My daughter was at a friends house and broke her arm by falling off the monkey bars . Who pays her medical bil

Question

Just so everyone understands my daughter was pushed off the monkey bars and it she was pushed by another girl who didnt live at the house we were at and its not a close friend. A school mate and it was a party and all the parents were there. I dont plan on asking them to pay but I did want to know if they were responsible in any way. Because if it would happen at my house Im sure I would get sued.

Answer 1

You, unless you make a claim aganist their homeowner's insurance poicy.

(You have to sue them if they refuse to submit a claim.)

Answer 2

My first question "Was it an accident?" As long as no one pushed another off the monkey bars, then most likely your daughter slipped and fell. It was an accident, and accidents do happen.

If that's the case, try to imagine her falling anywhere else and how you would handle paying the bills. Our culture tries to make every expense someone else's fault. If it is your expense, then pay for it.

If you do not have health insurance, you might check with the neighbor to see if they have an accident rider on their homeowners policy. Some policies are written to cover these kinds of accidents, because some pretty dangerous things can happen at a friend's house. They may be agreeable to file a claim.

What's the most important thing right now? If you said "Who's going to pay?" then your focus is pointed in the wrong direction. Focus on your daughter and getting her treatment so she heals right. Worry about who pays later.

Answer 3

Oh, come on, your daughter broke her arm, she'll have to pay for it herself, of course, what are you thinking, it is not your responsibility is it, and it can't possibly be her friends responsibility, can it, I mean, if you fall over and break something then you just gotta pay for it, you wouldn't want to upset your daughters friends parents by asking them to help your daughter pay, would you, even if they are a bunch of monkey alcoholics, and I'm certainly sure that you don't feel enough for your own daughter to pay for her medical treatment, so hey, why not sue the equipment makers, then everyone will be happy, right, yeah, do it the American way, anyway they were probably made in China, so you can put that company out of business and get the stuff made locally again, just like it used to be, wow, what a rant, what a stupid question. hahahaha.

Answer 4

YOU DO! Did her friend push your daughter off? Were the monkey bars defective? Do you want your daughter to still have this kid as a friend? Do you want your daughter to end up with no friends and not be invited to anybody's house, especially for parties and so forth? She's YOUR daughter; she's YOUR responsibility! Stop trying to get out of it and push that responsibility on others!

Answer 5

You should. Just because her friend has monkey bars at her house, I doubt that anyone forced your daughter to get on them. Now if she were in their car and crashed it, then they should pay. Just pay the bill, if you don't have enough you could ask them to try and help you out, but they're not obligated to and your daughter might lose a friend if you make it out to be the friend's parents fault.

Answer 6

properly scuffling with decrease back with the youngster isn't the answer, I propose there 11! such issues as this are gonna take position or perhaps as they become old there going to chortle about this stuff, yet at the same time the youngster is sufficiently previous to understand extra ideal! i ought to set up a gathering with the Princeable, instructor, the different toddler and the mum and father, purely having a civil assembly and purely say if somthing cant be managed your going to modify her college, which will make the instructors save a extra ideal eye on the youngsters. I propose who cares if she makes her no longer have any friends... That doesnt remember! because a real pal must be her pal regardless. Then if push includes shove and he or she keeps getting bullied then your going to might want to make" ur toddler wrestle decrease back yet when there is different solutions i ought to attempt different issues 1st.

Answer 7

You.

Why would you think anyone else would?

Or, you could be like some in our world who want everyone else to take responsibility for them. Sue the friends' parents, their insurance carrier and the maker of the monkey bars.

Answer 8

If it was my daughter, I'd pay it myself. I would think if my daughter was on the monkey bars, I approved and would be responsible. If I didn't know she was on them, I should have as a parent, and still would be responsible.

Answer 9

You have insurance, it will pay most, You pay the rest. I was threatened one time by a child who hurt himself at school, then came home and told me he hurt himself on my swing set.

He went home and had his parents call a lawyer (I found that this was par for them), I no longer allowed the child to play in my yard. I also found out he was not allowed in any one's yard to play because of the parent's suing everytime he got a scratch.

Pay it and suck it up, or next time, make sure your daughter and friends only play in your yard.

Answer 10

if you still want your daughter to be friends with them, then you should handle the bills yourself. if you are friends with the family then you should avoid the whole confrontation, it will ruin your relationship. And since they were a friend, in the first place, I'm sure they feel really bad as it is, that this happened on their watch.
Good luck to you and your daughter.

Answer 11

Well since you brought up the question you obviously do not believe in personal responsibility. Go ahead, be a butt and sue, so what if your kid needs to find new Friends. As long as she learns that it is always someone else fault, then you have done your job. good for you...