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Originally Posted by Kevin
As an intern, I worked on a case where the mother hadn't had a seizure in a long time and was a licensed lifeguard (she was also a friend from high school). She was teaching her toddler to swim. Grandmother was watching. Grandmother went to answer the doorbell. When she came back, both our client and the child were face down in the water and not breathing. The child died, our client did not. It's actually a reported case:
http://scholar.google.com/scholar_ca...=1&oi=scholarr
Our client, at the time was allowed to drive, was on medication and still had the seizure. She was a fairly severe case, not nearly as severe as the Defendant in this case. If someone goes 5+ years without incident and it was never confirmed that she actually did have epilepsy, I don't think that is criminal negligence. As I said before, I'm fine with the verdict and Nancy Grace is a piece of crap. |
I'll agree about Nancy Grace being a piece of crap. The problem with epilepsy is that it is very poorly understood...example the case this weekend of the Commerce Sec. He may have a brain tumor or a stroke causing his since it is unusual to have a firs seizure at his age, but you do see this happen. I'm blanking on the name of the reported in DC a few years ago who had a seizure while driving and struck a pedestrian in a cros walk. Turned out he had a brain tumor and died shortly thereafter. Kevin's information changes the story drastically, but it is still so tragic.