Cop who fell on the job sues family of baby who almost drowned

[Roon]

CASSELBERRY - In January, 1-year-old Joey Cosmillo wandered into the backyard and fell into the family pool. When his mother hauled him out, he wasn't breathing. Rescuers were able to bring him back to life, but he suffered severe brain damage and cannot walk, talk or even swallow.

Now, his family faces another burden: One of the rescuers, Casselberry police Sgt. Andrea Eichhorn, is suing, alleging the family left a puddle of water on the floor that afternoon, causing her to slip and fall.

The boy's grandparents, named in the suit, are mystified and angry.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-mdrown1007oct10,0,6825213.story?track=rss

[PeaceNikki]

1. That's disgusting.

It just is.

[rug]

2. Oh, fuck her.

[ohiosmith]

3. "She has worked as a prostitution decoy " Now she can be a whore for real.

"a venal or unscrupulous person"

[QMPMom]

4. Oh for crap sake! I hope that the suit gets dismissed and damn

fast. I also hope that she gets a royal dressing-down by the judge. And maybe she should be fired. Didn't she read the manual before she became a cop? The part where it says that it's a dangerous job and you do what has to be done while on the job. I sure wouldn't want her to be a first responder if any of my family or I were sick/injured.

[Critters2]

5. If she got shot on the job,

would she sue the offender?

I mean, really!! Cops get hurt!!

[mark414]

6. what jerks...their kid was dying and they didn't have the decency to mop the floor?

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Are we really surprised anymore

at the human capacity for greed, entitlement and injustice?


If the Cosmillos had made their pool baby-proof, police would not have been called to the scene, there would have been no water on the floor, and Eichhorn would not have hurt herself, (David Heil, Eichhorn's attorney) said.

"It's a situation where the Cosmillos have caused these problems, brought them on themselves, then tried to play the victim," he said.

[PeaceNikki]

8. Another point that stuck out for me

the city's insurer paid her medical bills and provided disability checks.

Eichhorn, a 12-year department veteran, would not discuss the suit. Her attorney said those benefits, paid by the city's workers' compensation carrier, were not enough. The suit seeks an unspecified amount of money.

Eichhorn, he said, is a victim. Her knee aches, and she will likely develop arthritis.

[QMPMom]

9. Well BooHoo!

"Her knee aches, and she will likely develop arthritis"

So do mine - and my back. Maybe I should sue the MS patient that helped cause my back injury when I was working as a home care nurse.

Oh yeah, I'm nice and realize that shit happens. And I don't like to kick people - especially when they're already down.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. The real problem here

is that she can't sue herself for being too fucking stupid to notice the water on the floor.