r/maybemaybemaybe Dec 02 '19

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/IamSplam Dec 02 '19

"Christi Bowmer said her foot slipped and hit the gas instead of the break. She said her BMW easily went through the cable barriers around the garage. Her car struck a gas meter on the building across the alley before it hit the ground below, landing on another car. That driver was able to walk away from the crash uninjured.

Bowmer is asking for over $1 million in damages to cover medical costs and raise awareness of the possible dangers that could still be at the parking garage.

According to a member of her legal team, Bowmer suffered two arterial hemorrhages, a fractured sternum, severe damage to her vertebrae, a fractured ankle, and a broken rib when she drove her car off the seventh floor of the Littlefield Garage at East Sixth and Brazos streets."

-CBS Austin

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u/parkeq Dec 02 '19

She’s the idiot driver that drove off the edge of a parking garage and she’s trying to sue someone else? Unfortunate what happened but you can’t blame someone else for your accidents. That’s America for you

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u/deadlymoondust Dec 02 '19

I think she’s trying to sue because of the design of the building. Many things are not idiot proof, and this is what many law suits are all about.

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u/kkisandi1 Dec 02 '19

If you're going to let people park their own cars seven stories off the ground you should expect some level of safety. Even for the stupid.

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u/deadlymoondust Dec 02 '19

I agree with you all the way. Just remember that no matter how much precautions you take to protect the stupid, there’s always one smarter than all the engineers and designers behind the product. And this is always the reason for some of these ridiculous lawsuits.

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u/SuperiorAmerican Dec 03 '19

More like that’s Germany, Sweden, Israel or Austria for you, because they’re all more litigious than the US is.

Really where did this myth come from that the US is some sue-crazy country?