Steven Miner, Kathryn Miner…Meet Lisa Steinberg

August 31st, 2011. By AbiK

Of course, Lisa cannot meet Steven and Kathryn—but I’m ahead of myself…

So, you got issues with your mother? Sue her. That was the route Steven A. Miner II and Kathryn Miner, now 23 and 20 respectively, went in order to show their mother a thing or two about parenting and accountability. With their dad—Attorney Steven A. Miner—yes, the Barrington, IL attorney with both a suspension stayed in whole with conditions and a probation on his record from 1998 (source: Avvo.com) —as counsel!! (Note to Miner children—do your homework next time).

Effing spoiled brats is what they clearly are. And I’m glad the Cook County judge dismissed the case. I’m even gladder (is that a word?) that the two Miner brats are just on the cusp of that glorious time in their lives where they’ll start to find love—the marrying kind—and, drum roll please, OFFSPRING! And while hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, there ain’t no greater revenge than watching your children have children—if you’re so inclined to think that way. So sit back, Kimberly Garrity, ex-wife of Steven A. Miner Sr., and watch the future of your children unfold…karma’s a wonderful thing.

Regardless of my personal views on the Miner kids who sued their mother—for $50,000 in damages (like, why bother?) for emotional distress—I’m sensing that somewhere along the line they misinterpreted or were not made aware of exactly what the heck “extreme or outrageous” parenting behavior would be—that is, in order to have the courts step in, or to have a prayer in hell of winning this ridiculous “child abuse” lawsuit.

Then it dawned on me. These poor spoiled Miner kids weren’t around when poor little Lisa Steinberg (above, right) learned first-hand what child abuse really means—and an introduction is in order. See, for those you who remember the horrific Steinberg case, little Lisa died because daddy Joel Steinberg didn’t want to take little Lisa to a restaurant with him, so he inflicted a head injury upon her, apparently with some type of rubber-headed hammer. And that was the tip of the iceberg and the start of a media outcry to draw and quarter the low-life and his common law wife, Hedda Nussbaum.

Given their youth, and what appears to be their father’s lack of knowledge-sharing, I thought I’d try to help the Miner kids out ex post facto by putting together a simple little chart of “Extreme or Outrageous” and “Not Extreme or Outrageous” parental behavior—as depicted by examples from both the Lisa Steinberg child abuse case and the Miner let’s sue mom case. And here it is.

Like I said, it’s a bit late to show the Miner kids this, but at least the judge, Kathy Flanagan, had a clue. So, as reported in the Chicago Tribune, the case has been dismissed with judge Flanagan stating that the suit was ‘nothing more than children “suing their mother for bad mothering.”’

Sadly, reports state that Kimberly Garrity will have to cough up all the legal fees associated with defending herself in this case—while Steven and Kathryn Miner have to pay, well, Daddy. But sometimes—and this is one of them—the adage “it’s only money” rings true. For after clogging the courts unnecessarily and with such prima donna claims, the damage to all three Miner’s reputations will undoubtedly outlast any financial woes Ms. Garrity might face.

Sources: Chicago Tribune, Florida International University,

 

Tags: Bad Parenting Lawsuit, Barrington IL Attorney, Child Abuse, Cook County, Emotional Distress, Judge Kathy Flanagan, Kathryn Miner, Kids Sue Mom, Kimberly Garrity, Steven A. Miner, Steven A. Miner II, Sue Mom

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