Woman sues nephew for breaking her wrist... but loses

A Connecticut jury dismissed a lawsuit filed by a New York woman who sued her 12-year-old nephew for $127,000 for injuries she contends resulted from the boy’s “exuberant” greeting at a party on his eighth birthday.

The six-member jury deliberated for less than half an hour in Superior Court in Bridgeport on whether to find the boy responsible for breaking his aunt’s wrist when he jumped into her arms during his birthday party four years ago, a court clerk said after the verdict.

Jennifer Connell, 54, had testified that while her nephew Sean Tarala was a “loving and sensitive” eight-year-old when he leaped into her arms yelling “Auntie Jen,” on March 18, 2011, the boy “acted unreasonably” causing her to fall to the ground and break her wrist.