Deseret News | Injured rescuer sues family of boy left disabled after near drowning

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Injured rescuer sues family of boy left disabled after near drowning

lost in DC | 3:58 a.m. Oct. 11, 2007

Sgt. Eichhorn may be a good officer, but she is a horrible public servant. I wonder if she decided to sue on her own or if she responded to a TV ad by Mr. Heil. Does this mean if I slide off the road in a snowstorm that Iï¿½d better tell the highway patrol to just leave me there until the middle of some summer night with a full moon when all the snow has melted and the roadway is completely dry and empty and as a light as can be for that time of day so the patrolman will not be put in any danger helping me? After all, it was my fault that I was out driving in a snowstorm. Ridiculous!

Al R | 7:01 a.m. Oct. 11, 2007

I cannot believe that this officer would even consider sueing this family over this. I am in complete amazement at the audacity of the whole thing. That would be similar to an officer sueing a family because they were injured in the attempt to stop a crime against the family. When you enter either the police force, EMT, fire department or any other public service organization I believe you accept certain risks. Nobody is at fault for this accident, but the outcome is truely tragic.

Mahershalalhashbaz | 9:52 a.m. Oct. 11, 2007

Unbelievable. Psychotic woman.

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ex-marine | 5:00 p.m. Oct. 11, 2007

Fire the police officer immeadiatly and make her get a real job and support the poor little boy.

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