turtle falls on girl's head

[everything]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=408145

girl seems to be ok. the father is suing. what's interesting is the apt residents have to prove they're innocent and if they don't and don't find the owner of the turtle, everyone in the apt will have to share payment for the girl's treatment.

[Darth Rock&Roll]

poor turtle.

[nianfong]

where's mario when you need him?

[meeks]

Zhao Yilan, a lawyer from Chongqing Ruihai law firm, was quoted as saying that the residents living in the building have to prove their innocence under civil law. If they fail to do so, or find the real turtle owner, they would have to share responsibility for compensation.

that's fukt up - how do you prove you didn't own a turtle? Absence of a shallow aquarium doesn't mean you didn't just discard one yesterday.... the only way is to finger the owner, and quite often it's pretty easy to know who owns what. I think they'll most likely have the owner ID'ed by other residents.

Apart from that, I feel horrible for the little girl - can you imagine that happening to your child?
And the turtle too - poor thing...