Legal Question in Personal Injury in Michigan
A friend broke her ankle at a house I was housesitting for.
I was housesitting and a ex-friend broke her ankle. Well previously that night we were drinking (a lot), and a few other people were over and goofing around. She was standing at the top of the stairs and I jumped on her back for a ''piggy-back ride.'' She went down 2 steps (no problem) lost her balance and fell down about 6 steps. Took her to the hospital and they had to wait atleast a good 90 minutes before giving her any good drugs b/c her blood alcohol level was too high. Needless to say she wants money from me now. She cant work and she had to drop classes at school, and shes harassing me about this. Can she legally sue me? And can the people I was housesitting for be held responsible? They have no idea about this and I would hate for her to go after them. Please let me know anything!! Thank you!!
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: A friend broke her ankle at a house I was housesitting for.
Well, I suppose it depends on the the willingness of your friend (ex) to descend the stairs with you on her back. If she started down voluntarily knowing that you were on her back then it's her negligence that contributed to her injuries, but you were the one who was aware of and took advantage of her drunkeness - so most of the blame is on you. If it weren't for your reckless antics she would not have been injured.
If you caused her to take the first two steps, then you are the sole culprit and you are civily and criminally liable.
In either case, the homeowners are not at fault as they could not foresee that drunken idiots would be involved in horseplay at the top of their stairs.
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