Happened with my mother. Accidentally fell and quickly went downhill afterward.

Yeah, it concerns me that the medical staff who attended to her wanted to x-ray her hip. It might just be a precaution, because the thing is, hips break easily and often in the elderly, and as my mother (a nurse) always says, "They're never the same after that."

The statistics for older people falling, breaking hips... after you break a hip, the statistics are not good:(

@@walkerlocker6126 why wouldn't they just x ray? that made no sense i fell and i got x ray i was fine but i think the hospital has to or they are liable!

Then she should be extra careful not to trip over stationary objects 🧐

Right? They would have gone after his insurance or that of the HOA. I’m surprised the judge didn’t dismiss without prejudice and suggest something like that to her. She got cheated.

Crazy that she didn’t. I’m a personal injury attorney and I would have went for $1mill for a permanent injury.

It sure does! He had an obligation to notify the tenants! SMDH

Yes, this is absolutely way beyond a civil case.

I agree and my thought at first was that she didn't have a strong enough case to go bigger than small claims court. But after listening to the case I believe she did!

Exactly!

she sued the wrong person and the judge should have known better . as soon as the defendant told the judge he did not give permission or know about it then she should have told the plaintiff that she would have to sue the owner of the truck .

most likely she tried that, because he testified she tried suing other people.

@@marilynwillett804: If she had tried that and lost the case then the judge must have found something wrong with her story.

It was his fault because he wasn’t paying attention for what his tenants were doing

That's got to be heartbreaking. At that age it's great to be up and moving around, and to lose that over negligence is just awful. She may walk again but I can guarantee she'll never be back at 100%

Y’all have the most fake sympathy. You do not know that lady. She was def lying. I’m glad judge didn’t take her word for it

The landlord needs to make sure the idiot is not parking commercial vehicles and its HIS responsibility to know who he is renting too and to give a copy of the cCCR to the tenants. He was rightfully sued. The tenants do this shit all the time

There does not have to be PROOF. The standard for negligence is “knew or SHOULD HAVE KNOWN” and an attentive landlord who obviously lives on the property because he’s on the board SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. See, this is the stuff you learn in ACTUAL law school. Then you get to stay up until 2 a.m. working and correcting arrogant morons who think the law is whatever they feel it is. Sit down.

@@Nocgirl What does knowing who you're renting to have to do with anything?

@@DavidKen878 if you know they have commerical vehicles then you know they cant park on the property. a landlord has to pass the rules down to their tenants.

@@DavidKen878 you do know the defendant was on the HOA board for fuck sake, so he needs to make sure tenants follow the CCCR's

I disagree she should be suing all parties involved the landlord is ultimately responsible for the property if he knew and gave that person the ok to park that commercial vehicle he is liable and the owner of the truck should be sued as wel

Very beautiful

I don’t think she can get anything down the line or in the future. They sign a waiver when they go on the peoples court whatever they win that’s all she gets. The man got lucky . The peoples court pays that $1500.

@@hutchu1 The lawsuit is still absurd. Just because you think she's well preserved doesn't mean she's not responsible for looking at where she's walking.

If judge gave her 3,000 at least, she shouldn't 'have to' pursue anything further. She is elderly...could have had a serious head injury or fracture. The man should have paid her himself....a gentleman would have. Commercials vehicles are not allowed there...no-one is expecting a chain or cable there...tied to a pole...where it should not be!

EWWWWW!!!!!

I'm just wondering why in your scenario the blind or sight impaired person was driving a car, or needed a parking spot.

@@Claybo blind or sight impaired pp can be passengers in a vehicle that would require them to walk to it or that they simply have the right to walk past parked cars.

@@Melaninatedbeauty43 so you mean to tell me whoever drove them, and parked in a parking spot, just let them wander into a hazard and didn't say a word?

I would have put a cone or something because I know I would have been the 1st person to trip over that myself

My mom does this a lot just walking not noticing anything. It’s annoying because she trips over stuff a lot.

Totally agree. I was surprised she didn't sue for dental work, that would be easy to prove, it's a legit disfigurement and that's costly.

The lady's son doesn't have medical evidence.

@@alphonserollins5308 why would he have it?

no matter how sweet people may think the plaintiff is , there was no evidence that the landlord knew about the situation and i think the woman fell because she is elderly and did not see where she was going and its just something that can happen when we age , we cant go around suing the world because we got old . bad verdict . and one more thing , i dont believe for one second that this elderly woman is not on every possible govt program she can get and i know damn well she has medicare so she was just looking for some easy cash becuz she got mad that she fell and wanted to blame someone else .

@@marleonetti7 Wow, you said a lot with no substance. First… Say you don’t understand law and CC & R’s without saying that. It clearly stated in the CC & R’s of the DEFENDANT’s complex that no commercial vehicles can park there overnight, period. So whether this woman was just elderly or not, the chain she tripped over should not have been there. Second… damn, you know nothing about that woman and your assumption is she's on every public assistance? She’s lived in the same place that she OWNS for 49 years, stated she had HMO and JM would have been able to tell if that was BS by looking at the medical paperwork. Sorry… your nonsense take doesn't stand too well.

exactly

@@pinkbuttercup2023 or knowing the CCRs but making "exceptions" for his "friends/tenants"

She gave her $1,500 and it was awarded in pain and suffering, meaning she can sue for medical bills once she has proof. 🤓

maybe medicare knew she was exaggerating about needing a walker . i saw how she was walking with it when the case was over . she was walking fast and normal with no limp or odd movements but she appeared to be just pushing the walker like a shopping cart . i think she may be lying about needing a walker to get easy cash .

@@marleonetti7 She tried to sue others also, why was she even in her neighbor's parking area?

@@marleonetti7 you a geriatric gait assessment liaison and disability case worker now?

​@@marleonetti7 i dont think so i fractured my hip a while ago and I remember walking a bit fast when I could but it did not mean I wasnt hurting .I walked fast to get out of a store to the car or whatever but please consider she is 72. Ppl that age are always hurting shoot im 31 and had a couple health scares these past weeks i dont like to dilute anyones conditions

LOL. the HOA is not responsible if an owner (via the tenant) breaks the rules.

I mean clearly it's the job of whoever is in the hallway to illicit responses from people with their questions/ comments. But cmon...Doug is shady as hell. WAY more than Kurt has ever been. Lol. He straight up will say "you looked like an idiot in there!" To people. Kurt at least had tact.

Yet you're here. Karen.

I love Kurt! People are so sensitive these days! If you know anything about The People’s Court you know Kurt is waiting for the litigants out in the hall lol! 😅😂 He’s part of The People’s Court!

I remember when Doug flat out told somebody “that was dumb I mean really stupid” LOL

Doug is just as “rude” it is in the job description. Just like Judge Judy and Simon Cowel. ✌️

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EXACTLY - you get it.

When I saw the picture I was wondering why she would cut through the truck and that pole. It wasn’t a big space. Idk I just feel she sued the wrong person but she should have walked around the pole instead of between it.

@@maunahinagalaxy agreed! All the best to you and yours!!

What about the price tag still on the walker? she just purchased it and returning later

@@charlottemarshall4451 Wow! 🙄Old ppl leave tags on just because. My gmom left a tag on a walker for like 5yrs,.🙄

@@charlottemarshall4451 You can't be serious? 🙄🤣

@Charlotte Marshall...how about she bought a new one just for court because the one she uses on the daily wasn't up to standard for tv?! you see how concerned she was about her ugly shoe and ole boy reassured her that they were fine in the hallway...just a thought.

Same not going to lie

Because she wants to sue 😤😤

not necessarily true. she can sue the landlord and then he, in turn, can sue his tenant. in an HOA the owner is responsible for "RULES", even if the tenant breaks them. so, go learn some law. and no, the association is not responsible unless it was reasonable they would know., or they caused an issue in a common area.

Well it's the fault of the property owner's tenant. So essentially I believe both tenants as well as the owner are joint and severably liable. So even though the owner isn't responsible, he's at fault. He could likely sue either tenant though or deduct his damages from their security deposit since they were directly responsible.

Then she shouldn't have brought it to small claims court.

Even if you bill the claim Medicare will deny it. I work in medical billing (at a outpatient radiology facility) and I have seen medicare deny claims that were related to a car accident. They might pay for the emergency room visit (I have no experience with hospital or emergency room claims so I’m not sure about that).

As someone who's worked with Government payers, this is emphatically untrue. All payers have guidelines and rules about what, how and when covered services and benefits are actually medically necessary. Medicare and Medicaid are governed by CMS. Without seeing claims, authorization requests, medical records, etc. there's absolutely no way to know why she was denied.

@@roslynhawkins1475 Of COURSE they have guidelines. I stated that it was MY first time learning of such. MY experience is what I’m talking about; not the governesses or overseers. Key word being “covered”; not every claim and this woman was obviously injured.

That's what I was about to say.. she was pretty spry heading to that interview

Why would she lie about her age under oath.. she’s 72 and she looks like it

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Yes, she knew how to roll into court on a walker and how to turn on the tears. She knew how to milk this case to the max. I hope the defendant has insurance that covers absurd lawsuits like this.

Its his job to know who he is renting to, and to give the HOA rules to the tenant. HOA's fine the landlord.

@@Nocgirl y’all want y’all landlords coming to your house everyday to make sure the rental agreement is followed exactly , that’s insane

Welcome to the USA where you can sue over everything someone does something stupid be ready to pay lol for fucks sake a lady sued McDonald's because she spilled hot coffee on herself and the coffee was "too hot" lol

@@spacepanda9037 No kidding! It's ridiculous. Greedy fucking people 🙄

How about paying that judgement

It didn’t happen on the landlords property. It happened in the common area, but he was the landlord of the person who ran and secured the cable to his car and caused the accident. Too bad the person that actually caused her to fall by his careless action didn’t get sued. I hate when owners are sued for what their tenures do.

Lol don't be mean some times old people don't see well you know they need help