Woman sues her 12-year old nephew for breaking her wrist while hugging her

A human resources manager from Manhattan is suing her nephew (who was 8 at the time of the incident) over injuring while giving her a hug.

Jennifer Connell, 54, believes little Sean Tarala, now 12, should have known better than to jump into her arms as a means of welcoming her to his birthday party in 2011, the Associated Press reported.

Connell sued her nephew for $127,000 over events that occurred at his eighth birthday party four years ago.

The child was the only defendant in the case, and he was accompanied to court by his father, according to the Connecticut Post. The boy’s mother died last year.

Connell claimed that when she arrived at Sean’s party in 2011, he was riding his new bicycle. And after seeing her, he exclaimed, “Auntie Jen, Auntie Jen,” and jumped into her arms.

The encounter caused Connell to fall and break her wrist, according to the AP.

Connell claimed in the lawsuit that her broken wrist caused many hardships, the Connecticut Postreported.

The aunt, who has no children of her own, said her life has not been the same since the incident.

“I live in Manhattan in a third-floor walkup so it has been very difficult,” Connell testified Friday at Connecticut Superior Court in Bridgeport. “And we all know how crowded it is in Manhattan.”

And if walking up stairs with an injured wrist wasn’t difficult enough, the after-effects on Connell’s social life have been disastrous.

“I was at a party recently and it was difficult to hold my hors d’oeuvres plate,” she added.

However, jurors didn’t agree and took only 25 minutes to rule in favor of Sean, the New York Daily News reported.

The boy’s attorney, Thomas Noniewicz, told the New York Daily News that justice was served.

“Kids will be kids,” Noniewicz told the newspaper.

“He was an 8-year-old boy being an 8-year-old boy…Sean was not negligent.”

Connell’s lawyer William Beckert told the paper that his client didn’t take pleasure in suing her nephew, but that he “should have known better.”

“We have rules for children,” he said. “He was not careful. He was unsafe.”

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