US Teen 14, sued over missing iPod
Only in America!!! A 14 year old US teen from Illinois has been sued by the parents of another teen after an iPod went missing during a school class. The US Naperville Sun newspaper reports “On June 6, the last day of eighth-grade at Still Middle School, Shannon lent Stephanie her iPod Nano. Shannon’s mother, Melanie McCarthy of Aurora, said her daughter had saved money from Christmas and birthday gifts to purchase the $300 iPod in late May. McCarthy said her daughter left the classroom to use the bathroom and when she returned, the iPod was gone. Stephanie, who had also left the room, told her friend that she had placed the iPod on top of Shannon’s desk. McCarthy named Stephanie in a lawsuit filed in DuPage County on Aug. 4. The suit seeks $350 for the iPod and $125 in court costs.”
Have you heard any crazy iPod related stories if so why not comment below.
Stephen Eick is not in this suit because of principal. His daughter borrowed an iPod and didn’t return it to the owner. While she has possession of borrowed property she is expected to exercise due care of that property. Leaving it on a desk and walking away from it when the owner of the item is out of the room is not due care and does not constitute a return of the borrowed item.
Their daughter lost her first iPod and the father said she learned her lesson. Then she lost Shannon’s iPod and he said she learned a lesson. He then buys her another more expensive iPod. What lesson has she learned? That she can be completely irresponsible and daddy will bail her out? Instead of paying the $200 originally asked (they hung up on us) it went to court. We never thought it would have to go this far, but we had no other recourse.
Eick said he doesn’t know what the big deal is and that we should just buy Shannon a new one because they are not that expensive. Meanwhile we are teaching Shannon to do what’s right while he is paying out what is probably hundreds of dollars to an attorney to avoid having her daughter take any responsibility.
Comment by Ryan Hill — August 22, 2006 @ 5:53 pm
Check out http://www.missingipod.co.uk for an unbelievable story of how Apple and United Parcel Services (UPS) have behaved towards a UK consumer when the consumer’s iPod went missing while in the care of Apple or UPS.
Comment by Richard Murray — February 15, 2007 @ 7:12 am