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83-Year Old Suing Apple After Walking into Glass Doors at Retail Store
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So basically Apple should redesign their stores simply because one obviously idiotic person walks into a well marked glass wall? Yeah, that's going to happen.
Yeah... I know lots of old people (work with about 100 48hours a week). None of them have run into a wall and then brought a lawsuit. Sorry but the lady is an idiot. (not for running into the glass but for running into the glass then blaming a company instead of her idiot self)
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When millions upon millions of customers migrate their way to an Apple store and walk in and out successfully every day, that makes this lady's issue not an issue of negligence on the part of the store. This make her the exception. If this was a common issue, then yes, the stores should take some action to protect their customers. However, just because one didn't notice the doors to the store that she was walking into, doesn't quite make it Apple's fault.
THIS is the problem with the US Legal system. People try to take advantage, and the courts allow it.
THIS is the problem with the US Legal system. People try to take advantage, and the courts allow it.
It's not just one person - MacRumors own leekohler relates a similar story:
I walked into a glass door at the Apple Store on Michigan Ave. I bounced off it and landed flat on my butt, laughing. It hurt like hell too!
In the picture there are markers on the glass. Maybe the doors have none? Usually it's not that hard for elderly to break bones. However I do think this is all about the money. It shows greed knows no age. Also her lawyer already stated her vision is fine so stop staying she is old and can't see
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My dad did this once. Walked into a glass wall. He didn't even see it. Messed up his face. But he believed in personal responsibility and never thought of suing the store.
It seems as if she tried to avoid those numerous large gravity defying white squares and then bash her nose? Speaking of glass, this is a classic case of a clear and transparent frivolous attempt to exploit the legal system and milk the cash cow. Personal responsibility? Not in this country, these days.
I firmly believe in Karmic corrections in the Universe which occur to deserved people who knowingly and blatantly do bad things like this. Even at her age. This lady is on the fast track to get what's due her, but it will happen and always does. Somehow. Somewhere, she'll get what's coming.
And her scumbag lawyer, too, for filing and helping to over-burden an already much aligned legal system.
I firmly believe in Karmic corrections in the Universe which occur to deserved people who knowingly and blatantly do bad things like this. Even at her age. This lady is on the fast track to get what's due her, but it will happen and always does. Somehow. Somewhere, she'll get what's coming.
And her scumbag lawyer, too, for filing and helping to over-burden an already much aligned legal system.
You seem like the only person that can discuss this matter objectively and without resorting to name calling. Whether right or wrong the level of immaturity in this thread is amazing. For the record I have seen plenty of ppl walk into glass doors and not only in apple stores. Whether they sued or not is a different story.
you're wrong, I saw that dove repeatedly crashed into the glass, trying to fly.
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Did she really think it was an open-air Apple store? (every last stinking pun intended) I mean really, no doors, no walls, nothing? Just a bunch of people funneling through 8 feet of empty space to get to 100s of sq feet of empty space with displays of giant iPhones and real iPads in freaking open? Sick, disgusting fool.
Did she really think it was an open-air Apple store? (every last stinking pun intended) I mean really, no doors, no walls, nothing? Just a bunch of people funneling through 8 feet of empty space to get to 100s of sq feet of empty space with displays of giant iPhones and real iPads in freaking open? Sick, disgusting fool.
What about stairwells and escalators?
By this women's (i.e. her lawyer's) logic, there needs to be red velvet ropes in front of any stairwell or escalator to keep people from falling down them.
You cannot substitute laws or lawsuits for taking personal responsibility and moving on with your life.
"It's pretty stupid to run around a pool with a steak knife, but that does not mean we need a law against it."
By this women's (i.e. her lawyer's) logic, there needs to be red velvet ropes in front of any stairwell or escalator to keep people from falling down them.
You cannot substitute laws or lawsuits for taking personal responsibility and moving on with your life.
"It's pretty stupid to run around a pool with a steak knife, but that does not mean we need a law against it."
That's a sweet profit margin.
It will be interesting to see how this case plays out. I'm sure the lawyer will be hoping for an out-of-court settlement and will attempt to shame Apple for defending themselves against a sweet old lady.
The lawsuit culture in our country is really devastating and not to mention a massive expense for us taxpayers. We need to implement the English Rule.
Perhaps your inability to judge will revisit you some day, in a way that forces you see the blacks and whites a little clearer. And by "blacks and whites" I don't intend a reference to afro or euro centric racial categories, I mean the nuances of ethics and morality in a society that facilitates and rewards stupidity.
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I've walked into a sliding glass door before and of course my friends and I laughed histarically. I also have walked into a poll not paying attention, it knocked me silly and I didn't sue the city or the poll! We all need to accept the fact that sometimes accidents happen and there is no one to blame but ourselves. There shouldn't always be a payday because of an accident or a persons own negligence! Hot coffe spilled on ones lap, there's so many of these frivolous law suites. Don't people get what this does to insurance rates and business.
My father owns a business and workers compensation & liability insurance is so high and very few claims over 30yrs. I can't imagine the cost of those insurance policy's for Apple. Fortunately Apple can absorb those costs. For a small business this ladie could be devastating! If she is truly hurt, then if anything her medical should be taken care of as a P.R move. But really is this Apples falt in any way?
Let me guess. She drove to the mall right? If not where was her guardian when she was walking?
I couldn't agree more. She must have blown through her retirement buying Apple products.