#45 A few years ago, I represented a kid charged with negligent assault. There are many ways to commit assault in Washington, but nearly all of them require specific intent. One exception is when someone negligently assaults another person with a weapon.
Bunch of kids hanging out together, friends for a long time. Girl about to leave, my client playing with a BB gun, then BAM! Hits her right in the eye. She had what I recall was called a vitrectomy (I would have to check the spelling on that). Basically, all of the viscous goo taken out of her eye and replaced with an oil. Looked like she had one large dilated pupil in that eye.
Complete accident, but the girl was forever blinded in that eye. Really sad case. I gained a whole new respect for BB guns after that, and I'd been shot in the leg, arm, etc. as a kid.