A four year old child I understand has not reached the age of reason, but a fully grown judge? Just insane. Too damn many lawyers. Old Bill Shakespeare had it right about what to do with the lawyers. We need a 20 year moratorium on law schools. Enough already.
The line about killing lawyers was said by the villains as a necessary first step to stage a coup against the legitimate government. Food for thought.
New York State has a rule-- and has had it since 1928-- that a child under 4 cannot possibly be negligent, but that if the child is over 4, it is up to the jury to decide. (Most states have a similar rule, but in some states the cutoff is 7.) Probably a pretty stupid rule, but the judge was right to follow precedent; if the rule is bad, the Legislature should be the one to change it.
Don't bash the judge for following established law-- that's what judges are supposed to do.