Child accidently shot and wounded by friend at another friends house, who gets sued?

Lawyer X

It's likely everyone gets sued. Who's ultimately found liable will depend on the specific facts and who was negligent under the facts.

Sandyspacecase

Why should anyone be sued? It was an accident wasn't it? Gun shouldn't be in any home with children anyways. I don't like them. Where were the parents? Why weren't they supervising their kid to begin with?

nana4dakids

the owner of the gun

Oh wait, here, everyone sues everyone.

But the owner of the gun would go to jail in the State of Florida, for not keeping the gun in a lock box and leaving it down where a child could get to it.

Just my opinion

It all depends on how they got the gun. Was the gun locked up or put away out of sight? I think the age of the children might make a difference. It is a good chance that no one can be sued because it was an accident. In order to sue you have to show negligence. The negligent party could be sued. A young child probably wouldn't know better. An older child should. Also the child that was shot would have to show damages. It would depend on how severe the wounds were or if the child was emotionally damaged.
Without knowing any facts I would guess the homeowner would be the one sued if the gun belonged to them and they did secure it properly. The parents of the child who pulled the trigger would only be libel IMO if it was their gun and they didn't secure it properly. That would be negligent.

john e

Sue friend.
Parents are not responsible for torts of child in CA although they are in NY.

smedrik

The owner of the gun, they were the ones who showed negligence by not storing their firearm with care.

Aslynn63

Legally, I don't know exactly how this would pan out, but ethically, no parent or guardian should be so careless as to leave children with the opportunity to access guns, let alone the chance to shoot them. The homeowner and the individual providing care and supervision for the children should be seriously questioned and punished apprpriately.

colin g

Being gun happy yankiland nobody I expect
The homeowners I would give a life sentance for owning a gun ,if thats not bad enough it was loaded and loose around the house (not under lock and key) .You 10 years for knowingly going to a household who own guns..You havnt said how old the Child is.. over 10years old he knew he should not touch guns at anytime

The Beaner Packers fan

my dad keeps his Magnum under his bed, and i know it is loaded, but that thing is locked like Ft. Knox. It has this little thumb scanny thingy. His 12 Gauge also has it. Now if i fired either of those guns it would be his fault since hsi name is on the gun license, not mine. even though i pulled the trigger.

SOLDER

dONT KEEP GUNS AT HOME !!! KEEP THEM LOCKED DUMB ***.

rdy2retire2001

The owner of the gun should have charges brought against them for negligence and child endangerment. Especially if the weapon was available to children as it obviously was. This person has absolutely NO business owning a gun if they're that irresponsible!!

Why should the parents of the child that pulled the trigger be sued? THEY didn't do anything wrong, and I'm sure the curiosity factor got the best of their child. It's not their fault, it's the gun owner's fault.....1000%!!!

jenk1972

the owner of the gun would be the one I went after.

betty boop

the child who shot the gun and then the parents will be held responsible. Get a lawyer.

matt

I assure you everyone will get sued.
Thats the way our civil system works, SUE EVERYBODY!!!!!

gregg

Let's put this into perspective. The child's parent could have been cleaning the gun and put it down to go to the bathroom and the children could have come in the room and picked up the gun and accidently shot it. I guess that would be criminal negligence by the parent and the parent would be sued. Now, if the child brought the gun to the other friend's house and he accidently shot the other, the child that did the shooting would be placed in protective care for psychological evaluation and the owner of the gun would be questioned and would probably have to pay the medical bills.
In this case the gun is the culprit, not the child. How the gun got into the child's hands is what will be questioned.

kountrychik567

I believe the parent of the child could sue both the homeowner, the owner of the gun and possibly the parents of the child who pulled the trigger. The first two are the most likey and the third will most likely get thrown out, but still a possibility.

moosehed

all the parents should be "accidently shot" for being idiots

Help!

it would probably be the parents but it also matters whose gun it is, but it would probably be the parents who get sued

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