Comments on: Baby dies due to car accident, mother facing possible charges…

By: mv

mv — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:19:36 +0000

I am sorry for my grammer as my husband walked in on me and distracted me.

PS…

He agrees with me! Shame on the parents for not having the responsibility of having kids being taken seriously. There is just no justifiable reason to have a child in a car without the car seat – these parents should be punished and fined and be brought in front of a Judge before innocent victims pay the ultimate price.

By: mv

mv — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:15:37 +0000

I agree with LilyWhite comment #6, I think if we the people begin to assist the law enforcement officers, we could actually save some lives. I have seen these happended several times and I am a parent of two that works for a law office (defense firm) and see some cases that parents have the guts to file suit instead of hiring an attorney to represent them for their neglect. I will begin doing what LilyWhite does, she is making a difference.

By: Ella

Ella — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:15:12 +0000

What stupidity! The family should not be let off the hook on the “cultural differences” card, either. When my kids were babies, my foreign mother-in-law started a fuss every time we got in the car. “I will unbuckle them. They will be more comfortable. Sitting in the car seat unbuckled is just fine, just have more faith in God, blah, blah, blah.” to the point where I had to insist that the vehicle not move until I had her compliance. And one of her own sons had nearly died in a car wreck – no seatbelt. They say you can’t legislate morality, but good car seat laws, well enforced, can sure help legislate against stupidity and negligence.

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By: Arpa

Arpa — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:21:17 +0000

Their subjective understanding of the law is not a requisit for a conviction. As much as I can appreciate the value of oversensative PC mentality, I think people’s dislike for parents directly responsible for their children’s death far out weights any desire to be politically correct.

By: The A-Hole Lawyer

The A-Hole Lawyer — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:24:43 +0000

ALL RIGHT, lets not make this about ME Modern Esq. I picked the wrong title and code, YOUR RIGHT. Its still a negligence based offense.

You missed my misspelling of forever (improperlee sepurated in too to wirds). Since language is the tool of a lawyer, I must be a BIG FAKER, or a bad attorney.

I hope Ttown’s confidence in her prosecution is true. I have not looked into the outcomes of similar cases in Ohio, or NW Ohio specifically, I am after all not a criminal attorney. The posts do beg an interesting question, how will the mother and grandmother’s nationality play into the case? Oversensitive politically correct treatment because they are middle eastern, calls for excess punishment because of their heritage? Or, fair, equal evaluation of the facts and a proper decision either way? The conservative cynic in me guesses #1, but clear heads could prevail.

The A-Hole. (who really is a lawyer, but is so ashamed of his profession that he tells people he is a piano player in a whorehouse.)

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:16:50 +0000

Good question dell_diva, the grandmother is also responsible and while it’s true the family came from Kuwait it was reported they lived in Arkansas before coming here. With the baby being born here in Ohio, it’s made very clear that child seats are the law, you can’t even take your baby home from the hospital without a car seat. Baring a home birth, it’s hard to see how she would not have been aware of the laws.

The culture aspect could very well come up as part of a defense if she is even charged.

By: dell_diva

dell_diva — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:09:09 +0000

I hope they throw the book at the mother. Could the grandmother be brought up on any charges for being the one actually holding the baby? She’s just as guilty, considering she should have known better.

The mother was from Kuwait – I wonder if this is a cultural difference thing? If she’s going to use that as her defense in court?

By: TLC

TLC — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:20:03 +0000

go here for the story and recommended seats and stories from other parents:

http://www.kyledavidmiller.org/

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:02:47 +0000

>> (boosters are not LATCHed in and use only the adult seatbelt).

We got ours from our local police department. I wonder if they are familiar with the article you quote.