Absolutely true. They often barrel through grocery stores with the operators giving no thought of whether a shopper is around a corner. A few years back someone ran over my foot. Not even an apology...
Cruises are even worse. So many using scooters at top speed, with operators often demanding the right of way.
In my early years after I passed my Bar exam and character background check, I was hired by a personal injury law firm, which wasn’t my cup of tea, but we all have to start somewhere, I was assigned a case of a woman that was run into by another woman operating an electrical wheelchair. Her claim was she hit the wrong control.
The main attorney that owned the firm told me that it was a good case for me to begin my career on, but not to use a lot of time trying to win this case because judges are known to toss these types of case. However, in this case, my client suffered a broken ankle, which became infected and landed the woman in the hospital and she had missed almost 4 months of work. There was a lowball offer to settle, but my client laughed at it, so we went to court.
I found a similar case that was tried and then appealed to the Louisiana Appellate Court and they sent the case back to the state court because the Appellate Court didn’t think the state court took into consideration the amount of damages the client paid out of pocket. It was an almost identical case.
In the new trial, my client won payment for cost of care and damages, loss of wages and punitive damages. Loss of Consortium was also awarded to the husband. I think there was an additional award, but that was too many years ago to remember. My boss was amazed and told me I would be a great litigator someday. I took his opinion with a grain of salt.
