“An 800lbs Apple store door falls on a customer in Maryland and breaks his pelvis,” Sarah Rasheed reports for American Live Wire.
“The man, who has not been publicly named, was reportedly shopping at an Apple Store in Bethesda, Maryland when the 800lbs door fell on top of him,” Rasheed reports. “According to his friend, the doors were only recently installed a few days prior to the incident.”
“The Reddit poster, who goes by maxrezn, stated on the website that the doors were installed a couple of days before the accident took place and that it should be Apple’s responsibility to pay for the damage done to his friend,” Rasheed reports. “Max also stated that his friend has already found a lawyer and plans to sue the store for his broken pelvis.”
Read more in the full article here.
Poor guy. Very bad accident. Friend Max sounds like an idiot. Of course Apple will pay for the damages but this was an accident not a lottery win.
Pelvis breakage is horrible, heavy trauma. Considering how insanely pricey treatment and equipment in USA is, the compensation will have to be much higher than it would have been if this accident would occur elsewhere.
More importantly, the party responsible for making/setting the door wrongly should be investigated and heavily punished — if possible, with criminal charges. This thing could have killed the customer, it is literally crime that this accident has happened.
I agree that whoever installed the doors should be held responsible, but it was not intentional and not a “crime”. If it can be proven that the installers were incompetent, then yes, negligence should be charged, but otherwise, it’s just an accident.
Agreed; the severity of this particular civil wrong does not turn it into a “crime”, despite how shitty it is.
and Im pretty sure Apple aren’t in the business on door making or installing. I doubt that this was done by “Bobs Doors” from around the corner and Id say Apple have paperwork to pass the damages on
There actually is a “Bob & Bob Door Co.” in our area – no joke.
I sure hope it wasn’t them – joke.
Bad luck and terrible news but the bottom line is that Apple is surely insured and that’s what insurance is all about. The insurance company will ultimately pay.
Depends. If it was a pattern of knowingly taking risks, from which a reasonable person would have anticipated causing damages, it may be criminal negligence. (IANAL, but if I fire my gun randomly in the air every day, and one day a bullet finally lands and hits somebody, it’s only SORT OF an accident, and I should be charged with a crime.)
Don’t quit your day job
I thought this was fake — or a joke — when I saw the headline. It bothers me that all the “friend” wants to do is cash-in. If you really cared, would you be posting to Reddit? Wouldn’t you at least post to Facebook to let your mutual friends know what’s going on?
If this is completely real and honest, Max has done some damage to his friend’s case. He should be quiet.
It happened on Christmas Eve, and he’s moaning that Apple haven’t settled yet?
I’m sure Apple would compensate him more if he had not already reached for his lawyer.
I doubt Apple would want to have any substantive talk with the victim without his having found an attorney. Apple will want any settlement to stick legally and be free from any possibility that they misled the man by giving him legal advice. I.e. Apple is a professional organization and encouraging litigants not to have attorneys would be very short sighed.
Show him the door
Classic!
The veracity of reddit as a news source is pretty thin gruel. If you read the thread, the eager discussants theorize on the thickness and density of glass making up the door. It is more likely that the door weighs 200-250 lbs, still no hollow-core, but not a human flattening experience. Sympathy to the injured person. No props to the human carrion eaters who stand around photographing people in trouble. Liability blah blah blah. Lawyer up.
dd
Photographs are what separate fact from wild speculation.
Bizarre. I’ve never seen the Apple store doors closed except at new product launch times. Usually they are hidden behind the panels at the sides of the open storefront that every Apple store has.
It would be interesting to hear what actually happened and how the door came to be in the open and not behind their open-position panels where they usually are.
The doors are rarely open at the Apple Stores not in malls. That may be the case here. Swinging door that came off the hinge.
The doors weren’t open because the store was closed. Victim and friend attempted a smash-and-grab and failed. Security camera video will be featured in a late-March episode of America’s Funniest Videos.
Hope he signed up at Healthcare.gov already and will be covered by January 1st.
shit happens.
botvinnik happens.
I hope you make your New Year’s resolution to develop a wit.
And shine them goody two shoes…
Trolls do not possess wit. Just venom.
“venom” is the very definition of botvijerk.
Same thing.
I was at Walmart the other day and several of those rollback signs fell off a TV display near me. I was traumatized by the event and feel I should sue for mental anguish. How can I feel safe walking by retail store displays ever again. Time to get a lawyer.
It is unfortunate that this happened to the guy, if it was really an accident, Apple should take care of the guy.
Where there any Amazonian women nearby?
A door just falling down seems impossible to me. Weird.
don’t become unhinged about it.
It is a terrible outcome and the installer should get off Scott Free while Apple should turn over half the company to the unfortunate man. Maybe more.
. . . says his lawyer.
scot-free |ˈˌskɑt ˈˌfri|
adverb
without suffering any punishment or injury: the people who kidnapped you will get off scot-free.
ORIGIN from the early sense ‘not subject to the payment of scot.’
Scott Free is the goalie for Manchester United.
Thanks.
Now you Americans will get people blocking the entrances and exits of Apple stores in droves, waiting for the doors to fall down on them – for their personal “windfall”.
😉
Sorry for the dude with the broken pelvis – judging from my own femoral neck bone fraction, it will probably take him the better part of a year to get fit again.
PS: hope his name wasn’t “Elvis”….
Apple usually has people in front of the doors to keep people back. If you’ve ever seen an iPhone debut, it’s all carefully coordinated. They’ll only let a few people in at a time, and there’s no rushing the door like you see at your typical Walmart, Best Buy, etc. like you’ll see on a Black Friday.
When the man was asked what insurance he had?
He replied, “AppleCare!”
And Apple will sue the company that installed the doors. Last time I checked, Apple makes and sells electronics. I’ve never seen them advertise as door installers. Obviously, the insurance companies will duke this out and settle. That’s why companies have liability insurance. This story try’s to make Apple look guilty for something that isn’t their fault. I guess as long as someone can get a dig at Apple, they’re happy. Typical!
I don’t see the story in the Post or the Times or the Sun. Considering where the story is reported, it sounds a bit fishy. I don’t doubt there was a serious injury here, but the story surrounding Apple’s response sounds really wrong. Let’s hope this gets cleared up.
This guy is lucky that the 800 lbs door did not crush him to death. Unfortunately once this guy realized he was still alive, that’s when he saw dollar signs. Apple better get lawyers in dealing with this guy and the questionable door installers.
A more reliable source for the story, for those of us who doubted its veracity. The fire spokesperson quoted is a real person, so anyone who wants to can contact them and get a first-hand confirmation.
http://www.bethesdanow.com/2013/12/24/door-at-apple-store-falls-on-bethesda-row-pedestrian/
If this was an accident, Apple or the installer likely has insurance for this type of thing. Godspeed for a full recovery to the fellow who was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
800 pound door falls on customer breaking his pelvis
800 pound door falls on customer, breaking his pelvis
Which one is correct?
The first one tells us that the customer was busy in the act of breaking his own pelvis while interrupted by a falling 800 pound door.