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

[SpatiallyAware]

Uh huh. I'm sure your doctor has seen many guillotine wounds to compare.

My doctor is a guillotine expert. He is frequently called in by crime scene investigation teams as a consultant on guillotine accidents.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

Read the article in the OP. The wheels were shown to lock up and flip the cart.

Totally consistent with the injury she described.

IIRC when this thread came out it was determined to be valid.. the front wheels easily lock up, causing the cart to flip head over.... shins.

 

[Nncy1953]

Don't care if you don't believe me. Just warning people to be careful, especially if you have young children.

 

[rh71]

Read the article again. Simply stated: the cart jammed because of a poor (a.k.a. cheap) design. 74 Y.O. woman falls into cart and onto ground, extensive injuries (requiring hospitalization and skin grafts). Jury awards her $258k.

I don't know how many people here have ever sat on a jury. I will say that if you sit for an entire case you will get so much information that it can not possibly be fit into a newspaper article.

The people on that jury had good reasons (none of which we know) to award her that money. I'd bet that some of it was because there were pictures of grandma all cut up with an injured face having to sit in a hospital for weeks. No one wants to see an older woman injured like that (outside of the regulars at ATOT and certain political groups).

She got the money that 12 of her peers, who sat through hours of testimony, thought she deserved. Not a difficult concept.

Indeed, but if you think about it, there is negligence waiting to happen EVERYWHERE. What if someone evil taped a razor blade on the door handle of a McDonald's and the next guy cuts himself? Is McDonald's negligent in not detecting that within the 2 minutes it was in place? That's so not their fault. That's also a good way to commit fraud and get money.

 

[blankslate]

I wasn't on the jury and I doubt any of you were until you know most if not all of what the jury saw your opinions are based on incomplete data.


Remember the woman who was driving with a cup of McDonald's coffee and was awarded millions because she couldn't wait to stop and put sugar in her coffee?

Well it turns out she wasn't driving. Her grand-nephew was.

They also did stop and park the vehicle before Stella Liebeck attempted And the coffee gave her 3rd degree burns as it was hot enough to compromise the coffee cup they gave her.

McDonald's heated the coffee to a much higher temperature than the typical home coffee brewer does for economic reasons.

Stella's case wasn't the only case where people got burned by McDonald's coffee. Only the most famous. There were over 600 complaints already.

Here's a trailer that highlights peoples' reactions when they see the burns the coffee caused to Mrs. Liebeck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93fsFvVqviA

starting at the 30 second mark.


Here are photos.

http://truecrimejunkie.com/uncatego...ffee-case-what-you-didnt-know-graphic-photos/


http://blog.wisemanbray.com/2012/sc...sedly-frivolous-mcdonalds-hot-coffee-lawsuit/

Spoiler

Of course the Stella Liebeck case isn't the shopping cart case, but the lesson is clear get all of the facts beyond a short story in a link before coming to the conclusion that the lawsuit was frivolous.


The point is we don't know the whole story yet and while it could be a frivolous lawsuit... it might very well just as well be a serious case that the jury found a just judgement for.

 

[KidNiki1]

wtf with the pics? some people are at work....

how bout you just link them?

also, this a year old thread.

 

[Train]

She sure is lucky she got injured in the store of a large retail chain.

Justice is blind my ass. Funny how justice only works against those with deep pockets.