Woman wins $258,000 lawsuit against Kohl's for injuries suffered by her shopping cart

[0roo0roo]

anyone got a pic of this "dangerous" cart?

 

[nick1985]

anyone got a pic of this "dangerous" cart?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

shouldn't Kohls now sue the cart manufacturer? : /
then sue the cart designer?
then turn around and sue the cart material supplier for faulty material?

America.















Fuck yeah.

 

[BoomerD]

Not sure if they're the same, but the ones at the local Kohl's look like these:

They're pretty cheaply built.

 

[SP33Demon]

That actually isn't a lot of money considering her legs were cut to the bone.

 

[moshquerade]

America.
Fuck yeah.

I post on an American messageboard because I can't get enough of you awesome people.


:thumbsup:

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

i hate stupid people.

 

[JTsyo]

If the injuries aren't being heavily exaggerated, the amount seems reasonable to me.

 

[Aikouka]

It's not uncommon to find a cart that is terrible at a store. More often than not, my cart will malfunction in some way be it a dragging wheel or a strange need to beeline to the left or right.

This does sound like an odd report though. The part that I'd like to know is whether this problem is actually Kohl's fault via negligence or if the blame was passed to them because it happened in their store.

 

[MustISO]

Looks like I'll be making some perforations on my legs this morning and going shopping.

 

[olds]

OP
Did you have a point to make or are you just reposting news that we all could read on our own?

 

[MetalMat]

They should put her in a shopping cart and push her off a cliff

 

[AstroManLuca]

Yeesh, she didn't get millions of dollars, she got $258k. Much of which will be soaked up by lawyer fees anyway.

Did anyone actually read the article? She was badly injured. It doesn't matter at all if your young, virile selves would have been fine, you're not a 74 year old woman. This is a fair ruling. There's nothing wrong with it.

 

[Kadarin]

Yeesh, she didn't get millions of dollars, she got $258k. Much of which will be soaked up by lawyer fees anyway.

Did anyone actually read the article? She was badly injured. It doesn't matter at all if your young, virile selves would have been fine, you're not a 74 year old woman. This is a fair ruling. There's nothing wrong with it.

It may well be a fair ruling. However, gut feeling (which may admittedly be wrong) is that her injuries were exaggerated, because it's difficult to see how a cart which was moving at the average speed a 74 year old woman walks that suddenly stops can cause that much injury.

 

[Jeff7]

Wow, they have so darned many pictures of the cart and its wheels that it's easy to see exactly what went wrong.

It may well be a fair ruling. However, gut feeling (which may admittedly be wrong) is that her injuries were exaggerated, because it's difficult to see how a cart which was moving at the average speed a 74 year old woman walks that suddenly stops can cause that much injury.

Speed might not be the issue. If you trip and fall onto an oddly-shaped object without the ability to quickly react and try to brace yourself, you can get pretty messed up on seemingly benign objects.

 

[drebo]

My wife's grandmother slipped in a supermarket once and broke her hip.

She didn't sue, though (we're not white-trash deadbeats). The place gave her a nice prime rib...it was tasty.

 

[Imp]

My wife's grandmother slipped in a supermarket once and broke her hip.

She didn't sue, though (we're not white-trash deadbeats). The place gave her a nice prime rib...it was tasty.

There's a study out there that says that if you just say "sorry", the chances of being sued are significantly reduced. Prime rib probably took the place of the "sorry" with no direct admission of fault. Boo ya.

 

[Gooberlx2]

That actually isn't a lot of money considering her legs were cut to the bone.

Yeah, a lot of people don't realize that much (probably most) of that settlement goes to paying back her insurance's costs for her medical care. She's not walking away with $250K in her pockets.

Cut to the bone, hospital stay, skin grafts, therapy, etc...I'm surprised it's not more.

 

[yh125d]

I just cannot imagine how this could have happened or resulted in those injuries... Not that I don't believe it, I just can't picture it.


I mean, an old woman would be pushing the cart pretty slowly right? When you're going 2 feet per second or less, how can you possibly stumble into the cart with enough force to do that type of damage? I can understand a stubbed toe or a fairly nasty scrape, but this just doesn't compute to me

 

[Gooberlx2]

I mean, an old woman would be pushing the cart pretty slowly right? When you're going 2 feet per second or less, how can you possibly stumble into the cart with enough force to do that type of damage? I can understand a stubbed toe or a fairly nasty scrape, but this just doesn't compute to me

Without having any real clue, I would guess the cart fell on top of her (pivoting on the back wheels) as she held on trying to stop her fall.

 

[Macamus Prime]

Ah yes, the victim is at fault here by the usual forum observations.

Hey, why don't you guys dig up her past on how she is a Nazi war criminal in hiding? Or, she fell because she ate one too many children that morning and was feeling sleepy, thus causing her fall.

She is old. Old people get hurt. Old people don't have it all together. Also, cheaply manufactured products are cheap and weak.

When you guys get old, pray karma doesn't come back and mouth fuck you with it's massive cock; but, when it does, lets see your comments, observations and thoughts as you choke on it.

 

[Gooberlx2]

pray karma doesn't come back and mouth fuck you with it's massive cock; but, when it does, lets see your comments, observations and thoughts as you choke on it.

rofl, that takes the argument to a new level

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I've fooled around in my time, running carts way too fast. The worst that happened to me is that I've hit a rock, had the cart stop, and had the bar driven into my midsection. It knocked the wind out of me, not much other injury.

Can I have money for that? If yes, fuck that, I shouldn't have been foolin'.

If the cart had eviserated you, then you probably could have.

Most news reports on frivolous lawsuits aren't as frivolous as they make them out and they never report on how they're appealed so I always take them with a grain of salt.

 

[ch33zw1z]

A woman in her 70's could easy get wrecked when a shopping cart breaks. Use your imaginations FFS! Again, she's OLD, easy to do. Kohl's and every other retailer who has carts should start fixing the POS carts and maybe they won't get sued.

 

[Kadarin]

When you guys get old, pray karma doesn't come back and mouth fuck you with it's massive cock; but, when it does, lets see your comments, observations and thoughts as you choke on it.

Awesome metaphor, props!