Man files $35M claim against City of San Diego after tripping over parking meter base


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A 70-year-old man is seeking $35 million in damages from the City of San Diego after he allegedly tripped over exposed bolts left behind when a parking meter was removed, suffering fractures to his neck and back. His attorney filed the claim on June 26, arguing the accident was preventable and blaming the city for failing to eliminate the sidewalk hazard.
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2 +1 Lostcoss.82 1 month ago

Self inflicted. How much lower could those meters get?

3 +1 Quint_Beastwood 1 month ago

That's your dumb fault. Watch where you're going, geezer!

2 +1 Galaga 1 month ago

i'm okay with that

7 +1 Lemmiwinks 1 month ago

I hope he loses. Fucking entitled boomer costing tax payers for his blatant “whoopsie”

7 +1 Gerorge Peele 1 month ago

He will win easily. 8-)

(1) Does the city owe him a duty of care? Yes. They owe a duty of care towards pedestrians. They are in law 'neighbors'.
(2) Did the city breach its duty of care by leaving bolts exposed? In other words, would a reasonable person think a pedestrian tripping over exposed bolts and suffering an injury was reasonably foreseeable? I would say it is readily foreseeable that someone could fall over exposed bolts, especially an old infirm pedestrian.
(3) Did the breach of its duty by the city cause the plaintiff his loss? We have video evidence that he fell over the exposed bolts and struck the car. Unless those were preexisting injuries, the city's breach of its duty of care caused the fractures to the neck and back. :P

What if it was a child that simply tripped and planted their face on the exposed bolts? What idiot leaves bolts sticking up? How hard is it to take the bolts out?

2 +1 jfk66 1 month ago

Old shit is too senile to wear his damn glasses......Back to the nursing home with the useless cunt.....

7 +1 WhitePower26 1 month ago

The American dream

11 +1 JobyFluorine 1 month ago

Maybe pick up you fucking feet, maroon. He wasn't walking, he was moseying, like cattle.

10 +1 Bellybutton 1 month ago

DEI gubment worker too lazy to finish the job!
Also, if you’re disabled you should always watch where you step.

4 +1 uberschadenfreude 1 month ago

I didn’t see any scalding hot coffee. Case dismissed.

6 +1 BillD.Wall 1 month ago

5 mill if a legal US citizen

5 +1 tommix1 1 month ago

He's definitely got a case but likely will settle for 5 mill.