She's 20 and has a 14 year old girl.That happened in the building where she lives.It's not fractured but almost.
2007-03-02 00:01:31 · 8 answers · asked by genie 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
no,her baby is 14 months old.Sorry And the elevators was making problems already
2007-03-02 00:17:36 · update #1
How do you "almost fracture" a hand? It's either broken or it isn't.
Is there anything wrong with the elevator doors or did she get her hand caught because she brilliantly stuck her hand in the door as it was closing?
Seriously. You don't get your hand caught unless you stick it in there.
My guess is that you would have zero case because she caused the "almost fractured" hand herself by sticking it in the door as it was closing which anyone with half an ounce of sense would know not to do.
Unless you can prove that the doors were defective or faulty or something and somehow caused her to almost fracture her hand, you have no case.
By the way, what is the injury? You can't sue unless there is an injury. Almost fractured isn't going to cut it even if the doors were faulty.
Back when I was a claims adjuster, this is what we used to call a nuisance claim. Some scam artist that managed to do something stupid but now wants someone else to give them a bunch of money for their stupidity.
Additional answer now that we know the child is 14 months not 14 years. Who's hand got in the elevator? The mother or the baby? You also said the elevator was causing problems already but that doesn't explain why she stuck her hand in there. No one should stick their hand in a door when it's closing whether the elevator is having a problem or not. Elevators all have inspection certificates. Tell her to ask to see the certificate and find out when it was last inspected. If the building owner is not maintaining the equipment, and there really is a broken elevator that somehow trapped her hand, then you possibly have a case. However, "almost fractured" still is not an injury.
2007-03-02 00:15:56 · answer #1 · answered by Faye H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's hope there is no recourse for stupidity...the only way anyone can get their hand caught in an elevator is if they shove it between the doors to attempt to stop it from closing.
And what the hell is with the 20/14 yr. old comment?? A 20 yr old cannot possibly have a 14 yr old unless it was her sister!
2007-03-02 00:14:44 · answer #2 · answered by auntcookie84 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost fracture? Is she a little pregnant too?
The other poster is right - it's either fractured or it's not - there is not diagnosis as "almost a fracture".
The only way one gets their hand stuck in an elevator door is to put their hand in the door, be it to hold open the door or to try to stop it from closing. Either way - putting your hand in the door is not a smart idea.
As far as "trapped" in the door. Define trapped?
There are alot of things that make you go hmmm - did she seek medical care? does she have true injuries (almost injuries are not diagnoses)? who witnessed this "trapping"? and above all else why in the heck was her hand in the way of a closing elevator door?
2007-03-02 00:47:16 · answer #3 · answered by Susie D 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ALMOST fractured? .. of all the lame.
to get your hand caught in an elevator door, you've got to be one of, if not THE slowest human on earth, or it was done deliberately.
20 and has a 14 year old girl?
2007-03-02 00:07:02 · answer #4 · answered by chumpchange 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'She's 20 and has a 14 year old girl'. So, she had a child when she was 6? It's not her hand that should have been trapped!
2007-03-02 00:07:02 · answer #5 · answered by Superdog 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Press the alarm and get her out of there. Shame on you for running to the computer when she is trapped.
Whats next? Spill coffee on yourself and blame the restaurant?
My teacher gave me homework on a Friday and ruined my life.
2007-03-02 00:15:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
that person would scream for help and try to get her hands out.
2007-03-02 00:07:25 · answer #7 · answered by Ami Yumi 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends on how many "Good" witnesses she has to this accident.
2007-03-02 00:06:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋