I took my neighbour's 2 year old to the mall in October and thought it nice to cut her hair at the hairdresser. The parents were angry. They are presenting me with a lawsuit in the amount of $18.000. to 20,000 for family trips to India in Dec2006 and March 2007 because they claim they need to do religious prayers and buy special oils to remove the "spell" I put on the child.They claim I did it intentionally because I am against their beliefs and their child.
I apologized...to no avail. I called the High Priest of the Sihk Temple here in Toronto Canada and booked an appointment to see him and get a letter from him that I have taken a prayer to ask for forgiveness. The couple with the child want MONEY FOR THE REMOVED HAIR AND CLAIM THEY CAN BE AWARDED MONEY IN COURT.
I DID NOT DO THIS INTENTIONALLY. I was not thinking at the time. They give me the child periodlically because I like her.
I am stressed from this event. I am worried I may have to pay the damages if they are awarded money
2006-12-03 09:35:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It was a bad move on your part to have somebody else's child's hair cut but I do not believe they will win a suit unless you get an incompetent lawyer. Since there is a temple in your city, a trip to India was unnecessary.
Keep evidence that you visited with the temple priest as evidence.
2006-12-03 09:45:43 · answer #1 · answered by ©2009 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You were wrong to take it upon yourself to get the childs hair cut. If that were my child I would be furious beyond words. The way a parent likes their child to have their hair is a very personal thing.
On the other hand I really don't think that the parents can sue you for this amount of money, due to their trips back to India.
Whatever prayers they needed to pray could be done just as well in Canada or wherever it is they live. The same goes for the oils, they could also be purchased either directly or ordered online from somewhere. My sister has a store in Canada that sells just about every kind of oil there is for worship purposes.
These people, because of their anger at you are now trying to scare you to death and may even be trying to sue you. I doubt that they would be successful however, as it is a bit over the top.
So, yes it was wrong to have the childs hair cut and I hope you never do anything like that again. But, I honestly don't think you have a huge financial responsibility to worry about.
2006-12-03 09:49:28 · answer #2 · answered by Janine E 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what will be the courts decision, but this was a really bad bad idea. I don't share their religious beliefs, but I'd be pissed to extreme degree if someone decided to cut my child's hair. You should get a lawyer. I think their claim is a bit much, but somehow I think you'll get fined and rightly so. Sorry to say, but you can't claim that you didn't do it intentionally. You took the child to barder, right? You paid the barber, right? There is a very clear and distinct action here. Unintentionally means "accidentally" as if the scissors jumped out of your pocket and cut the child's hair.
2006-12-03 09:42:21 · answer #3 · answered by Snowflake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will never make that mistake again! The fines will be huge! What would ever make you cut someone Else's child's hair? Plus I have an Indian friend who traveled all the way to India so that the whole family could share in a very important event, "The first haircut" A hard lesson, perhaps you can plead your ignorance to them. But no matter the Race, Religion, Country, that is not your child IN ANY LANGUAGE nor would any culture take it upon themselves to do this to someone Else's child! Good luck. Hard lesson.
2006-12-03 09:43:34 · answer #4 · answered by Faerie loue 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that's all very exciting, notwithstanding the U. S. courts ought to examine out easily damages. considering that hair grows again, they're not likely to award more beneficial than some funds. The case should be worthless to an lawyer, who would not take it on contingency; so he's likely to finally end up out of pocket if he persues it. possibly one of those case ought to paintings in India, yet no longer in u . s . a . of america!
2016-10-16 11:38:50 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you deserve it. You may have had "good intentions" but that does not absolve you of the fact that you used your personal standards to alter the appearance of another person without that person's, and in this case, the parents permission.
Yours is a perfect example of the sick relationship Americans have with their hair, especially the males. Did it ever occur to you that in some societies, long hair (especially on a male) is a form of respect to God?
Why do you think American Indians wear their hair long? Or Rastafarians, or any of a number of other ethnic groups? It's because cutting it is sometimes considered a sin, or at least a sick form of punishment. God did not give us our hair just so we can cut it off!
You WAY overstepped your bounds when you took it upon yourself to cut the hair of a child who wasn't yours!
As to the award amount, there has been precedent for this type of thing. It was at least 25 years ago, a young American Indian male (in junior-high or high school) at a boarding school for Indians was treated abusively by one of his teachers, who forcibly cut the young man's hair in front of the class in order to make the boy look "respectable."
The boy's family won a significant amount, as well they should have.
2006-12-03 09:43:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's a good thing their child was not uncircumcised...
Get a lawyer. You should have known better. I doubt they will get the full amount, but I'd be surprised if they didn't get something. The best thing going for you is you were not trying to be hurtful. The worst thing going for you is you were not thinking.
Keep up the former, and reverse the latter.
2006-12-03 09:46:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two things:
1) Why do they allow you to take their child they think you are against their beliefs and the child?
2) You had no right to cut the child's hair.
Either way it is a false claim and they are after you for money.
2006-12-03 09:40:27 · answer #8 · answered by It's been a while........... 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They are exactly why we need legal reform in this country. And all you liberals who hate conservatives, look at this story and see what you are breeding. Shame on you.
Shame on the couple suing you. Maybe you shouldn't have done that, but you don't deserve that treatment. I hate lawyers, and those who misuse the system so very much. Sorry youre going through this,
2006-12-03 09:38:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
They might get $100 max if they're lucky to get that much
2006-12-03 09:38:22 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋