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(44,397 posts) Tue Jun 19, 2012, 01:05 PM Jun 2012

mom perches baby on ledge to take pic, baby falls to death, mom suing Staples Center [View all]

Mom was taking photo as baby boy fell to death

A woman whose 2-year-old son fell to his death following a Los Angeles Lakers game says she put him on a ledge to take a photo of him.

City News Service reports Monday that Hoia Mi Nguyen told defense attorneys in a deposition that she wanted to capture the moment of baby Lucas Tang's attendance at the Nov. 21, 2010 game.

The baby died after falling 50 feet from a luxury box. Nguyen is suing the managers of Staples Center for wrongful death and negligence.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/06/18/state/n184848D64.DTL#ixzz1yG9quejl

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mom perches baby on ledge to take pic, baby falls to death, mom suing Staples Center [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jun 2012 OP

WTF atreides1 Jun 2012 #1

Horrifying Puzzledtraveller Jun 2012 #2

I see that too. Little kids standing up in grocery carts, leaning over the side ... Arugula Latte Jun 2012 #8

my kids stand up in the cart. not that I want them to. but i guess the difference is ejpoeta Jun 2012 #47

The mother put the kid on the ledge. Deliberately. Then let go to take a picture. aquart Jun 2012 #19

"....said she wasn't concerned Control-Z Jun 2012 #37

Only her child, at 2 years old, was not in control of his motor skills. LisaL Jun 2012 #40

That was my point. Control-Z Jun 2012 #44

"Spiderman stands on it all the time, so..." whatchamacallit Jun 2012 #43

I agree. Control-Z Jun 2012 #45

Your post was fine whatchamacallit Jun 2012 #46

She should be in prison for stupidity, not suing anyone. Jeez, how stupid. teddy51 Jun 2012 #3

Absolutely. She must be a 1%er. Why are 2-year-olds allowed there anyway? nt valerief Jun 2012 #5

"from a luxury box." HiPointDem Jun 2012 #24

And she'll win... Risen Demon Jun 2012 #4

She will not win. The case will be thrown out, but the wingers will complain anyway. yardwork Jun 2012 #32

Not a chance she will win. Zero. hifiguy Jun 2012 #35

I'm not for Corps winning Politicalboi Jun 2012 #6

Can somebody tell me why she isn't making license plates? jorno67 Jun 2012 #7

I dunno. LisaL Jun 2012 #18

It will be thrown out siligut Jun 2012 #9

And this litigious BS is why everyone is terrified of getting sued. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #10

Let's change that shall we. Meiko Jun 2012 #11

um...yeah -- WHY the fuck isn't she in jail for negligence? Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #12

Good question. Maybe those baby-left-in-hot-car parents FLSurfer Jun 2012 #16

"crawled over the glass partition" gregoire Jun 2012 #20

By her own admission she put her kid onto the ledge to take his photo. LisaL Jun 2012 #22

actually, she's given two different accounts of what happened Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #26

It's not clear that SHE changed her story. Jim Lane Jun 2012 #42

I'll bet you anything Quantess Jun 2012 #13

Forget Staples FreeJoe Jun 2012 #14

I'm soorry she lost her child Marrah_G Jun 2012 #15

Hmmm, 2yr old crawling over a pony wall?!...hmmm, I'll wait...he shouldn't have been there but... uponit7771 Jun 2012 #17

Do actually read the OP you are responding to, will ya? LisaL Jun 2012 #23

who's suing her? nt barbtries Jun 2012 #21

First thing rufus dog Jun 2012 #25

The view from those boxes must be terrific slackmaster Jun 2012 #27

Meh! rufus dog Jun 2012 #51

Seats at Dorothy Chandler are like that. tilted steeply upward so everyone can see. One wrong step Liberal_in_LA Jun 2012 #50

Oh FFS! What a moron! She's lucky she hasn't been charged with manslaughter. NC_Nurse Jun 2012 #28

I just have to wonder if she did that on purpose hoping the baby would fall WI_DEM Jun 2012 #29

At the Miami Serpentarium, I remember a little boy being put on a wall RebelOne Jun 2012 #30

how horrific! Liberal_in_LA Jun 2012 #38

That is wrong. Quantess Jun 2012 #48

Yes, I owned boa constrictors and I fed them live rats and mice. RebelOne Jun 2012 #49

I appreciate the circle of life and all that, but, I think it's gross when it involves pets. Quantess Jun 2012 #52

Kill your child through gross negligence, go for a payday. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #31

Maybe another relative of the child could sue her for wrongful death and negligence. sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #33

i am not good with heights so perhaps i am hyper sensitive dembotoz Jun 2012 #34

This Mom is an idiot. ProfessionalLeftist Jun 2012 #36

SHE is suing? God should be suing her. spanone Jun 2012 #39

Pretty much an open and shut case of child endangerment GarroHorus Jun 2012 #41