Legal Question in Personal Injury in Florida
while at high school soccer practice at a near by county park my 15 year old daughter threw a water bottle at her backpack a girl sitting nearby sat up at the same time laughing as the water bottle passed by it grazed her tooth breaking it.
all was fine until about ten days later when the girl finally went to dentist and found out it was now infected and she needs a root canal and it will cost $1200.00. The mother said my daughter is respossible and I should come up with some portion of the money. Am I legally responsible?
4 Answers from Attorneys
Check with your homeowners policy. If you have medpay coverage it nay cover the loss.
Generally, parents are not responsible for the acts of their children unless there has been previous behavior similar to this and you had some sort of control over it. Want to know the law? Sign up for our free newsletter on varies areas of the law by sending an email to [email protected] and requesting the newsletter, or go to www.ConsumerLawyerHelp.com.
You are not , but your daughter is.
Sometimes an accident is just an accident. Your daughter may be legally responsible. Also, did the girl need the costly root canal because her parents did not bring her to the dentist right away or would she have needed it anyway? Just something to think about... Regards,
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