Who do you think is at fault? - Page 5

PurpleBunny · ‎03-09-2010

She is absolutely 100% responsible. I'm so sick of these ridiculous lawsuits clogging up our courts. We need to change our system so that if you file a frivolous lawsuit and you lose, you have to pay the accused whatever you were asking.

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Qshopper1991 · ‎08-15-2014

@cherry

I agree. If someone is going to climb onto something like that, I think some thought process should have taken place prior to her doing that.

I don't understand how she got on it if she needed a stool to do so. Did she leap to try to get on it? If that's the case, she should have thought twice in how she would get off.

A lot of people have no common sense - SMH.

Melania · ‎06-12-2013

@Anita Hug wrote:
I once lost my balance, fell, and injured myself while putting air in my tires outside a convenience store. I could not believe how many of my friends and family were pushing me to sue the business because of my fall.

An employee ran out and helped me get back up, made sure I was okay and wanted to do an incident report. I thought that their attention was excessive until later when I started recieving suggestions to sue them!

I didn't trip on anything. I just had a bout of vertigo from being stooped over and standing up quickly a few times. Should the business put up signs stating to be careful because some people get dizzy when inflating tires? LOL. Some may be disappointed in me for not making them pay, but I'm disappointed in those who believe that I should have cashed in.

Not meant to be rude but you drive knowing you get bouts of Vertigo even if it's from inflating tires?

handygal2 · ‎01-19-2015

Nobody told her to mount that donkey. It was her own decision. I don't think she should be awarded any money, as it was contributory negligence on her part.

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Melania · ‎06-12-2013

@Poodlepet2 wrote:
Well, this all most certainly derails plans for what I thought might be a fun day.

I will stay off of plastic donkeys-and far be it from me to put air in my tires. I won't be carrying a pizza box either.
Poodlepet2

Lol...also don't put hot coffee between your legs either while driving!

WenGirl42 · ‎07-05-2012

@Melania wrote:
@Anita Hug wrote:
I once lost my balance, fell, and injured myself while putting air in my tires outside a convenience store. I could not believe how many of my friends and family were pushing me to sue the business because of my fall.

An employee ran out and helped me get back up, made sure I was okay and wanted to do an incident report. I thought that their attention was excessive until later when I started recieving suggestions to sue them!

I didn't trip on anything. I just had a bout of vertigo from being stooped over and standing up quickly a few times. Should the business put up signs stating to be careful because some people get dizzy when inflating tires? LOL. Some may be disappointed in me for not making them pay, but I'm disappointed in those who believe that I should have cashed in.
Not meant to be rude but you drive knowing you get bouts of Vertigo even if it's from inflating tires?

It seems unlikely she'd ever be able to perform the series of motions that caused this while she was behind the wheel of a vehicle.

Spurt · ‎03-20-2010

@software wrote:
There was a lot more to the coffee lawsuit than most people know.
The restaurant had been cited for too high a temperature more than once.
That's just part of the story.

@software

Yep, there is more to it than that----

n February 27, 1992, Stella Liebeck, a 79-year-old woman from Albuquerque, New Mexico, ordered a 49-cent cup of coffee from the drive-through window of a local McDonald's restaurant located at 5001 Gibson Boulevard Southeast. Liebeck was in the passenger's seat of a 1989 Ford Probe owned by her grandson Chris, which did not have cup holders, and Chris parked the car so that Liebeck could add cream and sugar to her coffee. Liebeck placed the coffee cup between her knees and pulled the far side of the lid toward her to remove it. In the process, she spilled the entire cup of coffee on her lap.

liebeck was wearing cotton sweatpants; they absorbed the coffee and held it against her skin, scalding her thighs, buttocks, and groin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald's_Restaurants

Yep, I always put a cup of hot coffee between my knees....

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tends2dogs · ‎05-08-2010

I am sure that most people, after 3 or 4 margaritas, or Dos Equis, or Coronas, truly believe that they can "ride the donkey". Unfortunately, this is probably the last thing they should attempt............and of course getting behind the wheel of a car.

Does anyone remember riding the mechanical bull?? Disaster waiting to happen. I wonder how many lawsuits that fad garnered?

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circles · ‎03-10-2010

definately her own darn fault...why do people blame everyone but themselves when something happens...probably because they can get away with it...our court systems are way too lenient....

PurpleBunny · ‎03-09-2010

Back when I was in my 20s, I was putting away my shopping cart in a Sam's club parking lot, and I slipped on the ice and fell under the carriage and the carriage fell right on top of me. I was sore and bruised, but overall, I was fine (I was young). When I got home, I called the manager and told him what happened and asked him to please go salt the parking lot because I was worried about the elderly. Within an hour, I had a lawyer representing Sam's calling me and checking on me and he called me every week for a month asking if I needed anything. I guess they had looked at the video of the parking lot and were terrified that I was going to sue. I was fine, all I wanted them to do was salt the darn parking lot!

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