Suit filed against Ex-Rocket Marcus Camby after death of nephew

Just sad all around.

 

it's your child, ultimately you're more responsible than anyone else. to think lawsuit so soon after your child's death against a family member....especially something like "wrongful death"....definitely money grab. and sad, very sad.

 

Money grab.

 

Disgusting money grab.

 

Sad... and unfortunately indicative of today's society.... I've suffered a loss and it can't be my fault - so someone else must be to blame... no self accountability...

"It also states Camby was aware of his nephew's "significant limitations" and failed to supervise the child."... pretty sure the parents knew too... and theyre responsible for supervising their kid...

 

This is just tragic. Can't comprehend family attacking one another over such a tragic incident

 

Legit case. Studying for the bar exam right now..would fall under the attractive nuisance doctrine if the kid was a trespasser, but since it's family the kid is a licensee and Camby had an affirmative duty to make safe any latent defects that he was aware of.

Now from a morality standpoint, yeah it seems like they could work this out amongst themselves

 

Based on the article, seems like a money grab. But I feel like there's gotta be more to this than what we're getting in the article. Anyone wanna pull the Complaint?

 

Sad. Guess the next family get together will be wierd. Suing family?

 

That's a lot of shade for something we don't know much about. It's possible the kid had been to the Camby's house many times to swim and nothing had ever happened. Then should that parent have not let him visit again?

It does seem that Camby is at fault, though we don't really know any details about what happened. Having a fence around your pool is 100% the responsibility of the pool owner. I've known people that had something similar happen to them but the child was rescued. They put in a fence.

My sister has a pool. My daughter uses a flotation device when in the pool. I trust my sister and would let my daughter go swim there under my sister's care. If something occurs when I'm not there that's my fault? That's crazy. That's like saying if my kid gets hurt at school it's my fault because I let her go that school.

It's hard to know how a parent will react to the loss of a child. It's literally the worst thing that can happen to a person.

 

Absolutely. You can't monitor your own child 24/7. There absolutely has to be liability for those watching children, especially autistic children

 

Homeowner's insurance will deal with this. In addition, Camby likely has umbrella policies.

Still, sad all around.

 

Article says it happened "during a family visit of the property"... I take that as meaning the family (incl parents) were there.... If this happened while Marcus was babysitting - sure - his fault... but thats not my read on whats being stated... If you bring your kid to my house, it's with the assumption that you're gonna control and be mindful of your kid...

Legal system is so jacked anyway... someone can break into your house, get injured and sue you... things have really gone off the rails...

 

Camby might have even given the blessing to his relative to sue him to get the insurance money. If he has a big umbrella policy the excess carrier will probably not pay the limits, and that would suggest why it wasn't settled pre-litigation.

 

Tragic story of a young man's death.

I have questions, before I pass criticism. Where were the parents? Why was the kid so near the pond if he was autistic? Who leaves kids unsupervised regardless of age, disease, or whatever the excuse...

My kids are 7 & 3 and completely healthy. Would I leave either of them at a pool/beach/pond/river unattended? F**K no! Someone should have been on kid duty, this type of stuff is inexcusable and why I have trouble letting other parents leave their kids in our swimming pool without them being around. If something happens to YOUR kid I'M responsible. I don't want this to ever be the outcome.

 

Imo... Still a money grab... and unfortunately people would say 'oh their going to get paid by the insurance company - cool, that's ok then'.... and then b**** about their premiums.... Juries love to give big awards to sympathetic plaintiffs... figurin the money is coming from a big company... without realizing we all pay these costs through higher premiums.... defending against more frivolous lawsuits looking for a big payout based on the precedence.....
Like the gal that got a million bucks for spilling hot coffee in her lap....

 

not fraud... really happened...

 

Not disagreeing about frivolous lawsuits but the McDonald's coffee case is an exception. Did you see pictures of her thighs after the incident? Brutal