A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea deal.

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    1 year ago

    For cases where injury was sustained there is legal doctrine know as the Eggshell skull rule

    The rule states that, in a tort case, the unexpected frailty of the injured person is not a valid defense to the seriousness of any injury caused to them.

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      1 year ago

      This wasn’t a tort case.

      This is a simple case of assault in which someone unintentionally died. It’s textbook manslaughter.