OOPS!

[THDNUT]

 

[truckermde]

Smart phones, dumb people...

 

[Alligatorbling]

 

[THDNUT]

From the Daily News:

X
Jessica Schladebeck
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, June 9, 2017, 11:54 AM
A 67-year-old woman walking down a New Jersey street glanced down at her phone only a moment before she plunged down a sidewalk opening and into a cellar.

The woman’s son, who was not named, told CBS2 he was grateful his mother survived the fall, but emphasized that it wasn’t just the distraction of her cellphone that caused the spill. She’s legally blind and diabetic and was checking the time because she was feeling a bit nauseous, he said.

So, do you think that she has grounds for a lawsuit?

 

[thatF-INGflyingVguy]

just one of the many dangers the urban jungle has in store for the unsuspecting

 

[Roberteaux]

“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.”

--Mel Brooks, upon being asked to explain the difference between tragedy and comedy

--R

 

[chasenblues]

it wasn’t just the distraction of her cellphone that caused the spill. She’s legally blind and diabetic and was checking the time because she was feeling a bit nauseous, he said.

So, do you think that she has grounds for a lawsuit?

So she has enough of her sight to be able see the time on cell screen that inches high and wide...

But not enough sight to see a roughly 3' x 6' piece of steel blocking the sidewalk directly in front of her?

Sure she could sue but she wouldn't have much of a chance on winning if i was on the jury though.

 

[KTM]

The color of the doors do seem to match the sidewalk. Perhaps she thought it was 3D sidewalk art...

 

[KTM]

It's interesting the two women walking by seem to be afraid to look to see if shes OK.

 

[THDNUT]

So she has enough of her sight to be able see the time on cell screen that inches high and wide...

But not enough sight to see a roughly 3' x 6' piece of steel blocking the sidewalk directly in front of her?

Sure she could sue but she wouldn't have much of a chance on winning if i was on the jury though.

Good answer. Are you a lawyer? If not you should be.

I'm waiting to hear from Bill Hicklin temp and Dolebludger on this.

If... I was her lawyer and you were the defense lawyer, I'd retort that due to her disabilities she is no longer able to drive a car. The workman should have set up cone or caution tape barriers. A sympathetic jury would, I think, agree with me.


So there!

 

[chasenblues]

Good answer. Are you a lawyer? If not you should be.

No...
I could see a lawyer trying to put all the fault on the store/property owner for having the doors to the sub-basement open in the first place.

And i'd probably have no chance at getting in/on a jury in a case like this.

 

[TheX]

I'm probably going to *hell* for lol'ing at that.

 

[redjunior]

Mee too.......

 

[chasenblues]

I'm probably going to *hell* for lol'ing at that.

I just consulted my loooong list of things i'm going to hell for..This is way down towards the bottom.

 

[Fracture]

 

[THDNUT]

Damn! slammed his face into the asphalt!

 

[Bud Stoner]

That's funny in a messed up way......

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

I'd have had that Lamb for dinner that very night.

...and I'd make sure the other Lambs saw what happened to it.

the first hit I could let that go... The second hit that smashed his face into the ground?

Nope. Dude would not abide.

It's on...

..the plate.

 

[Meatwad]

Wile E. Coyote does it better.

 

[Fracture]