Time/Date/Place
10:30 AM/Friday, October 3, 2008/Somewhere between Oconomowoc and Waukesha
Plaintiff
Miss Audrey N. Cairns
Defendant
Neighbor girl
Mediator
Niki A. Cairns
Charges
Miss Audrey N. Cairns spins a good yarn and inadvertently has accused her neighbor of not only inflicting physical pain but has somehow managed to have her “feelings hurt”
Opening Arguments
On our way to another day of running errands, I (mediator) heard a slight whimper from the back seat. I asked the Plaintiff what was wrong and she told me that her thumb was really hurting. I asked what happened and she told me her finger was pinched. I asked how the finger had become pinched. She told me that her neighbor (6 year old female) had pinched her and when the Plaintiff started to cry the neighbor told her to stop crying and in turn that hurt the Plaintiff’s feelings.
Facts
*The Mediator knows exactly how the pinch occurred. It was pinched in a DVD case when the Plaintiff was putting away a Charlie Brown movie.
*The Plaintiff had not played with the neighbor that morning as said neighbor was at school
*If the neighbor had been the one who pinched the Plaintiff and made her cry, it is with great certainty that she would have not stated to “Stop crying”
*The Plaintiff is a bit of a drama queen and that is why she stated that her feelings were hurt
Closing Arguments
Ladies and gentleman of the jury, I implore you to find the defendant, Neighbor girl, not guilty. I also ask that you explain to the Plaintiff that no one likes a tattle tale, especially a tattle tale who falsely accuses an innocent child of physical and emotional harm.
