The Privy Report
Copyright© 2022 by Old Grey Duck
Chapter 6
Hello everyone! Slight change in topic. For now, maybe? Below is a sampling of strange lawsuits. I’m certain that several of you will share additional pieces of information on the subject, and I will post them when received.
Strange Lawsuits:
The Plaintiff: Deborah Martorano The Defendant: Bloomingdales Department Stores The Lawsuit: Martorano claimed that she was wrongfully sprayed with perfume by a store employee. (How many times have we seen or encountered some over-eager clerk who will come along and blast a person with a fragrance?) On April 30, 1984, she was shopping for a blouse while on her lunch break, when a roving perfume demonstrator approached her and blasted her. Martorano’s lawyer claimed that his client, a lifelong asthma sufferer, spent ten days in a New York hospital as a result of ‘respiratory distress’ from the unwanted spritz.
The Result/Verdict: Martorano accepted a $75,000 settlement from the store.
The Plaintiff: The estate of unidentified 34 year old co-pilot The Defendant: Gates Leer Jet Corporation The Lawsuit: The estate claimed that the jets windshield was not thick enough. In 1987, an 11.5 pound loon crashed through the windshield of a ‘state of the art’ jet during takeoff, killing the loon and the co-pilot.The estate claimed that the windshield should have been ‘bird-proofed’ It was, according to Gates Leersaid, but only for birds weighing up to four pounds.
The Result/Verdict: A Michigane Circuit Court awarded the estate $1.5 million in compensation.
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