zxcvbob wrote:
> Curly Sue wrote:
> > On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:58:06 -0500, "jmcquown"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Heh. Was going to the store to buy cigarettes (yes, folks, cigarettes, but
> >>this isn't about that). The man at the store could be a twin to Chatty
> >>Cathy. So there's a man backed up against the door, trying to get away from
> >>this guy without being rude. I tapped on the door and he practically fell
> >>through it getting it open. The door scraped my foot and now I have a
> >>scrape and a bruise.
> >>
> >>Questions:
> >>Do I sue the customer for leaning against the door?
> >>Do I sue the shop employee for chatting the man up to the point he was
> >>desperate to escape?
> >>Do I sue the owner of the store for hiring this guy who won't shut up?
> >>Do I sue the tobacco company for making the cigarettes because now my foot
> >>is bruised when I went to the store?
> >>Do I sue the company that made the door that opened on my foot and scraped
> >>and bruised it?
> >>
> >>Or, should I just go make some steaming hot mashed potatoes and have a cup
> >>of 180 degree coffee to go with? <G>
> >
> >
> > Let's change the scenario a little. You tap on the door, the guy
> > trips and falls through the glass. A shard of glass slices 1/2" off
> > your nose. You get skin grafts to cover up the wound and endure a
> > week of pain and weeks of swollen nose. Then the bandages come off.
> > Your nose works fine, air goes in, air goes out, no medical problem
> > there. But you don't like the way it looks, kind of short and flat at
> > the end with red scar tissue, or the stares.
> >
> > Oh well, it's nobody's fault, after all you were impatient and tapped
> > on the glass, so you accept responsibilty and spring for $50k medical
> > expenses and cosmetic surgery yourself.
> >
> > Sue(tm)
> > Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
>
>
> In that case, you file a claim with the store's insurance policy (BTW,
> it should have been safety glass in the door.) I don't know that you'd
> get the $50k.

Actually you'd get a whole lot more... the many millions for pain and
suffering will make the actual medical costs look like chump change.

Sheldon