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PUSHING G/T STUDENTS PAST RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWERS: GRANDE INNOVATION ACADEMY
A five year old boy pulled out a chair just as his aunt moved to sit down. She fell to the floor and broke her hip; incurring $11,000 in medical bills. The aunt sued her 5 year old nephew for battery. This story is a real-life legal case and is one that thinkLaw uses with students across the country.
Students begin by determining the answer to the question, “Should the boy be held liable for battery?” The discussion extends further with probing questions like, “What would the world be like if people could just go around suing 5 year olds?” And conversely, “What would the world be like if children couldn’t be held accountable for seriously injuring adults?”
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