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Child Killed By Falling Mirror At Wal-Mart
The Indy Channel ^ | 7-23-2006

Posted on 07/24/2006 6:12:21 AM PDT by Samwise

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To: Samwise
Mirror falls...

Cheap labor, arguably from illegal workers.

41 posted on 07/24/2006 7:00:26 AM PDT by chris_ab
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To: Samwise

Floor-mounted mirror? What's that for, looking up girls skirts? And if it's floor-mounted, how did it fall?


42 posted on 07/24/2006 7:01:01 AM PDT by lesser_satan (EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
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To: Warren_Piece
There's a lot of assuming using "facts not in evidence" here. I don't know enough to say 100% who's at fault in this case. Some at FR are apparently clairvoyant.

I obviously don't have all of the facts either, but usually -- though not always -- there is some fault on both sides.

43 posted on 07/24/2006 7:04:29 AM PDT by King of Florida (A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
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To: Westlander

Oh puh leeze. You never shopped with two kids? Five feet is literally arms' reach plus one step.

Prayers for that family.

I see WalMart store manager to blame here. NO heavy floor display should be so moveable as to be that sensitive to tipping, even if pulled on by a 3 yr old.


44 posted on 07/24/2006 7:08:01 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: RoadTest

Why wasn't the child in a cart, right there in front of the mother? It drives me nuts when I go to Walmart and see little (toddler) kids running all over the place. I can't count the number of times I've almost ran over a child with my cart because they came running out of a side aisle.

And 5 feet is a huge distace in Walmart, very easy to lose track of someone, especially if the store is busy.

Walmart should implement a safe child policy - if your child is not in a cart, positioned properly, they ask you to leave. I've seen our commissary do that a few times.

Very heavy floor mirrors don't usually fall over unless they have some help.

All that being said, prayers for the mother and Walmart.


45 posted on 07/24/2006 7:09:11 AM PDT by DancingMyRainbow
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To: Samwise

Terrible. My friend was dining at a Famous Steakhouse when a Kangaroo fell on her head. I'm not making that up. It was mounted to the wall and it fell right on her head. Thankfully, she didn't die, but she was messed up alright.


46 posted on 07/24/2006 7:19:01 AM PDT by Hildy
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To: Gabz

"Tragic story...fingerpointing will begin soon, I fear."

You know, little kids never died in any sort of freak accidents until Wal-Mart showed up. /SARCASM ;)

(I seem to remember Adam Walsh being abducted from a Sears store at the mall; no one boycotted Sears.)


47 posted on 07/24/2006 7:19:25 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Samwise; Rte66; LdSentinal; kenth; I_like_good_things_too; CindyDawg; DJ MacWoW; FreedomCalls; ...

Replay of that TV that fell over on an infant several days ago....


48 posted on 07/24/2006 7:22:04 AM PDT by TET1968 (SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
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To: PattonFan

I agree with you. Too often, I've seen kids in stores running amok and their parents do nothing about it. If the kid was playing on the mirror, the parents should reimburse Wal Mart for the loss of the mirror. But if the mirror spontaneously fell on the kid, Wal mart needs to be taken to the cleaners. Secure items simply don't fall. Something made it fall.


49 posted on 07/24/2006 7:24:45 AM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: Westlander
5 *whole* feet why thats nearly an adults females height! personally I expect mobile kids to be tethered with twine at a distance of no more than 3 feet, after all nothing bad can happen at 3 feet... /sarcasm

Stop being such a jerk..
50 posted on 07/24/2006 7:27:08 AM PDT by N3WBI3 ("I can kill you with my brain" - River Tam)
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To: TomGuy
Duct tape the kid to her leg?

Very well put!

51 posted on 07/24/2006 7:27:46 AM PDT by N3WBI3 ("I can kill you with my brain" - River Tam)
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To: doc30


All floor mirrors are inheritably unstable.
I say again..All.


52 posted on 07/24/2006 7:28:16 AM PDT by TET1968 (SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
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To: PattonFan
This is the fault of the PARENT.

Puleeze you have no way of knowing who's fault this is, the kid might have not been touching a mirror which was improperly set up, he may have been climbing a secure mirror and broke it, or this could be a freak accident! Stop blaming the parent when you're clueless as to what happened..

53 posted on 07/24/2006 7:29:59 AM PDT by N3WBI3 ("I can kill you with my brain" - River Tam)
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To: doc30
If the kid was playing on the mirror, the parents should reimburse Wal Mart for the loss of the mirror.

Wow. Just wow. I cannot believe the callousness on this board and the ridiculous concern for Walmart's falling profits. So what if a pound of pickles goes up two cents!

Prayers for this little boy's family.

54 posted on 07/24/2006 7:31:55 AM PDT by two134711
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To: sine_nomine
WM is very careful about the safety of children. When I watch my grandchildren I am usually about 10 feet behind them.

When I go to Home Depot, I try and leave the kids at home. If I must go, I keep them glued to my side. Too much stuff that could fall and the forklifts. However, going to Walmart, I am not as protective. I don't let them out of my sight. I just don't walk through the door thinking that something could kill them inside the store.

55 posted on 07/24/2006 7:32:42 AM PDT by dc27
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To: PattonFan

How does the parent bear responsibilty? If the mirror was not properly secured and it resulted in the death of the child, then Wal-Mart is liable.

You know, there are cases where businesses are to blame when people are injurred and/or killed.


56 posted on 07/24/2006 7:42:59 AM PDT by ShandaLear (Gringos Unite!!!)
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To: Skooz
If that is the case, in no way is it the parent's fault.

The child was 3,why wasn't the boy in a cart under Moms control?

57 posted on 07/24/2006 7:44:19 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: silverleaf
Oh puh leeze. You never shopped with two kids? Five feet is literally arms' reach plus one step.

Yup. They were in the cart under my control.

58 posted on 07/24/2006 7:47:03 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

The child was only 5 feet away. That is close enough. She had a reasonable expectation that heavy fixtures were not going to fall onto her child.


59 posted on 07/24/2006 7:47:20 AM PDT by Skooz (Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Every second of every day?


60 posted on 07/24/2006 7:49:53 AM PDT by ShandaLear (Gringos Unite!!!)
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