Comments on: Landmark Pub Update: Falling Glass, Lawsuits, and $5.75 Million FIRM http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/04/09/sue-the-city-for-falling-glass/ Community website for the Park Slope neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:16:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Red Man In http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/04/09/sue-the-city-for-falling-glass/#comment-16813 Red Man In Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:43:43 +0000 http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/04/09/sue-the-city-for-falling-glass/#comment-16813 What an experience she must have had. I wasn't there to witness the awful event, or rather, the awful event that never came to fruition. I understand that we experience things in life that thrust us where we weren't expecting. It's frightening, I'm sure, to survive (without a scratch) a huge piece of glass almost cutting your head off. I'm confused, however, as to why she is suing? Will I be able to sue someday for something I read about in the paper the following day, arguing that I had been there when it happened- granted to someone else, but nonetheless might have happened to me? There is always potential. It could have been her and not just the roof of her car. It wasn't her head or her arm or her leg. This seems more like a class-action suit than one belonging exclusively to her. The neighborhood has endured the ugly building for almost two decades, is it? (Poor, poor rich Park Slope.) In light of her experience, I would support her being given some remuneration for the car, and perhaps money to cover the PTSD that she is possibly experiencing (I'll need receipts, please.), but $5.75m is outrageous. Even if she opts for a non-sliding therapist at $225/hour, three times a week, she won't come close. (Hell, she could find one that slides like the rest of us.) I'll gladly stand corrected if I missed the part where it said she lost an arm and a leg in the accident. But should NYC residents lose theirs just because she almost lost hers? What an experience she must have had. I wasn’t there to witness the awful event, or rather, the awful event that never came to fruition. I understand that we experience things in life that thrust us where we weren’t expecting. It’s frightening, I’m sure, to survive (without a scratch) a huge piece of glass almost cutting your head off. I’m confused, however, as to why she is suing? Will I be able to sue someday for something I read about in the paper the following day, arguing that I had been there when it happened- granted to someone else, but nonetheless might have happened to me? There is always potential. It could have been her and not just the roof of her car. It wasn’t her head or her arm or her leg.

This seems more like a class-action suit than one belonging exclusively to her. The neighborhood has endured the ugly building for almost two decades, is it? (Poor, poor rich Park Slope.) In light of her experience, I would support her being given some remuneration for the car, and perhaps money to cover the PTSD that she is possibly experiencing (I’ll need receipts, please.), but $5.75m is outrageous. Even if she opts for a non-sliding therapist at $225/hour, three times a week, she won’t come close. (Hell, she could find one that slides like the rest of us.) I’ll gladly stand corrected if I missed the part where it said she lost an arm and a leg in the accident. But should NYC residents lose theirs just because she almost lost hers?

]]> By: John http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/04/09/sue-the-city-for-falling-glass/#comment-5198 John Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:53:11 +0000 http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/04/09/sue-the-city-for-falling-glass/#comment-5198 Oh, I didn't look at the photo first. Ragtop? Woman? Oh, I didn’t look at the photo first. Ragtop? Woman?

]]> By: John http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/04/09/sue-the-city-for-falling-glass/#comment-5197 John Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:52:04 +0000 http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/04/09/sue-the-city-for-falling-glass/#comment-5197 How did it almost un-preserve the preservationist if she was across the street when it fell?? I live across the street from it and I am so glad that nobody has touched it yet. Eyesore? Try 12 more families with 12 more strollers, 12 more Subaru's, and probably another ice cream parlor/tea lounge. PS, I hear it's haunted. THe one good thing about the scaffolding or urban tunnel or whatever is that there is a dry place for my dog to poop. How did it almost un-preserve the preservationist if she was across the street when it fell?? I live across the street from it and I am so glad that nobody has touched it yet. Eyesore? Try 12 more families with 12 more strollers, 12 more Subaru’s, and probably another ice cream parlor/tea lounge. PS, I hear it’s haunted. THe one good thing about the scaffolding or urban tunnel or whatever is that there is a dry place for my dog to poop.

]]> By: daily slope http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/04/09/sue-the-city-for-falling-glass/#comment-5149 daily slope Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:00:54 +0000 http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/04/09/sue-the-city-for-falling-glass/#comment-5149 Sorry. Looks like the correct term for it is "sidewalk tunnel" or "sidewalk shed". I have always referred to it as scaffolding (incorrectly, apparently). Here's the quote from the Brooklyn Papers article: "The complaint was dismissed after an inspector found sidewalk tunnels around the building and boards over the windows, work that had been done several months earlier." "Kate Lindquist, a spokeswoman for the department, said the city would 'continue to re-inspect the building and the sidewalk shed and issue violations when warranted.'” Sorry. Looks like the correct term for it is “sidewalk tunnel” or “sidewalk shed”. I have always referred to it as scaffolding (incorrectly, apparently).

Here’s the quote from the Brooklyn Papers article:

“The complaint was dismissed after an inspector found sidewalk tunnels around the building and boards over the windows, work that had been done several months earlier.”

“Kate Lindquist, a spokeswoman for the department, said the city would ‘continue to re-inspect the building and the sidewalk shed and issue violations when warranted.’”

]]> By: patronzo http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/04/09/sue-the-city-for-falling-glass/#comment-5143 patronzo Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:25:56 +0000 http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/04/09/sue-the-city-for-falling-glass/#comment-5143 what are you talking about.. scaffolding? there's no scaffolding there now and there never HAS been in the 25-yrs i've lived in the slope. what are you talking about.. scaffolding? there’s no scaffolding there now and there never HAS been in the 25-yrs i’ve lived in the slope.

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