Where were the parents? I can’t imagine my 4 year old granddaughter being left to here own devices around a pool area. Most pools of this type have no lifeguard. This is a terrible loss, but I wonder again about personal reponsibility.
I agree. I NEVER rest when my Grands are near water, the same when my children were young, TWO eyes on the kids, always. Can’t see them, I’m off my butt searching.
No one is responsible for anything these litigious days. Not THESE parents. Everyone is a victim and has an excuse,
the Jenna 6 (It was racism), Michael Vick (i’m a southern boy, that’s what we do), not Mel Gibson (i really don’t hate jews, i was just drunk).
Makes me want to vomit, most days.
The parents were probably inside at the bar slamming martini’s with their snooty country club friends. Agree w/all that nobody should leave a 5 year old alone near water EVER. They should have had the child wear inflatable water wings or a lifejacket. You can bet their attitude was that they paid to belong to the club so they were entitled to use the pool as a babysitter. This doesn’t say if the drowing occured in the adult pool, or a wading pool. If it was the latter, most places don’t have lifeguards. Even so, $4MM is a lot of money for a 5 year old under any circumstances. You know the parents are in it for the money when they’re appealing the $1.3MM cap on wrongful death.
The rule at my pool is that you must keep your children that can’t swim at arms length. I assume this poor child was a non swimmer. This article does not state all the facts, but I agree the parents are primarily responsible for the safety of their children. We are now a nation of “I am hurt, and somebody is going to pay.”
First of all yes it was the parent’s responsibility and unfortunately even one second of taking your eyes off a child can end in tragedy. NO amount of money will bring this child back either way.
Cliff,
What do you mean the Jenna 6 incident is an excuse? None of these parents have sued. Their just trying to keep their kids out of jail. Hopefully they will sue later. The Jews came out on Mel so why can’t Blacks come out on what is blatantly racism?
Mike Vick,
Made a stupid mistake but breaking a man down to the lowest common denominator for dogs? How about the guy who gave cats to his pit bulls for them to eat (check out Channel 2 news website – Atlanta). In fact it was crazy Whoopi Goldberg that made the southern remark and in that case dog-fighting in something people of every race do here in the south, believe me. They just haven’t been caught yet.
Before you make crazy remarks about something totally unrelated to the story at hand and offend people – think twice before you type.
Here is the article from the Cleveland Examiner that gives a few more facts:
Anne Arundel County (Map, News) – Surrounded by photographs of their dead son, the parents of Connor Freed, the 5-year-old Davidsonville boy who drowned in a Crofton pool last month, announced Thursday a $20 million wrongful death lawsuit against Crofton Country Club and its pool management company.
“He was the sweetest child,” said Connor’s father, Thomas Freed. An attorney for Freed and Debra Neagle Webber, Connor’s mother, filed the lawsuit Thursday in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court.
It alleges that Crofton Country Club failed to provide an adequate number of properly-trained lifeguards to monitor the pool where Connor drowned.
Wayne Rohauer, the manager of Crofton County Club, said he could not comment on pending litigation.
People who read this also read:
Drowning victim’s parents are given $4M
Police recruit, two others die in weekend crashes
On June 22 Connor was at the country club with family friend Paul Carroll, who was watching Connor and two of his own children at the pool, said the family’s lawyer, H. Briggs Bedigian. At about 4:30 p.m., Carroll took off Connor’s lifejacket so he could go to the bathroom, Bedigian said.
According to Bedigian, Carroll was watching his younger daughter in the pool and, after he hadn’t seen Connor in a few minutes, sent his son to look for him in the bathroom.
When his son left, his daughter cried out that Connor was floating in the pool, Bedigian said.
Bedigian said women at the club helped Carroll drag Connor out of the pool, and that the lifeguards attempted to perform CPR. An ambulance transported Connor to a hospital, where he died about an hour after drowning.
Bedigian said the family doesn’t hold Carroll responsible. “When we go to a pool with trained lifeguards we are under a reasonable belief that lifeguards will perform their duties,” he said.
Thomas Freed said he is filing this lawsuit to attack complacency in lifeguards throughout the state.
“If one family is spared from the pain and anger and all the rest of what we are going though, his life will not be lived in vain,” he said.
My heart goes out to these parents for the loss of their child. I can’t imagine their pain. That said…I do agree that keeping track of a small child around a pool is the parents responsibility. I have a 3 yr old and I wouldn’t care of the pool is full of lifeguards who are all watching my child. Daddy is going to be there right next to my little girl. I wish I knew the answer to getting our society to take responsibility for our own actions or lack there of.
Wow, I’d hate to be the guy who was supposed to be watching the kid and took his life vest off. I’d have never taken that kids lifevest off. I’d never have let him go to the bathroom alone either. Again, as an over protective parent of my own 3 yr old, I’d never have let my little one go to the pool with someone else to watch them.
Shield – you’re right on point. You don’t unilaterally delegate responsibility to prevent your child from drowning to a lifeguard. They can’t possibly be the guardian angel of every person in a pool.
African Pride – will all due respect, you’re on thin ice. While the whites in the Jena 6 matter were incredibly stupid and insensitive, they didn’t break any laws, damage any property, or cause personal injury. I’m not excusing their behavior, but the Jena 6 had no right to take things into their own hands, break the law, and cause personal injury. Nobody is entitled to do that. Stop the racist rant.
Once again the responsible party, the parents, pass the buck and sue. And people wonder why insurance rates are so high.
To African Pride you are saying that the blacks who beat the crap out of a white guy should not be in jail? They could have killed the person. Why is it racism? Blacks always cry racism. I’m sick of it!
I think we all agree it was the parents’ responsibility, not the friend or the lifeguards. We all also agree that the family is devestated. That being said, no amount of money will bring the boy back, and who needs more than 1.3M anyway? They are turning a tragedy into greed which takes the focus off of the boy’s death and puts it on the parents’ desire to milk the country club for all they can. Take the 1.3M and let it go, focus on your child which is what you should have done in the first place.
GET OVER YOURSELF. I am so sick of every single thing that happens in your life being turned into racism. If a bunch of white kids beat up a black kid it would be racism. Now, a bunch of black kids beat up a white kid and that’s somehow racism too, only it’s not the whites crying racism it’s the blacks for getting in trouble. Would you just get over it already? Take responsibility for yourself instead of always trying to blame others. Or go back to Africa. We don’t want you anyway.
What is sad is that you see so many in our litigous society exploit a loss and then to cover for their greed they say they are doing it so that their child’s death wasn’t in vain etc…blah, blah, blah. I’d have more respect for them if they were just honest and said, it sucks that I lost my kid but I’m not going to lose this chance to get rich.
I’ll tell you why I do that! I certainly can’t be responsible for my own failures in life, so in this cracker world I blame the man for keepin’ me down! That’s why!
Another thing… your name is African Pride but I bet you’ve never been to Africa, as the other 99% of you probably haven’t either. What’s wrong with American Pride? How can you be proud of a country you’ve never seen? Be proud of THIS country, if it was any other you would’ve had your head cut off by now.
A.P. — you could learn to read and comprehend before posting your usual b.s.? Cliff was basically alluding to the fact that everyone uses an excuse for their behavior instead of “bucking up” and taking personal responsibility for their actions. I think Cliff gave very good examples of this in his post.
This has to be a joke. If not, nothing more needs to be said on the topic of racism.
Posted By: “African Pride”
Comment:
I’ll tell you why I do that! I certainly can’t be responsible for my own failures in life, so in this cracker world I blame the man for keepin’ me down! That’s why!
“The parents were probably inside at the bar slamming martini’s with their snooty country club friends” many of who are insurance agents selling insurance and then complaining when they have to pay on a claim
For everyone’s little racist comments, I was addressing one person.
(1) There is property damage as there was a fire at the high school and it remains to be seen who the culprits are.
(2) If my remarks are B.S. then B.S. recognizes B.S.
(3) I dont’ condone violence of any kind but only the Black ones have gone to jail and the white male who was assaulted was also one of the three white males that hung the nooses in the tree. HE never served time and had the unmitigated gall (at the fault of HIS parents) to say Mychal Bell deserved to be in jail. It was a playground brawl and he was fine to go out three hours later. Assault charges I can see – not attempted murder. Also federal hate crime charges are in order too but I guess you all are too ignorant to notice that glaring omission.
(4) I make one point and here come the nighriders, confederate soldiers, the KKK, neo-nazis all rolled up into one. If I inspire so much hate then maybe you need to look at your sorry selves. I put up an argument to one person in particular and everyone flies off the cuff. I thought this was about a drowning claim? Cliff did not make a valid statement about the Jenna 6 being victims. How many people have gotten away wih/have not been convicted by all-white juries/convicted in their old age due to racist acts? Please — if you don’t like what I have to say fine. I can use whatever name I chose as I am proud of what I am and no I would not be offended if someone likes to be called Southern Pride.
LIke I have said before some of you work in the industry and some work elsewhere. I guess if someone points out something the they’re an uppity “n” word. You might as well say it because anyone can read between the lines here. Black people do for themselves and I am entitled to my two cents same as anyone else. And no Miss Suzie these “boys” are not going to play fair and will probably or already have looked at people of color in their offices as inferior and that we think for ourselves too much. My comments have NEVER been B.S. and when you make racist comments there I will be. This website has been your own little private hideaway for too long and you think you can say anything. If your employers and/or other authority knew what you like to post as a joke and cast aspersions on other people….
For the bonehead that posted this… It had to be someone White and of course I am educated enough not to blame myself for one – other’s people ignorance and two – my parent’s were thoughtful enough to let me know I’m as good as anyone else. If I used the “h” word then everyone would be up in arms. For the other words used in my previous post – if the shoe fits…
Posted On: September 27, 2007, 2:01 pm CDT
Posted By: “African Pride”
Comment:
I’ll tell you why I do that! I certainly can’t be responsible for my own failures in life, so in this cracker world I blame the man for keepin’ me down! That’s why!
and we will all be here to slam your racist comments. your posts are b.s. because 9 times out of 10 your posts have NOTHING to do with the original article. you race baiting posts make you look and sound like the boy who cried wolf.
Let’s face it…. The kids who hung a noose from the tree, sent a message loud and clear to the black students of Jena. – Now, you may say that it was just a joke, and that the symbol of a noose, did not hurt the black students, but when you live in fear that a group of whites in 2007 can have a “Whites only” tree, you can understand why the black people feel hurt. – If it was a black kid beat up by a few whites, I suspect that you would be saying that it was just “boys being boys”, not even a misdemeanor. Frankly, I cannot believe that you are adults and the possibility that the people sitting next to me daily, think the same as you.
What an idiot you are! America was built on the sweat of many people of many races. What makes you think you are entitled to tell anyone to leave our country and you don’t want us. It is people like you that cause animosity between races.
How dare someone pose as me! I put zero thought into my posts, hope that my racist tendancies will shine and pray that you honkeys will take the bait, proving that you are a bigger racist than I. And then comes along the imposter ruining my good name!!!!
Jim in Florida, lighten up. That’s the question I have asked more than once. As far as I am concerned it still is the responsibility of the parents. I see too many parents who find kids a burden rather than a privilege. I don’t know about these parents, but when my kids were that young they didn’t have this kind of oppportunity in a strange place. I really don’t think anyone here thinks the parents wanted this to happen, they just didn’t prevent it.
I’m not sure the parents are dissatisfied with the verdict but I am sure their attorneys aren’t…only one-third? why do you think they have caps, for greedy attorneys.
Why is it everytime I read about some sort of lawsuit, racism always seems to raise its ugly head. I’ve read all of these posts and just keep thinking to myself, “how did it come to this?” I will agree that racism is still, unfortunately, alive but part of me feels that it is alive because some people will not let it go. I believe that ignorance exists on both sides, those of the racists and those that are not. We keep talking about personal responsibility and accountability and we have ripped these parents for this very such thing. My question is to those that try to find racism in every situation, when are you going to take personal responsibility and accountability and realize that racism does NOT exist in every situation? So please stop playing it as your trumph card and using it to try and get your way. I have no sympathy for those that do this, life is what you make of it and MORE times than NOT the reasons things don’t go right is because you made the wrong decisions. Everyone knows right from wrong and if you choose to ingore this, you must suffer the consequences. So be a true adult about it and take it like one.
The couple found a money tree. They should have more children, send them unattended to country club pools, and in time make enough to retire like royalty.
How about one of you being responsible enough to find out how the boy died. He was in the pool with a 36 year old family friend, and two other kids, got out to go to the bathroom. A few minutes later he was found dead. Life guard did not prevent a 3 year old child without a life vest from re-entering the pool unaccompanied. Family friend was probably distracted by two other kids he was with.
My teenage son has spent the last 3 summers lifeguarding at the local country club. This summer, alone, he has saved 2 children under 4 whose parents were inattentive. (Mom was on the phone) In my opinion, members pay the big fees to buy the right to relax and NOT have to watch their kids! They have the expectation of security, and if it’s lacking, the club IS liable.
As for monetary damages, I don’t see how the money would make up for the loss of a child. Actually, they are better off financially without the related expenses!
Four years ago my oldest son graduated from Annapolis (Maryland)and when planning to attend his graduation my younger children requested a hotel with a pool. No easy task in Maryland as I was told many hotel/motel pools had been closed in response to a recent Maryland law requiring a lifeguard to be on duty anytime a pool is open. Appearantly Maryland holds pool owners to a higher standard than other states and that may be the reason for the high monetary award. If you don’t play by the rules stay off the playground. Having said that, I do agree that laws alone do not relieve parents of the responsibility for their child’s safety.
Where were the parents? I can’t imagine my 4 year old granddaughter being left to here own devices around a pool area. Most pools of this type have no lifeguard. This is a terrible loss, but I wonder again about personal reponsibility.
I agree. I NEVER rest when my Grands are near water, the same when my children were young, TWO eyes on the kids, always. Can’t see them, I’m off my butt searching.
No one is responsible for anything these litigious days. Not THESE parents. Everyone is a victim and has an excuse,
the Jenna 6 (It was racism), Michael Vick (i’m a southern boy, that’s what we do), not Mel Gibson (i really don’t hate jews, i was just drunk).
Makes me want to vomit, most days.
I could not agree more. Where were the parents?
The parents were probably inside at the bar slamming martini’s with their snooty country club friends. Agree w/all that nobody should leave a 5 year old alone near water EVER. They should have had the child wear inflatable water wings or a lifejacket. You can bet their attitude was that they paid to belong to the club so they were entitled to use the pool as a babysitter. This doesn’t say if the drowing occured in the adult pool, or a wading pool. If it was the latter, most places don’t have lifeguards. Even so, $4MM is a lot of money for a 5 year old under any circumstances. You know the parents are in it for the money when they’re appealing the $1.3MM cap on wrongful death.
The rule at my pool is that you must keep your children that can’t swim at arms length. I assume this poor child was a non swimmer. This article does not state all the facts, but I agree the parents are primarily responsible for the safety of their children. We are now a nation of “I am hurt, and somebody is going to pay.”
Sad…just sad.
First of all yes it was the parent’s responsibility and unfortunately even one second of taking your eyes off a child can end in tragedy. NO amount of money will bring this child back either way.
Cliff,
What do you mean the Jenna 6 incident is an excuse? None of these parents have sued. Their just trying to keep their kids out of jail. Hopefully they will sue later. The Jews came out on Mel so why can’t Blacks come out on what is blatantly racism?
Mike Vick,
Made a stupid mistake but breaking a man down to the lowest common denominator for dogs? How about the guy who gave cats to his pit bulls for them to eat (check out Channel 2 news website – Atlanta). In fact it was crazy Whoopi Goldberg that made the southern remark and in that case dog-fighting in something people of every race do here in the south, believe me. They just haven’t been caught yet.
Before you make crazy remarks about something totally unrelated to the story at hand and offend people – think twice before you type.
Here is the article from the Cleveland Examiner that gives a few more facts:
Anne Arundel County (Map, News) – Surrounded by photographs of their dead son, the parents of Connor Freed, the 5-year-old Davidsonville boy who drowned in a Crofton pool last month, announced Thursday a $20 million wrongful death lawsuit against Crofton Country Club and its pool management company.
“He was the sweetest child,” said Connor’s father, Thomas Freed. An attorney for Freed and Debra Neagle Webber, Connor’s mother, filed the lawsuit Thursday in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court.
It alleges that Crofton Country Club failed to provide an adequate number of properly-trained lifeguards to monitor the pool where Connor drowned.
Wayne Rohauer, the manager of Crofton County Club, said he could not comment on pending litigation.
People who read this also read:
Drowning victim’s parents are given $4M
Police recruit, two others die in weekend crashes
On June 22 Connor was at the country club with family friend Paul Carroll, who was watching Connor and two of his own children at the pool, said the family’s lawyer, H. Briggs Bedigian. At about 4:30 p.m., Carroll took off Connor’s lifejacket so he could go to the bathroom, Bedigian said.
According to Bedigian, Carroll was watching his younger daughter in the pool and, after he hadn’t seen Connor in a few minutes, sent his son to look for him in the bathroom.
When his son left, his daughter cried out that Connor was floating in the pool, Bedigian said.
Bedigian said women at the club helped Carroll drag Connor out of the pool, and that the lifeguards attempted to perform CPR. An ambulance transported Connor to a hospital, where he died about an hour after drowning.
Bedigian said the family doesn’t hold Carroll responsible. “When we go to a pool with trained lifeguards we are under a reasonable belief that lifeguards will perform their duties,” he said.
Thomas Freed said he is filing this lawsuit to attack complacency in lifeguards throughout the state.
“If one family is spared from the pain and anger and all the rest of what we are going though, his life will not be lived in vain,” he said.
Now that’s what I call professional. Makes me want to almost change my name.
My heart goes out to these parents for the loss of their child. I can’t imagine their pain. That said…I do agree that keeping track of a small child around a pool is the parents responsibility. I have a 3 yr old and I wouldn’t care of the pool is full of lifeguards who are all watching my child. Daddy is going to be there right next to my little girl. I wish I knew the answer to getting our society to take responsibility for our own actions or lack there of.
Wow, I’d hate to be the guy who was supposed to be watching the kid and took his life vest off. I’d have never taken that kids lifevest off. I’d never have let him go to the bathroom alone either. Again, as an over protective parent of my own 3 yr old, I’d never have let my little one go to the pool with someone else to watch them.
Shield – you’re right on point. You don’t unilaterally delegate responsibility to prevent your child from drowning to a lifeguard. They can’t possibly be the guardian angel of every person in a pool.
African Pride – will all due respect, you’re on thin ice. While the whites in the Jena 6 matter were incredibly stupid and insensitive, they didn’t break any laws, damage any property, or cause personal injury. I’m not excusing their behavior, but the Jena 6 had no right to take things into their own hands, break the law, and cause personal injury. Nobody is entitled to do that. Stop the racist rant.
Once again the responsible party, the parents, pass the buck and sue. And people wonder why insurance rates are so high.
To African Pride you are saying that the blacks who beat the crap out of a white guy should not be in jail? They could have killed the person. Why is it racism? Blacks always cry racism. I’m sick of it!
Agree. Many of us are …………….
“Thomas Freed said he is filing this lawsuit to attack complacency in lifeguards throughout the state….”
Obviously Mr Freed will use the 1.3/4 million to set up a life-guard training program in his area.
I think we all agree it was the parents’ responsibility, not the friend or the lifeguards. We all also agree that the family is devestated. That being said, no amount of money will bring the boy back, and who needs more than 1.3M anyway? They are turning a tragedy into greed which takes the focus off of the boy’s death and puts it on the parents’ desire to milk the country club for all they can. Take the 1.3M and let it go, focus on your child which is what you should have done in the first place.
To African Pride:
GET OVER YOURSELF. I am so sick of every single thing that happens in your life being turned into racism. If a bunch of white kids beat up a black kid it would be racism. Now, a bunch of black kids beat up a white kid and that’s somehow racism too, only it’s not the whites crying racism it’s the blacks for getting in trouble. Would you just get over it already? Take responsibility for yourself instead of always trying to blame others. Or go back to Africa. We don’t want you anyway.
What is sad is that you see so many in our litigous society exploit a loss and then to cover for their greed they say they are doing it so that their child’s death wasn’t in vain etc…blah, blah, blah. I’d have more respect for them if they were just honest and said, it sucks that I lost my kid but I’m not going to lose this chance to get rich.
Why do some people feel the need to use their country-of-origin in their blogs? I only see one here.
I’ll tell you why I do that! I certainly can’t be responsible for my own failures in life, so in this cracker world I blame the man for keepin’ me down! That’s why!
Another thing… your name is African Pride but I bet you’ve never been to Africa, as the other 99% of you probably haven’t either. What’s wrong with American Pride? How can you be proud of a country you’ve never seen? Be proud of THIS country, if it was any other you would’ve had your head cut off by now.
Take the $ and help me search for the real killers
Wow! Did you mean that to be as racist as it sounds? Or did you mean “Go American Pride”?
And now I have to represent…
Go Polish / Italian / American pride!
Hopefully the parents will use some of this money on a parenting class…
A.P. — you could learn to read and comprehend before posting your usual b.s.? Cliff was basically alluding to the fact that everyone uses an excuse for their behavior instead of “bucking up” and taking personal responsibility for their actions. I think Cliff gave very good examples of this in his post.
This has to be a joke. If not, nothing more needs to be said on the topic of racism.
Posted By: “African Pride”
Comment:
I’ll tell you why I do that! I certainly can’t be responsible for my own failures in life, so in this cracker world I blame the man for keepin’ me down! That’s why!
“The parents were probably inside at the bar slamming martini’s with their snooty country club friends” many of who are insurance agents selling insurance and then complaining when they have to pay on a claim
Mary B.,
Shame on you for posting your thoughts on the article. This is a forum for racist, sexist, or political comments!
You should be embarrassed!
For everyone’s little racist comments, I was addressing one person.
(1) There is property damage as there was a fire at the high school and it remains to be seen who the culprits are.
(2) If my remarks are B.S. then B.S. recognizes B.S.
(3) I dont’ condone violence of any kind but only the Black ones have gone to jail and the white male who was assaulted was also one of the three white males that hung the nooses in the tree. HE never served time and had the unmitigated gall (at the fault of HIS parents) to say Mychal Bell deserved to be in jail. It was a playground brawl and he was fine to go out three hours later. Assault charges I can see – not attempted murder. Also federal hate crime charges are in order too but I guess you all are too ignorant to notice that glaring omission.
(4) I make one point and here come the nighriders, confederate soldiers, the KKK, neo-nazis all rolled up into one. If I inspire so much hate then maybe you need to look at your sorry selves. I put up an argument to one person in particular and everyone flies off the cuff. I thought this was about a drowning claim? Cliff did not make a valid statement about the Jenna 6 being victims. How many people have gotten away wih/have not been convicted by all-white juries/convicted in their old age due to racist acts? Please — if you don’t like what I have to say fine. I can use whatever name I chose as I am proud of what I am and no I would not be offended if someone likes to be called Southern Pride.
LIke I have said before some of you work in the industry and some work elsewhere. I guess if someone points out something the they’re an uppity “n” word. You might as well say it because anyone can read between the lines here. Black people do for themselves and I am entitled to my two cents same as anyone else. And no Miss Suzie these “boys” are not going to play fair and will probably or already have looked at people of color in their offices as inferior and that we think for ourselves too much. My comments have NEVER been B.S. and when you make racist comments there I will be. This website has been your own little private hideaway for too long and you think you can say anything. If your employers and/or other authority knew what you like to post as a joke and cast aspersions on other people….
For the bonehead that posted this… It had to be someone White and of course I am educated enough not to blame myself for one – other’s people ignorance and two – my parent’s were thoughtful enough to let me know I’m as good as anyone else. If I used the “h” word then everyone would be up in arms. For the other words used in my previous post – if the shoe fits…
Posted On: September 27, 2007, 2:01 pm CDT
Posted By: “African Pride”
Comment:
I’ll tell you why I do that! I certainly can’t be responsible for my own failures in life, so in this cracker world I blame the man for keepin’ me down! That’s why!
and we will all be here to slam your racist comments. your posts are b.s. because 9 times out of 10 your posts have NOTHING to do with the original article. you race baiting posts make you look and sound like the boy who cried wolf.
Let’s face it…. The kids who hung a noose from the tree, sent a message loud and clear to the black students of Jena. – Now, you may say that it was just a joke, and that the symbol of a noose, did not hurt the black students, but when you live in fear that a group of whites in 2007 can have a “Whites only” tree, you can understand why the black people feel hurt. – If it was a black kid beat up by a few whites, I suspect that you would be saying that it was just “boys being boys”, not even a misdemeanor. Frankly, I cannot believe that you are adults and the possibility that the people sitting next to me daily, think the same as you.
What an idiot you are! America was built on the sweat of many people of many races. What makes you think you are entitled to tell anyone to leave our country and you don’t want us. It is people like you that cause animosity between races.
How dare someone pose as me! I put zero thought into my posts, hope that my racist tendancies will shine and pray that you honkeys will take the bait, proving that you are a bigger racist than I. And then comes along the imposter ruining my good name!!!!
How dare you, sir!!!
Jim in Florida, lighten up. That’s the question I have asked more than once. As far as I am concerned it still is the responsibility of the parents. I see too many parents who find kids a burden rather than a privilege. I don’t know about these parents, but when my kids were that young they didn’t have this kind of oppportunity in a strange place. I really don’t think anyone here thinks the parents wanted this to happen, they just didn’t prevent it.
I’m not sure the parents are dissatisfied with the verdict but I am sure their attorneys aren’t…only one-third? why do you think they have caps, for greedy attorneys.
You people are crazy
Why is it everytime I read about some sort of lawsuit, racism always seems to raise its ugly head. I’ve read all of these posts and just keep thinking to myself, “how did it come to this?” I will agree that racism is still, unfortunately, alive but part of me feels that it is alive because some people will not let it go. I believe that ignorance exists on both sides, those of the racists and those that are not. We keep talking about personal responsibility and accountability and we have ripped these parents for this very such thing. My question is to those that try to find racism in every situation, when are you going to take personal responsibility and accountability and realize that racism does NOT exist in every situation? So please stop playing it as your trumph card and using it to try and get your way. I have no sympathy for those that do this, life is what you make of it and MORE times than NOT the reasons things don’t go right is because you made the wrong decisions. Everyone knows right from wrong and if you choose to ingore this, you must suffer the consequences. So be a true adult about it and take it like one.
The couple found a money tree. They should have more children, send them unattended to country club pools, and in time make enough to retire like royalty.
In the future, I AM THE LAW! Simple…no problems, and keeps everyone honest.
Get a life………….
They would, but it was taken away by “the man”.
How about one of you being responsible enough to find out how the boy died. He was in the pool with a 36 year old family friend, and two other kids, got out to go to the bathroom. A few minutes later he was found dead. Life guard did not prevent a 3 year old child without a life vest from re-entering the pool unaccompanied. Family friend was probably distracted by two other kids he was with.
My teenage son has spent the last 3 summers lifeguarding at the local country club. This summer, alone, he has saved 2 children under 4 whose parents were inattentive. (Mom was on the phone) In my opinion, members pay the big fees to buy the right to relax and NOT have to watch their kids! They have the expectation of security, and if it’s lacking, the club IS liable.
As for monetary damages, I don’t see how the money would make up for the loss of a child. Actually, they are better off financially without the related expenses!
I have been looking at these posts and shaking my head. People stand up for what is right and there’s a lynch mob waiting for them.
N.I.
I had read many of your postings and I must say – no you’re aren’t important. So way to curse yourself!
Four years ago my oldest son graduated from Annapolis (Maryland)and when planning to attend his graduation my younger children requested a hotel with a pool. No easy task in Maryland as I was told many hotel/motel pools had been closed in response to a recent Maryland law requiring a lifeguard to be on duty anytime a pool is open. Appearantly Maryland holds pool owners to a higher standard than other states and that may be the reason for the high monetary award. If you don’t play by the rules stay off the playground. Having said that, I do agree that laws alone do not relieve parents of the responsibility for their child’s safety.