A New York court last week ruled that a four-year-old can be held liable for negligence. The New York Times describes how the young girl injured an elderly woman while riding her bicycle with training wheels on a Manhattan sidewalk.

The case, Menagh v. Breitman, has gained notoriety as another example of the plaintiffs’ bar abusing the civil justice system. Clearly, the purpose of this claim was to get at the little girl’s parents’ insurance since it highly unlikely the four-year-old has any assets of her own.