I am being sued

[TheBluesader]

I work at an American retail giant, and I once had a customer threaten to sue me and the company because the Pepsi vendor screwed up an endcap sign that said a 12 pack of soda was $.99. When she told me I called my manager over, and he proceeded to get into this huge screaming match with her about how he didn't have to sell her anything at any price because a sign wasn't a legally binding contract.

Later in the parking lot after work, the woman called me over to her car and said she wouldn't sue me but might sue the company and told me to expect to be called as a witness. I said I wondered if she actually had a case. She said she was certain she did, because she's a paralegal.

The next day the overnight supervisor told me the woman called corporate headquarters and threatened to sue. They told her she didn't have a case, and that if she didn't behave herself they'd ban her from shopping at any of their retail outlets.

Needless to say, I was never sued or called as a witness.

I know this has little to do with the topic of this thread. I hope everything works out well for you, Reaper.

 

[Fraught]

You hit another car head on by not observing the road conditions and adjusting your driving accordingly. Sucks to be you but it's your fault. You sound like one of those people who barrels on at 110 on the freeway in pouring rain with 0 visibility "cause I'm doing the speed limit so it's safe"

Hope you get sued into bankrupcy and aren't ever coming the other way on any road I am driving on .

Hope I never meet a grouchy-face like you in real life ;/ By Apollo, what crawled up your arse and died this morning?

My god, I think it's the old lady who sued reaper_2k9. Or just that old lady crawled up his arse, and di...wait, wait, yup, she still lives there.

But yeah, it has been already said. She only wants money.

 

[Jaythulhu]

..my heart is swelling

Sounds like something incurred as a result of her inability to find appropriate parking for the situation/location. Anxiety attacks + heart swelling... perhaps a counter-suit?

I think your right after the accident I began to run around snuggling kittens instead of eating them...my god what happened to me????

Hah! That sounds like mental trauma. Unfortunately I grew up with australian lawyers, so my knowledge of american law is limited. Sounds like she doesn't have a leg to stand on, but our court system is reasonably different.

 

[shadow_pirate22]

DO A BARREL ROLL!

 

[Zomni42]

If i were you.. i'd ask your lawyer and not the Escapists brought up on Law and Order and the Ace Attorney series... just saying. Not that i now anything really.. but if your in a no fault state, i'd say you're fine, but again.. proly a better idea to ask a lawyer... and not a gaming magazine...

finally if you take anyone's advice from the forumn.. even mine.. your likely hood of getting screwed went up by ALOT. JUST SAYING

For me personally, it's having some experience in law from a couple of classes, knowing a few lawyers, and admittedly watching a lot of television. Although the only Law and Order series that could even remotely help here would be Trial by Jury, which I never really liked.

Although, if you read through the previous posts, a lot of people suggest talking to their lawyer. It's actually a very common trend, which is something you seem to think we're incapable of. Frankly, I find it kind of insulting that you peg each of our words of advice as increased likelihood of screwing something up. According to what I've seen everything but "Run like hell, to Mexico." has been pretty decent advice, with exception to the obvious jokes.

I didn't mean to be insulting, I'm just saying that while some advice may be good, going on any one person's advice on anything chances that something will go wrong will go up. The only law experience i've ever had has been being involved w/ a car crash my self, (i didn't get sued so it's not like i had any other than an occasional letter from my insurance agency saying something which seemed important about law). While the Escapists forums may be inhabited by inteligent people, and from what i've seen, they are, taking legal advice from any forum seems like a bad idea to me. Infact i was more trying to offer a calm state of mind and a more cautionary approach to the whole problem, i did not mean to insinuate anything negative about other posters. However upon rereading my post i see how one can read it that way. I'm sorry.

 

[Brett Alex]

Some people just need to be shot...

Maybe just a savage beating. We'll save the shooting for people like Mugabe yeah?

I mean if you just go round shooting everyone it makes each bullet less special.

 

[Arcadia2000]

I mean if you just go round shooting everyone it makes each bullet less special.

You make me smile. ~hugs teh shiny buwwets~ <3 ~whispers~ You are all special...

 

[Riicek]

I work at an American retail giant, and I once had a customer threaten to sue me and the company because the Pepsi vendor screwed up an endcap sign that said a 12 pack of soda was $.99. When she told me I called my manager over, and he proceeded to get into this huge screaming match with her about how he didn't have to sell her anything at any price because a sign wasn't a legally binding contract.

Later in the parking lot after work, the woman called me over to her car and said she wouldn't sue me but might sue the company and told me to expect to be called as a witness. I said I wondered if she actually had a case. She said she was certain she did, because she's a paralegal.

The next day the overnight supervisor told me the woman called corporate headquarters and threatened to sue. They told her she didn't have a case, and that if she didn't behave herself they'd ban her from shopping at any of their retail outlets.

Needless to say, I was never sued or called as a witness.

I know this has little to do with the topic of this thread. I hope everything works out well for you, Reaper.

Haha. I work at a grocery store and once dealt with a customer who had come back after doing his shopping, receipt in hand. He was absolutely livid that he'd been overcharged on not one but three items. He explained to me that he not only wanted his money back, but that the store should expect litigation. (The fact that people really think they're going to get anywhere with something like this really amazes me.) I explained to the man that before ok'ing a refund I would just need to check the prices, and invited the man to come with me. Every single item was marked the same price as he had paid. Somehow, he didn't even seem embarrassed.