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Showing Original Post only (View all)mom perches baby on ledge to take pic, baby falls to death, mom suing Staples Center [View all]
Mom was taking photo as baby boy fell to death
A woman whose 2-year-old son fell to his death following a Los Angeles Lakers game says she put him on a ledge to take a photo of him.
City News Service reports Monday that Hoia Mi Nguyen told defense attorneys in a deposition that she wanted to capture the moment of baby Lucas Tang's attendance at the Nov. 21, 2010 game.
The baby died after falling 50 feet from a luxury box. Nguyen is suing the managers of Staples Center for wrongful death and negligence.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/06/18/state/n184848D64.DTL#ixzz1yG9quejl
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mom perches baby on ledge to take pic, baby falls to death, mom suing Staples Center [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
Jun 2012
OP
I see that too. Little kids standing up in grocery carts, leaning over the side ...
Arugula Latte
Jun 2012
#8
my kids stand up in the cart. not that I want them to. but i guess the difference is
ejpoeta
Jun 2012
#47
The mother put the kid on the ledge. Deliberately. Then let go to take a picture.
aquart
Jun 2012
#19
She will not win. The case will be thrown out, but the wingers will complain anyway.
yardwork
Jun 2012
#32
Hmmm, 2yr old crawling over a pony wall?!...hmmm, I'll wait...he shouldn't have been there but...
uponit7771
Jun 2012
#17
Seats at Dorothy Chandler are like that. tilted steeply upward so everyone can see. One wrong step
Liberal_in_LA
Jun 2012
#50
I appreciate the circle of life and all that, but, I think it's gross when it involves pets.
Quantess
Jun 2012
#52
Maybe another relative of the child could sue her for wrongful death and negligence.
sinkingfeeling
Jun 2012
#33