12-year-old Sues Parents After Drunk Driving Car Accident | Parenting - Yahoo! Shine

Empowered Kids and Stupid Parents of the Developed World. Looking forward to the day when kids in the rest of the world will follow suit and take their drunk parents to task. I also can't help but wonder what this little girl would do when she turns 18 or 21 or whatever the legal drinking age in Ireland is. Will she abstain from all forms of alcohol and remain sober or will she follow her parents footsteps??? Only Time can answer this question!!! For now lets hope the girl is safe and the parents are put behind bars - where they rightfully belong.

12-year-old Sues Parents After Drunk Driving Car Accident | Parenting - Yahoo! Shine http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/12-old-sues-parents-drunk-driving-car-accident-190600659.html After almost losing her life to her parent's poor judgement, a little girl has taken her family to task--and to court. 12-year-old Faith Carberry, of Langford, Ireland, filed a lawsuit against both her parents after sustaining severe injuries from a drunk driving accident caused by her own mother. On Wednesday, the liability suit was settled between her father, the owner of the car, and the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland. But the damages caused by her mother's accident are still being assessed by the judge in the coming weeks. Read the full story