When i'm 83 years-old and if i'm running into glass walls, please euthanize me. I shouldn't be in public.
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83-Year Old Suing Apple After Walking into Glass Doors at Retail Store
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I can only speak for myself and, for me, neither age nor the name of the company being sued enters into it. If she had simply sought damages to cover medical expenses I wouldn't even have a thought about this. However, she is asking for a million dollars; which is pure greed and I don't care what company she is suing.
Ya know... it's like that TV show: 1000 Ways To Die.
You KNOW that you shouldn't put the coffee between your thighs.. there are nicer things to put there. You KNOW there may be a chance that it will spill or you may crush it, much like when driving if you are eating a chicken wing, you KNOW you might have to chuck that bad boy on the ground if you need full control of your vehicle... wait a minute? You DIDN'T see it coming?? Who gives a flying flock if you got skin grafts? I can see the logic of sueing if the employee dashed it all over you. However, placing it in YOUR OWN LAP, knowing the potential risk, is just as stupid as soaking the plug to your toaster before using wet hands to plug it in.
How many times have I done dumb things thinking that "Oh, perhaps I shouldn't try to carry my plate of food, glass of wine and book downstairs" I might spill some.....oh... damn, there goes my grilled cheese sandwich... good thing the dog was there to catch it......
News flash, coffee has to be hot. Most people drink it with cream etc which cools it down anyways so the temp has to compensate for it. It's not like the damn stuff is boiling actively in the cups when people hand it to you....
No sympathy for stupidity.
Isn't that standard legal bargaining strategy in the US?
Start high, and hope to end up negotiating for your actual expenses.
Of course there's a slight bias on the Apple forums. It'd be interesting to see what they're saying on the i-heart-old-women-who-walk-into-objects.com forums.
This whole thing really makes me want to listen to The Clash and alter the lyrics accordingly. "I fought the door and the door won". Anyone? No? Just me? Okay then.
This whole thing really makes me want to listen to The Clash and alter the lyrics accordingly. "I fought the door and the door won". Anyone? No? Just me? Okay then.
Since when does a broken nose cost $75,000 in medical expenses?
Maybe she wants a new one.
Why accept a repair?
It's a counter store in a mall, not an open air farmers market
Markings or no markings on the glass I never understood how people could just walk into a glass storefront. Simple logic would dictate that there is no way any store, especially a computer store with hundreds of thousands of dollars of sensitive computer equipment would have a completely open storefront exposing it all to the elements. What aiut rain, snow, heat, dust...? Not to mention having a door controls customer traffic flow.
Markings or no markings on the glass I never understood how people could just walk into a glass storefront. Simple logic would dictate that there is no way any store, especially a computer store with hundreds of thousands of dollars of sensitive computer equipment would have a completely open storefront exposing it all to the elements. What aiut rain, snow, heat, dust...? Not to mention having a door controls customer traffic flow.
The cost of filing this lawsuit should be her driver's license.
"I'd like to sue Apple because I'd walked into their glass doors which I couldn't see."
"No problem ma'am, that will be $50 and your driver's license. Hand that over and we'll process your paperwork."
"My driver's license?"
"If you can't see a glass door at walking speed, you have no business driving."
"I'd like to sue Apple because I'd walked into their glass doors which I couldn't see."
"No problem ma'am, that will be $50 and your driver's license. Hand that over and we'll process your paperwork."
"My driver's license?"
"If you can't see a glass door at walking speed, you have no business driving."
I don't hate her because it was an Apple store, I hate her for not taking responsibility for her actions and suing someone.
If it's raining and you walk into a store with a tile floor, you should just know it might be slippery. There doesn't need to be 17 pylons in different languages telling you "caution" or "slippery when wet". No common sense anymore.
Agreed, not your typical Apple demographic. Doubtful Long Island has many open-air store fronts or that the store front was incongruent with the rest of the store fronts on that block where she could have simply been caught off guard.
That's not what happened - the spill happened when she was adding sugar to the cup. At no time was it in between her thighs. Honestly read the case before you try to comment on things.
If your eyesight is significantly impaired, then you should be responsible to yourself and use an aid to walking, for example a cane in front of you. It would have hit the door and she would have known that there was something in the way. Or maybe (if the photo of the apple store is the correct store) the huge, metal door handles would have been a clue.
Okay, maybe she is too proud to use a cane or other visual aids, but in that case she just has to accept that accidents like this can happen. It's not like fully glass doors are a new invention.
Judging from the comment that pointed out a review the woman gave, it appears she was in an "old person rage" that the iPhone she had bought didn't work on her provider and she probably wasn't paying any attention to where she was going. It could have been a lamppost.
I hope this lady loses and has to pay Apple back for the money they spent paying an employee to clean the smudge her face left on the glass.
That would be awesome. The lady was 83 years old, she couldn't have been moving that fast. I don't see how she could have hit it that hard (unless on purpose). Even if it wasn't on purpose, I can't imagine why she thinks she's entitled to more than her medical cost (which medicare probably already paid).Speed of Travel
So what is the speed of an 83-year old lady pushing a walker? 0.03mpg? The impact against the glass must be as hard as the pressure she exerted pressing the face to it
I have walked into glass door and the last thing I though about was suing the owner of the door for me walking into it. I was embarrassed and walked away.
I hope she loses!
So what is the speed of an 83-year old lady pushing a walker? 0.03mpg? The impact against the glass must be as hard as the pressure she exerted pressing the face to it
I have walked into glass door and the last thing I though about was suing the owner of the door for me walking into it. I was embarrassed and walked away.
I hope she loses!