD - Karma: Neutral

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3 Years? - 2009-05-04 13:34:43

If neglience is as clear as they claim. Why wait 3 years to file suit? I feel bad for the child. There should be some compensation, but the how much is approriate? Millions? Sounds like the injuries have healed. Oh yeah, emotional distress. Useful words when wanting money. We really need lawsuit reform in this county.

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Rick M. - Laurel, Md - Karma: Neutral

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OMG - 2009-05-04 12:41:04

I can see how this happened....on this past Saturday, I was at the Children's Fair at the Big Vanilla Club in Arnold, which had two county police officers directing traffic. They were in the middle/side of the entrance road to the club waiving me to go through while two people and a child in a stroller were in the middle of the road continuing to cross. The officer yet again summoned me to go, and I yet again pointed at the people in the road, and he again continued to be oblivious, as well as to shake his head at me like I was the stupit one. I think sometimes the officials (being crossing guards, police, etc.) do not take this task to be as serious as it is. If I would have kept going I would have hit them. You know, just as with the wrecked fire truck, I wonder how much this (alleged) negligence will cost us (being tax payers).

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