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83-Year-Old Woman Suing Apple for $1 Million After Walking into Glass Door

Mar. 26, 2012 2:20pm Erica Ritz

NY Woman Sues Apple for $1 Million After Walking into Glass Door

Apple has placed warning strips on the glass of its Manhasset store (Photo: IB Times)

A New York woman is suing Apple after walking face-first into one of their glass doors. She reportedly broke her nose as a result of the incident, and is suing Apple for $75,000 in medical expenses, and $1 million in punitive damages.

Evelyn Paswall, 83, is claiming that the doors pose a risk to the elderly. Her suit claims that “The defendant was negligent . . . in allowing a clear, see-through glass wall and/or door to exist without proper warning.”

Her attorney, Derek T. Smith, added:

‘Apple wants to be cool and modern and have the type of architecture that would appeal to the tech crowd, but on the other hand, they have to appreciate the danger that this high-tech modern architecture poses to some people.’

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‘There were no markings on the glass or they were inadequate,” he [continued]. ‘My client is an octogenarian. She sees well, but she did not see any glass…The stereotypical Apple customer is a Gen-Y person or a teenager or a college student, but they have to realize that the elderly generation are their customers, too…’

Many are saying the lawsuit is overly litigious, and having “warning” signs on glass doors is absolutely unnecessary.

And that brings us to this video, which notes 25 other “ridiculous” lawsuits:

(H/T: Twitchy)

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ENTP
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:59pm
The business Martin Paswall Inc, that this woman Evelyn is associated with (she hold several titles including VP) is located in a builing that has glass doors as well. What is the difference? She knows the glass doors at her building are there & she thought this building just magically didn’t have any doors? Weird. Check out her building on google earth or your apple map app. Address for building that business is 345 7th avenue, New York. I zoomed into “street view” @ you can clearly see her building has glass doors!!!’n

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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 26, 2012 at 6:55pm
  Great information. Google could counter sue & call it community service. Someone needs to keep frivolous lawsuits at bay.
  
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- 83plus
  Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:03pm
  Unbelievable, traditionally people open the door first.
  
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- AOL_REFUGEE
  Posted on March 27, 2012 at 2:13pm
  Some people just shouldn’t leave the house. This is one of them. That’s negligent on her part.
  
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ENTP
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:44pm
Wow, “GOOGLE” is loving this! Makes ya wonder…

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rationallyurs
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:42pm
obviously a dimocrap

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grandmaof5
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:37pm
Stupid is as stupid does. Perhaps she should sue her eye doctor too, and her psychiatrist, and the glass company for manufacturing a door that contains glass. Weren’t the handles and hinges a clue that there was a door there? How about a shower door, should there be a warning on that too? Does a step-up or step-down need a warning too? How about taking personal responsibility for just being stupid.

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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:45pm
  Did she think it was an open air store – no walls?
  
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- RamonPreston
  Posted on March 27, 2012 at 4:20am
  and the stupid lawyer who put her up to this
  
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- prage2001
  Posted on March 27, 2012 at 5:20am
  She could just send the surveillance tape (assuming there is one) to Americas Funniest Home Videos and make a quick buck. I know I love watching doors maliciously attack old people.
  
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Hickory
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:36pm
Good thing they weren’t serving hot coffee………………………….

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- Robert-CA
  Posted on March 26, 2012 at 8:11pm
  That’s a good one :)
  
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ThurstonHowellIV
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:34pm
I suppose that having lived for 83 years, she was simply remembering the good old days when none of the stores in New York needed doors so they all were open to the street.

With $76 Billion in cash reserves it’s GOT to be Apple’s fault that she made a stupid error.

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momrules
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:19pm
It isn’t that she is old. it is just greed and irresponsibilty again. Those kind of people come in every age group.
I hope Apple doesn’t cave or pay her a dime.

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- RamonPreston
  Posted on March 27, 2012 at 4:22am
  If they drag it out in court she will be dead before it gets settled
  
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robinakilt
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:19pm
Damn you Apple for keeping your glass walls so clean! Good thing she did not fall and break her hip because if a broken nose is worth $1,000,000 what would a hip be worth?

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hogman1776
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:14pm
When you make something “Idiot Proof” evolution will come up with a better IDIOT. just sayin’

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- prage2001
  Posted on March 27, 2012 at 5:15am
  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…………………………………………AHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
  
  Funny! I needed that.
  
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- just happy
  Posted on March 27, 2012 at 12:19pm
  ain’t that the sad TRUTH!! LMBO
  
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BULLDOG98
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:59pm
Maybe I should get into the business of making caution tape that can be applied to the entire door. It could say, “PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION you are approaching a glass door it operates like every other door but this message had to be applied because Evelyn Paswall could not see the door.

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calonzap
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:56pm
What an overabundance of gall this old broad has. She walked into a glass door because she’s either too stupid or too blind to be allowed out in public alone and she wants someone else to pay for her bumbling mistake.

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Mikev5
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:53pm
We have all done this at one time usually it’s because we were not paying attention or walking and texting like some idiots do now.Then there is the dreaded glass top coffee table that we all love to hate I have had my shin gouged on many an occasion at a friend’s home I hate glass top tables they suck.

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The Jewish Avenger
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:52pm
She gunna get her some Applebomma bucks?

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MammalOne
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:49pm
“What the hell? Is this some kind of invisible force field?!”

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Mikev5
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:44pm
It’s never their fault that’s crazy get a new pair of glasses lady or if you want to look at it another way she is too blind to be walking on her own.

She should watch out the nanny police may come along and say if you are too old to see properly you should have your license revoked and not be allowed to go anywhere without an escort she is opening up a can of worms with this and it won’t be good for the elderly… watch out its coming.

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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:42pm
I suspect 83 years ago, there were glass doors. 1000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean is a start.

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Sequals3
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:15pm
I am appointing myself as the ‘Lawsuit Tsar’ and any lawsuit filed will have to be approved by me. If I find your lawsuit frivolous and/or absurd, you will be put to death. Just my way of helping to make this planet a little less ******. Any questions?

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- lukerw
  Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:30pm
  Yes… Are you are Harvard Grad :)
  
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- prage2001
  Posted on March 27, 2012 at 5:22am
  Obama!? What are you doing at The Blaze?
  
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coryf076
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:10pm
Does this woman not have windows where she lives? Amazing what people try to get away with these days….at most, Apple should give her a free lesson on how to use there products, as well as how to walk through glass doors.

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Shasta
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:10pm
“The defendant was negligent . . . in allowing a clear, see-through glass wall and/or door to exist without proper warning.”

Anyone with a sliding glass door, like myself and most people I know, are in danger of such a frivolous law suit. Get your stickers now!

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- Mikev5
  Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:47pm
  Did you look at the pic all the glass panes have a marker on them its small but it’s their and at eye level.
  
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- momrules
  Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:22pm
  And Shasta I have walked into my OWN glass doors.
  
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- MyzPhoenyx
  Posted on March 27, 2012 at 8:15am
  I’ve watched many a kid run through a glass door, shut it behind them, shortly followed by another that runs smack into the door, as though they forgot that one existed. This is nuts. Why is no one able to say that they are sometimes the victims of random FAIL moments and move on with life, rather than try to blame someone else for their silly, often avoidable, mistakes.
  This one cost her a broken nose and some embarrassment. And the embarrassment is what that cool million is supposed to cover.
  
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SgtB
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:01pm
I don’t trust the old and I never will. I remember an age old saying that goes…

Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill.

And I like to add the caveat that this is only true when the old indoctrinate the young into blind obedience and reverence for the old. This woman knew what she was doing and knows that she is merely trying to gain profit at the expense of others. In another time and place, she would be stoned to death or put in the stocks so that we could all throw rotten cabbages at her face. She deserves no less than a verbal chastising for her criminal behavior every day for years to come. She should be known to all as a deceitful person and should be looked down upon by all.

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- WeekendAtBernankes
  Posted on March 26, 2012 at 7:59pm
  Stoning, stocking, cabbaging, and chastising unnecessary if we were to undertake some desperately needed TORT REFORM.
  
  She loses, she pays.
  
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- lukerw
  Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:25pm
  Enjoy… your Soylent Green!
  
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SREGN
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 3:58pm
Let the walker beware.

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The Third Archon
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 3:47pm
“Evelyn Paswall, 83, is claiming that the doors pose a risk to the elderly. Her suit claims that “The defendant was negligent . . . in allowing a clear, see-through glass wall and/or door to exist without proper warning.”
WTF?! This fashion of building things out of glass (or other see through synthetic substitutes) is hardly “new”–don’t you have a sliding glass door at home?

I am also a little confused as to how one just walks right into what is OBVIOUSLY a building that one is trying to enter–generally people find what is obviously a DOOR first, before they take a leap of faith and charge headlong into the building…

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progressiveslayer
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 3:46pm
Ah Evelyn ye of poor eyesight your ambulance chaser will zealously represent you I’m sure.

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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on March 26, 2012 at 8:54pm
  good thing she didn’t walk into a volcano
  
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 3:41pm
Bet you those “Windex Crows” were sitting on a branch laughing their tail feathers off…

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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on March 26, 2012 at 3:56pm
  Hilarious!
  
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- MittensKittens
  Posted on March 26, 2012 at 3:58pm
  yeah buddy!
  
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lukerw
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 3:35pm
StrawWoman: Just tell the Wizard… that you need a Brain!

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