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After the conviction, the boy's parents sued Weaving for $15,000 for negligence.
Weaving, in a handwritten counter-suit, is asking for the same amount, claiming he suffered mental and emotional pain and suffering.
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Good argument.  The "mental and emotional pain" was caused by your own actions. So if he was wearing a helmet and you killed him, you'd be able to sleep well at night?
When will there be a blanket law preventing @sshats who hurt themselves (physically, mentally or otherwise) in the commission of a crime from counter suing? If you weren't doing the criminal act in the first place, the rest would have never happened. That argument from my parents worked for me as a kid, and prevented me (mostly) from doing stupid things later down the road.
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