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Young Boy Sues His Parents For $2m For Being Born With Red Hair (photos) by ADEWUMIMichael(m): 10:23pm On Mar 29, 2016
A young boy has taken his parents to face the
law, suing them for having him born into the
world with red hair which has allegedly caused
him discomfort.



Liam Murphy, the redhead teenage boy
launched a controversial lawsuit against his
parents, for not preventing his birth, even if
they were aware the high probability of his hair
being red.




The 13-year old boy filed a “Wrongful Life”
lawsuit against his red haired parents, alleging
that they knew their children would very likely
inherit this undesirable trait. He claims that
they caused him a “voluntary prejudice” by
giving life to him, knowning that he would be
born into a life of pain and suffering.





He is demanding the incredible amount of
$1.35 million in “pain and suffering”, that is,
monetary compensation for the entire
experience of having a disabled life versus
having a healthy mind and body, as well as
$800 000 in “loss of enjoyment of life”.






“My life is a torture!” the young boy told the
press outside the courthouse. “I keep being told
that I have no soul or that I am from an
endangered species. People keep calling me
Carrottop, Strawberry Shortcake or Ginger
Freak, and all of that is my parents’ fault! They
knew they were offering me a life of misery, and
they selfishly decided to have children
anyways.”






Liam Murphy’s lawyer, James Franklin
O’connor, told reporters that his client’s claim
is “incredibly conservative considering the
situation”, and says he is confident about the
upcoming trial.






“My client was intentionally exposed to a life of
rejection and bullying by his parents,” said Mr
O’Connor. “Many scientific studies have proven
the social difficulties suffered by people with red
hair, but this couple who had suffered from it
themselves, consciously decided to expose their
children to the same thing.”
Liam’ parents, Larry and Theresa Murphy, say
they don’t understand why the oldest of their
three children is suing them.




Liam’s parents, however, have a very different
perspective on the question, saying that “God
gave him red hair”, not them, and that he
should “be happy to be alive”.
“Both my wife and I have red hair, and it never
stopped us from being happy,” the boy’s father
told reporters. “God has created me the way I
am, and I not ashamed of his creation.
“Some mean kids at school have started
bullying Liam over the last few years, and we
tried to help him solve the problem. But now,
some lawyer has convinced my son that it was
actually our fault if others were picking on him,
and he’s suing us for millions. It’s completely
ridiculous! We’ve done nothing wrong.





“And seriously, I’m an electrician and my wife
is a hairdresser…where does he expect us to
find two million dollars?”
In recent years, a few “Wrongful Life” lawsuits
have generated financial compensations of up to
$20 millions for some children, but these were
for plaintiffs born with heavy disabilities or
debilitating diseases.





This is the first time that such a claim is filed
concerning a physical trait, and could therefore
become a legal precedent for future cases.
Both parties will return to court on April 12 for
the beginning of the trial, which is expected to
attract a lot of attention from the media.
A 2014 study from the University College Cork
did showed that redheads are “more likely to be
bullied” than others and concluded that
“bullying of gingers” is “one of the last socially
accepted forms of prejudice against people for a
trait they were born with”.




The results showed 60.6% of males and 47.3%
of females with red hair said that they had
suffered “some kind of discrimination in the
past due to their hair colour”.



Even the British royal Prince Harry admitted to
CBS in 2014, that he has been regularly bullied
over his ginger locks in the past, and has
sought counselling about it.





www.gltrends.com/young-boy-sues-parents-2m-born-red-hair-photos/

Re: Young Boy Sues His Parents For $2m For Being Born With Red Hair (photos) by chocolateme(f): 10:24pm On Mar 29, 2016
This is what we see when someone is not hungry.. I wonder what our naija albinos should do.

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Re: Young Boy Sues His Parents For $2m For Being Born With Red Hair (photos) by rottennaija(m): 10:33pm On Mar 29, 2016
Any credible source to this story?
Re: Young Boy Sues His Parents For $2m For Being Born With Red Hair (photos) by Nobody: 8:44pm On Apr 11, 2016
End time kid
Re: Young Boy Sues His Parents For $2m For Being Born With Red Hair (photos) by franklin007(m): 2:45am On Apr 12, 2016
rottennaija:
Any credible source to this story?
Ask google

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