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Is this really the Shop's fault?
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090922/tuk-boy-four-dies-in-somerfield-supermar-45dbed5.html
Should this boy have been swinging on a rail inside the supermarket? Is it not the fault of the parents in charge, who are now suing Somerfields. Personally I think too many children run around supermarkets misbehaving and causing havoc. A very sad story.
Should this boy have been swinging on a rail inside the supermarket? Is it not the fault of the parents in charge, who are now suing Somerfields. Personally I think too many children run around supermarkets misbehaving and causing havoc. A very sad story.
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But that's the thing about most accidents............they're accidental; no-one is at fault.
Unfortunately, these solicitors use reductive reasoning..........and they reach the end point that if the rail hadn't been there, the child would have lived, therefore the owner of the rail is liable.
I hope the case is thrown out..........
But that's the thing about most accidents............they're accidental; no-one is at fault.
Unfortunately, these solicitors use reductive reasoning..........and they reach the end point that if the rail hadn't been there, the child would have lived, therefore the owner of the rail is liable.
I hope the case is thrown out..........
I agree with everyone's comments that the supermarket could hardly be seen as negligent. Accidents do happen but a supermarket is not a playground and the parents should have been supervising more closely.
Suing the supermarket sadly is a reflection how litigious a society we have become.
Of course we all feel desperately sorry for the parents but suing the supermarket seems to be a way of not taking responsibility.
Suing the supermarket sadly is a reflection how litigious a society we have become.
Of course we all feel desperately sorry for the parents but suing the supermarket seems to be a way of not taking responsibility.
I do feel for this family at losing such a beautiful little boy, however, if you don't keep your eyes on your children when shopping, etc., then you must face the consequences, 'specially if accidents such as this should happen.
If this rail had been faulty/loose & fell on him, then that would be another story - but he was swinging on it, (albeit innocently).
The 7 year old brat next door to us climbs all over his Dad's 4x4, hanging on the windscreen wipers, but his parents don't bat an eye lid. No doubt if he fell off & broke his neck, they would complain that the car body or wipers were at fault!
RIP the Somerfields little boy.
If this rail had been faulty/loose & fell on him, then that would be another story - but he was swinging on it, (albeit innocently).
The 7 year old brat next door to us climbs all over his Dad's 4x4, hanging on the windscreen wipers, but his parents don't bat an eye lid. No doubt if he fell off & broke his neck, they would complain that the car body or wipers were at fault!
RIP the Somerfields little boy.
I wonder what the rail was for? Certainly not for swinging on! Does everything have to been child friendly everywhere. As albequerty implies if a child climbed up a shelf and the tins fell on top of him that wouldn't be the supermarket's fault. Mind you, I did see a mother letting her child sit on top of the french sticks in a bakery section!! I didn't buy any bread!!
I was in Sainsbury's a couple of weeks ago & a toddler was standing inside, constantly making the automatic doors open & close. His Mother & friend stood there laughing their heads off at/with him.
Now if this toddler had caught his fingers in the same doors, I wonder what his Mother would have done about it?
Now if this toddler had caught his fingers in the same doors, I wonder what his Mother would have done about it?
twas a poor attempt at sarcasm on my part
The supermarket wouldn't be there if it hadn't been designed by an architect or built.
The safety shutter at my local Somerfield collapsed on a 2yr olds head a few years back.
Fortunately child was fine (rushed to A&E) Manager of shop was mortified. Parents didn't sue.
New style of shuttering was subsequently installed.
The supermarket wouldn't be there if it hadn't been designed by an architect or built.
The safety shutter at my local Somerfield collapsed on a 2yr olds head a few years back.
Fortunately child was fine (rushed to A&E) Manager of shop was mortified. Parents didn't sue.
New style of shuttering was subsequently installed.