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rufus dog

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25. First thing

Tue Jun 19, 2012, 02:03 PM

Jun 2012

The mother was just stupid.

Second thing, I am shocked that this hasn't happened more often. Look to the left of the usher in the picture. The rail is in the middle of the stairs, four of them, and there is no glass!

I used to work for a company that had a box at Staples, spent most nights standing at the top of the stairs ready to grab a falling customer. Concerts were a nightmare, people getting ripped and one misstep would cause a person to fall. Unless the person went straight down there was nothing to stop them other than a two to two and 1/2 foot wall.

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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

WTF atreides1 Jun 2012 #1

Horrifying Puzzledtraveller Jun 2012 #2

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

"....said she wasn't concerned Control-Z Jun 2012 #37

Only her child, at 2 years old, was not in control of his motor skills. LisaL Jun 2012 #40

That was my point. Control-Z Jun 2012 #44

"Spiderman stands on it all the time, so..." whatchamacallit Jun 2012 #43

I agree. Control-Z Jun 2012 #45

Your post was fine whatchamacallit Jun 2012 #46

She should be in prison for stupidity, not suing anyone. Jeez, how stupid. teddy51 Jun 2012 #3

Absolutely. She must be a 1%er. Why are 2-year-olds allowed there anyway? nt valerief Jun 2012 #5

"from a luxury box." HiPointDem Jun 2012 #24

And she'll win... Risen Demon Jun 2012 #4

She will not win. The case will be thrown out, but the wingers will complain anyway. yardwork Jun 2012 #32

Not a chance she will win. Zero. hifiguy Jun 2012 #35

I'm not for Corps winning Politicalboi Jun 2012 #6

Can somebody tell me why she isn't making license plates? jorno67 Jun 2012 #7

I dunno. LisaL Jun 2012 #18

It will be thrown out siligut Jun 2012 #9

And this litigious BS is why everyone is terrified of getting sued. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #10

Let's change that shall we. Meiko Jun 2012 #11

um...yeah -- WHY the fuck isn't she in jail for negligence? Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #12

Good question. Maybe those baby-left-in-hot-car parents FLSurfer Jun 2012 #16

"crawled over the glass partition" gregoire Jun 2012 #20

By her own admission she put her kid onto the ledge to take his photo. LisaL Jun 2012 #22

actually, she's given two different accounts of what happened Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #26

It's not clear that SHE changed her story. Jim Lane Jun 2012 #42

I'll bet you anything Quantess Jun 2012 #13

Forget Staples FreeJoe Jun 2012 #14

I'm soorry she lost her child Marrah_G Jun 2012 #15

Hmmm, 2yr old crawling over a pony wall?!...hmmm, I'll wait...he shouldn't have been there but... uponit7771 Jun 2012 #17

Do actually read the OP you are responding to, will ya? LisaL Jun 2012 #23

who's suing her? nt barbtries Jun 2012 #21

First thing rufus dog Jun 2012 #25

The view from those boxes must be terrific slackmaster Jun 2012 #27

Meh! rufus dog Jun 2012 #51

Seats at Dorothy Chandler are like that. tilted steeply upward so everyone can see. One wrong step Liberal_in_LA Jun 2012 #50

Oh FFS! What a moron! She's lucky she hasn't been charged with manslaughter. NC_Nurse Jun 2012 #28

I just have to wonder if she did that on purpose hoping the baby would fall WI_DEM Jun 2012 #29

At the Miami Serpentarium, I remember a little boy being put on a wall RebelOne Jun 2012 #30

how horrific! Liberal_in_LA Jun 2012 #38

That is wrong. Quantess Jun 2012 #48

Yes, I owned boa constrictors and I fed them live rats and mice. RebelOne Jun 2012 #49

I appreciate the circle of life and all that, but, I think it's gross when it involves pets. Quantess Jun 2012 #52

Kill your child through gross negligence, go for a payday. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #31

Maybe another relative of the child could sue her for wrongful death and negligence. sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #33

i am not good with heights so perhaps i am hyper sensitive dembotoz Jun 2012 #34

This Mom is an idiot. ProfessionalLeftist Jun 2012 #36

SHE is suing? God should be suing her. spanone Jun 2012 #39

Pretty much an open and shut case of child endangerment GarroHorus Jun 2012 #41