83-Year-Old Woman Suing Apple for $1 Million After Walking into Glass Door
- Posted on March 26, 2012 at 2:20pm by
Erica Ritz
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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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Comments (71)
ENTP
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:59pmThe 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
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 6:55pmGreat information. Google could counter sue & call it community service. Someone needs to keep frivolous lawsuits at bay.
Report Post »83plus
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:03pmUnbelievable, traditionally people open the door first.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on March 27, 2012 at 2:13pmSome people just shouldn’t leave the house. This is one of them. That’s negligent on her part.
Report Post »ENTP
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:44pmWow, “GOOGLE” is loving this! Makes ya wonder…
Report Post »rationallyurs
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:42pmobviously a dimocrap
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:37pmStupid 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.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:45pmDid she think it was an open air store – no walls?
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on March 27, 2012 at 4:20amand the stupid lawyer who put her up to this
Report Post »prage2001
Posted on March 27, 2012 at 5:20amShe 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.
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:36pmGood thing they weren’t serving hot coffee………………………….
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 8:11pmThat’s a good one :)
Report Post »ThurstonHowellIV
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:34pmI 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.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:19pmIt isn’t that she is old. it is just greed and irresponsibilty again. Those kind of people come in every age group.
Report Post »I hope Apple doesn’t cave or pay her a dime.
RamonPreston
Posted on March 27, 2012 at 4:22amIf they drag it out in court she will be dead before it gets settled
Report Post »robinakilt
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:19pmDamn 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?
Report Post »hogman1776
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:14pmWhen you make something “Idiot Proof” evolution will come up with a better IDIOT. just sayin’
Report Post »prage2001
Posted on March 27, 2012 at 5:15amHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…………………………………………AHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Funny! I needed that.
Report Post »just happy
Posted on March 27, 2012 at 12:19pmain’t that the sad TRUTH!! LMBO
Report Post »BULLDOG98
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:59pmMaybe 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.
Report Post »calonzap
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:56pmWhat 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.
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:53pmWe 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.
Report Post »The Jewish Avenger
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:52pmShe gunna get her some Applebomma bucks?
Report Post »MammalOne
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:49pm“What the hell? Is this some kind of invisible force field?!”
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:44pmIt’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.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:42pmI suspect 83 years ago, there were glass doors. 1000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean is a start.
Report Post »Sequals3
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:15pmI 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?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:30pmYes… Are you are Harvard Grad :)
Report Post »prage2001
Posted on March 27, 2012 at 5:22amObama!? What are you doing at The Blaze?
Report Post »coryf076
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:10pmDoes 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.
Report Post »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!
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:47pmDid you look at the pic all the glass panes have a marker on them its small but it’s their and at eye level.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 5:22pmAnd Shasta I have walked into my OWN glass doors.
Report Post »MyzPhoenyx
Posted on March 27, 2012 at 8:15amI’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.
Report Post »This one cost her a broken nose and some embarrassment. And the embarrassment is what that cool million is supposed to cover.
SgtB
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:01pmI 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.
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 7:59pmStoning, stocking, cabbaging, and chastising unnecessary if we were to undertake some desperately needed TORT REFORM.
She loses, she pays.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:25pmEnjoy… your Soylent Green!
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 3:58pmLet the walker beware.
Report Post »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…
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 3:46pmAh Evelyn ye of poor eyesight your ambulance chaser will zealously represent you I’m sure.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 8:54pmgood thing she didn’t walk into a volcano
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 3:41pmBet you those “Windex Crows” were sitting on a branch laughing their tail feathers off…
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 3:56pmHilarious!
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 3:58pmyeah buddy!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 26, 2012 at 3:35pmStrawWoman: Just tell the Wizard… that you need a Brain!
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