While it may not be on par with the defendant who won that big lawsuit with McDonald’s over their coffee being too hot, Apple is again faced with legal action, this time from an 83-year-old woman who walked into the glass door at a Long Island retail location.
CBS 2 New York is reporting that 83-year-old Evelyn Paswall of Queens is looking to collect upwards of a million bucks from Apple Inc. after “smashing her face on a glass door at a Long Island Apple Store” -- which she now considers “a risk to the elderly.”
While she may not have seen that glass door coming, anyone reading this story can probably see where her attorney is coming from. “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,” attorney Derek T. Smith told The Post.
For her part, Paswall claims she didn’t know she was about to walk into “a wall of glass” as she approached the store, but “that she broke her nose as a result of the collision.”
The lawsuit claims “The defendant was negligent . . . in allowing a clear, see-through glass wall and/or door to exist without proper warning.” While Apple has yet to make a statement on the matter, warning strips have been posted on the glass at the Apple Store in question as of Saturday morning.
Sadly, the report doesn’t reveal what Paswall was intending to purchase at the Apple Store, but we’d sure like to know. In the meantime, feel better, Evelyn! (And for the record, we're not suggesting that she's evil... just that Dr. Evil might have found an easier way to make a million bucks.)
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LSCare
March 28, 2012 at 3:39am
I had written a massive rant here. Then I decided it was just as easy to say:
Really? I mean... Really?
Look at the storefront using the link... How can you not think that this is anything but glass.
Susie Ochs
March 26, 2012 at 11:06am
I'm young and I've crashed into glass doors before. Never at a store, only in people's homes. Did I sue my friends? No, I took it as a sign that I need to WATCH WHERE I AM GOING and PAY BETTER ATTENTION. I wonder if she would have sued a dollar store that had a glass door and shallower pockets than Apple.
You think this'll get thrown out? Or will they just settle to make it go away?
StoneCRM114
March 27, 2012 at 10:30am
My hope is that it'll get thrown out, but I'm sure there are pasts of this case we don't know about that might have a baring on the case.
StoneCRM114
March 26, 2012 at 10:42am
BTW, this is actually very different from the lawsuit with McDonalds. That case involved criminal negligence on the part of the staff of McDonalds, who deliberately and consistently ignored safety standards setup in the proper handling of the coffee maker. Essentially super heating the coffee, in order for it to taste fresher longer, and therefore save money on brewing coffee by throwing out stale coffee less often. The woman received 3rd degree burns over her entire pelvic region because that McDonalds wanted to save a couple extra dollars on coffee.
Where as this is an unfortunate accident that befell an older woman, and most likely led by a lawyer seeking a big payoff. I hate that she broke her nose, but it sounds more like she needs an eye exam.
molotovmouse
March 26, 2012 at 10:24am
The doors have handles. They're not completely invisible. Maybe she should have her eyes checked. As for her breaking her nose, well she's old and things break a lot easier when you're old.
Hopefully Apple can keep this from going to trial where she'd play the sympathy card.
mrfergus
March 26, 2012 at 7:13am
I'm 71 and 50% disabled from military service, I'm sorry that the lady smashed her face, but the problem is her's not Apples, sounds like lawyer greed.
