Woman sues 12 year old nephew over a hug

Jennifer Connell is suing her nephew for tackling her in a hug and breaking her wrist. She is seeking $127,000 in damages from the now-12-year-old.

If only they could just hug it out.

A human resources manager from Manhattan is suing her nephew over a leaping greeting from the then-8-year-old that left her with a broken wrist, according to reports.

Jennifer Connell, 54, believes little Sean Tarala, now 12, should have known better than to jump into her arms as a means of welcoming her to his birthday party in 2011, ctpost.com reported Monday.

Connell, of E. 73rd St. on the Upper East Side, is seeking $127,000 in damages for suffering a broken wrist when the two fell to the ground in the rough reception, according to the site.

The aunt, who has no children of her own, said her life has not been the same since the 50-pound bundle of boyish energy bounded into her open arms.

“I live in Manhattan in a third-floor walkup so it has been very difficult,” Connell testified Friday at Connecticut Superior Court in Bridgeport. “And we all know how crowded it is in Manhattan.”

And if walking up stairs with an injured wrist wasn’t difficult enough, the after-effects on Connell’s social life have been disastrous.

a party recently and it was difficult to hold my hors d’oeuvres plate,” she added.

The minor child is the only defendant in the case.

Connell’s troubles on started Mar. 18, 2011, when she arrived at her nephew’s Westport, Conn., home.

Sean was outside playing with a brand new bike he had received for his birthday. The excited boy dropped his new set of wheels and ran toward his aunt to greet her, shouting, “Auntie Jen, Auntie Jen.”

“All of a sudden he was there in the air, I had to catch him and we tumbled onto the ground,” Connell testified, according to ctpost.com. “I remember him shouting, ‘Auntie Jen I love you,’ and there he was flying at me.”

Although hurt, Connell said, she didn’t tell her nephew the extent of her injuries.

“It was his birthday party and I didn’t want to upset him,” she told the jury.

Sean, whose mother died last year, appeared confused as he sat with his father, Michael Tarala, in court Friday, according to ctpost.

ember at the boy’s home declined to comment on the lawsuit.

Connell, during her testimony, said Sean had always been “very loving, sensitive,” toward her, but she still feels the pre-teen is responsible for her injury.

“The injuries, losses and harms to the plaintiff were caused by the negligence and carelessness of the minor defendant in that a reasonable eight year old under those circumstances would know or should have known that a forceful greeting such as the one delivered by the defendant to the plaintiff could cause the harms and losses suffered by the plaintiff,” the lawsuit claims.

http://m.nydailynews.com/new-york/aunt-sues-nephew-12-breaking-wrist-greeting-article-1.2394889

 

She did not win

She Lost the Case​

The Auntie Christ gets nothing.

A Connecticut jury needed just 25 minutes Tuesday to decide against a Manhattan human resources manager who sued her own nephew for $127,000 in damages after he accidentally broke her wrist.

Connell barely flinched when the jury’s verdict was read and then fled the Bridgeport courthouse without saying a word.

Her now 12-year-old nephew, Sean Tarala of Westport, Conn., was not in the courtroom.

“We just couldn't find him, you know, liable for what happened,” a female juror said of the boy.

Sean’s lawyer refused to spike the ball and praised the plucky nephew.

“He’s a great kid, he’s got nothing to do with this,” attorney Thomas Noniewicz said.

The panel decided the 54-year-old aunt didn’t deserve a penny after her lawyer and Noniewicz made their closing arguments at Superior Court.

“We do not take great pleasure in bringing a minor to court,” Connell’s lawyer, William Beckert, said. “She is not here enjoying a moment of this."

But Sean “should have known better.”

"We have rules for children," the lawyer continued. "He was not careful. He was unsafe.”

As Beckert spoke, Connell, 54, sat quietly with a black wrist guard on her left arm. Sean, whose mom died last year, was not in the court.

Sean’s lawyer said the only thing the boy is guilty of is “trying to give his aunt a hug on his birthday.”

"Kids will be kids," Noniewicz said. "He was an 8-year-old boy being an 8-year-old boy...Sean was not negligent."

Connell, who lives on E. 73rd St. and has no kids of her own, claimed her wrist was broken when Sean suddenly jumped into her arms back in 2011.

The auntie said Sean wrecked her social life by making it “difficult to hold my hors d’oeuvres plate” and that having a bum wrist makes it difficult for her to climb the stairs to her third-floor walkup or get around Manhattan.

 

That's pretty pathetic, just goes to show people will sue over anything and everything.

Her claiming it affects her social life is even more pathetic. No one cares if you can't hold your little fancy party plate, use your other hand lol. Same can be applied to the stairs, just use the opposite railing (though idk what her stairs look like).

 

Waiting until after his mother died to sue a 12 year old boy for an accident that happened when he was 8? Wow...

 

:smt043:smt043:smt043

I'm dead. lol

This explains a lot. HR is usually where you find the mindless drones.

Job requirements: Email and 5th grade reading level


“I live in Manhattan in a third-floor walkup so it has been very difficult,” Connell testified Friday at Connecticut Superior Court in Bridgeport. “And we all know how crowded it is in Manhattan.”

LOL


If the government paid dummies to stay home it would make life better for everyone else.

 

Well i wonder how thanksgiving dinner will ve