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Lehi mom sues Alpine School District over bats

So what are the damages that they are claiming? The cost of the rabies shots for the kid? Howell seems to be just trying to get a fee on this one - what a baseless lawsuit, the kid was contributorily negligent if anything. I know housing prices are falling and you need to find some way to pay for that shady mortgage on that big lot in Lehi, but a lawsuit for a couple hundred dollars worth of rabies shots seems a little ridiculous.

It said the rabies shots cost about $2,000. And the School District paid for about 7 students (6,800) about 1,000 per student. But it was not clear if they paid for Howell's clients or not.

Survival of the fittest.

Just another sue happy person who thinks that they will get rich or get a couple thousand dollars of spent money by sueing others. Sounds like the school did everything they could to make sure things were covered in cause someone got bit or something. Her kid more then likely heard the overheads and classes annoucncments and ignored them cause he wanted to play with a bat. Anyone with commen sense at that age should know you don't handle or play with bats. Besides the whole thing is a act of Nature. It is as bad as saying I am going to sue a city that is build on a flat plain cause I might get hit by lighting. Any how I am sick and tired of people sueing over every little thing that happens to them. It's called life people! It's one thing to sue if they ignored the problem, but they didn't so it is stupid to sue!

Isn�t this typical in our society?

I think that the district should file a countersuit for dereliction of duty by the mother. It's not the school's responsibility to teach her son not to be stupid and catch bats--it's the mother's!

Definitely looks like another case of kids being stupid.

If only there was some source of common sense in this kid's life besides the school district. When I was growing up, there were these two adults in my life who kept telling me things like "Don't mess with wild animals, you might get rabies." I'm not sure, but I think they were called my parents!

Wow - this poor kid will now get ostracized because of a mother's crazy actions! Like teenagers need more reasons to make them unpopular and geeky.

The real problem solvers America needs are parents. Only a parent is connected to a child every day and can teach them the life skills necessary: teaching often, teaching by example andteaching with love. Government programs cannot do this. The courts and society are not able to replicate this opportunity.

The problems facing our society today can best be addressed through the responsibility of the parents. Instead of looking for someone else to "fix" the problems, take up the challenge and be a great leader in your own family.

I hope her lawyer charges her a big fat sum of money, and that she doesn't get a dime from the district. If I had a kid stupid enough to play with a bat I wouldn't want that many people to know about it, let alone alert the press. Our country has too many lawyers who take on too many stupid cases, and it's getting pretty ridiculous. I hope she loses.

I think the Government should have a fund to pay parents every time there kids act like idiots and the parent hasn't done there job of teaching common sense. Where is my check. I had six kids. I am sure they did several things I a "owed" for.

This case has no merit. It is a stupid high school kid trying to be cool to his friends. The school made plenty of announcements to the students and teachers. The mother is just trying to get money. We have become a very sue happy society. I hope the judge throws the case out before it gets to trial.

This suit sounds as if it will hinge on the notification. Mom claims to not have heard anything. School claims announcments, flyers, warnings, and action. Hard to believe that the bat story wouldn't have spread through town via word of mouth.

Mother and lawyer are in for an uphill battle.

is this the same attorney that is on the simpson's show?

Give me break. Another lawsuit.

Let's sue lawyers so they have to charge sales tax on their $200 per hourly rates and use the money for education.

This mother needs to drop this ridiculous lawsuit and look at the big picture. In spite of the fact that her son made a bad decision, and played with a wild bat, he will be fine. He got treatment, he won't get rabies, and life will go on. That should be all the reward she needs.

The kid played with the bat for two hours?! What an idiot! He is in high school and lacks the common sense to leave it alone? If he was attacked by a bat, maybe I could see a reason to sue. But how can they fault the school for his playing with a bat for two hours...must have been after school.

Did the kid not go to the "Batman Returns" movie? He didn't play with the bats--had common sense enough to avoid them. Sounds more like Ace Ventura.

i found a dead bird on the sidewalk in front of my house and my kid tried to pick it up and play with it....i am going to sue the city...give me the name of your ambulance chaser....sorry i mean your attorney!

I think the lawsuit is frivolous, but Lehi High ought to do something about its infestation. What if it were rats or insects? Perhaps suing the district will get them on the ball.