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Old 07-27-2016, 02:40 PM
 
Location: At the corner of happy and free
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Pay out for what?

Does every accidental tragedy now require monetary compensation?
Pay out for the girl's medical bills (I think she was taken to the hospital) and funeral expenses? That would be my guess.
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Old 07-27-2016, 02:45 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Pay out for the girl's medical bills (I think she was taken to the hospital) and funeral expenses? That would be my guess.
If your kid dies on my property from a freak accident, I owe you a funeral?

No one is coming over ever again.

I mean, what if a meteor hits?
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Old 07-27-2016, 03:43 PM
 
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If your kid dies on my property from a freak accident, I owe you a funeral?
The way it works in today's society is that someone is to blame for everything. You can actually trespass on property and still sue people for injuries incurred on the property.
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Old 07-27-2016, 04:47 PM
 
Location: At the corner of happy and free
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If your kid dies on my property from a freak accident, I owe you a funeral?

No one is coming over ever again.

I mean, what if a meteor hits?
Ok, forget funeral expenses. But often, one's own medical insurance will not pay if the bills are due to an injury on someone else's property. The parents of the girl who died may have had no other option than to either try to get the other parents' homeowners insurance to pay, or pay the medical bills out of their own pocket. That's just how it works sometimes.

I've been on the "homeowner" end of that scenario, and my friend felt horrible that they had to get their son's bills paid by our homeowner's insurance (he fell off our swing set and broke his arm; their own medical insurance wouldn't pay because it was an injury on someone else's ---our--- property.)
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Old 07-27-2016, 05:45 PM
 
Location: Native of Any Beach/FL
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Yeah, how does an 11 yr. old choke on a marshmallow? Was she allergic? The parents didn't say so. Maybe they never taught her to properly chew her food, so she wolfed down a big one without chewing much. Hosts could counter-sue for parental negligence.
People choke because they talk, laugh, yawn or overstuff at the same time. If the child was sick, cold, asthma or has allergies , might have made it worse then panic . Sad
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Old 07-28-2016, 02:04 PM
 
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People choke because they talk, laugh, yawn or overstuff at the same time. If the child was sick, cold, asthma or has allergies , might have made it worse then panic . Sad
"Chubby Bunny" game.
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