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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG! My heart goes to the little guy and the family. The driver and attendant should be punished. As PPs pointed out, he would be dead. The family should pursue legal means.[/quote]

I hope the driver and the attendant face criminal charges.  It seems to me that by intentionally disabling the alarm and sitting in the front rather than the back as required (or letting the attendant sit in the front, in the driver's case) they are guilty of willful neglect.

But I doubt the parents would have much of a case.  First, unless there was a series of incidents with the driver/attendant and they failed to fire them earlier, the city doesn't seem to be responsible.  There were reasonable rules to prevent this kind of accident that were violated by the driver and the attendant.  Second, the driver and attendant aren't likely to have any appreciable assets worth going after.  Lastly, the fact that the child wasn't physically harmed would probably mean any judgment would be low.

Of course, never underestimate a jury's potential to set aside all the legal arguments and enter a giant judgment just to make sure someone gets punished, even if ultimately it's the taxpayers who foot the bill.  So I'm sure they will be able to find a lawyer willing to roll the dice.[/quote]

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