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Suing parents of unvaccinated child for spreading infectious disease

  • 23-08-2016 3:28pm
    #1
    mustang23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭


    Would really appreciate the help/advice of any solicitors here. My in-laws who for personal reasons did not vaccinate their kids, are now being threatened by another parent who claims my eight year old nephew has passed a recent dose of measles onto her child.
    The threat is verbal at the moment, but as vaccinating your kids is not (afaik) a legal requirement in this country, would my in-laws have a case to answer if this parent decided to pursue a case? And what kind of case could she realistically pursue?
    Thanks in advance


Comments

  • #2
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,412 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Unfortunately you can't sue sense into people...

    Was it the Internet or the yoga teachers that filled your in-laws heads with nonsense?


  • #3
    brianomc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 694 ✭✭✭brianomc


    Did the parents of the kid who then got the measles not have their kid vaccinated? Or did their vaccine not work?


  • #4
    hairyslug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,596 ✭✭✭hairyslug


    There would be a hell of a lot of suing going on once chickenpox season kicked in


  • #5
    porsche boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,560 ✭✭✭porsche boy


    No case to answer. No legal requirement to vaccinate, I looked into this when my eldest was born.


  • #6
    mustang23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭mustang23


    I'm not sure of the exact circumstances of the other family but it seems they were vaccinated and it didn't work if they are threatening to sue. Although I don't agree with my in-laws decision, I know it's not one they took lightly. But am not debating that decision here, but wondering if there would be a case to answer when vaccinations are not compulsory here. Thanks again


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  • #7
    EndaHonesty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭EndaHonesty


    mustang23 wrote: »
    I'm not sure of the exact circumstances of the other family but it seems they were vaccinated and it didn't work if they are threatening to sue. Although I don't agree with my in-laws decision, I know it's not one they took lightly. But am not debating that decision here, but wondering if there would be a case to answer when vaccinations are not compulsory here. Thanks again

    Well if the vaccine didn't work, perhaps they should investigate suing the creators of the ineffective vaccine?...


  • #8
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    Sounds a bit far fetched overall but I'm going to close this thread because it relates to question of liability in relation to matter which is not purely hypothetical.


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