OCEAN CITY — An elderly Philadelphia woman last week filed a $750,000 lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Town of Ocean City after allegedly falling from her wheelchair because of a defective rubber warning mat on a resort street corner.
According to the complaint, on June 16, 2012, the plaintiff, Oda Wendt, 89, of Philadelphia, arrived in Ocean City for her first-ever vacation in the resort. Around 7:50 p.m., Wendt and her family left their condominium to visit the Boardwalk and Wendt was being pushed in a wheelchair by her daughter, Astrid Seiger.
After visiting the Boardwalk, Wendt and her family were going back to their condo and attempted to cross Philadelphia Ave. at Worcester Street from east to west. According to the complaint, the daughter was pushing Wendt in the wheelchair when it struck one of the hard rubber warning mats on the handicap-accessible street corners.
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Had to come to OC for a frivolous lawsuit since Filthadelphia is broke. Just looking for a free ride which seems to be the new American way.
ReplyDeleteWarning Kind of means something might happen if your not careful.
ReplyDeleteCharges should be brought against the daughter CP. (Careless Pushing)
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Obviously wheelchairs should have seat belts.
ReplyDeleteNow there's a group of young people who laugh maniacally whenever incidents happen.When someone falls down,trips over something,falls out of a wheelchair,etc etc they are there to laugh and never to help.Laughing wildly at someones misfortune is not at all nice,but it is legal thanks to our constitution.
ReplyDeleteThe daughter was the " Designated Driver " in this case. She was negligent by not looking for possible obstacles.
ReplyDeleteAnd I suppose all the previous posters always look down at their feet when walking? (Sadly, that is a real possibility for some people)
ReplyDeleteRegardless, on the face it seems the sidewalk crossing/ramp was not in compliance with ADA. The town will lose.
There was a guy not too long ago going around suing businesses that were not in compliance with ADA. Smaller suits, in the thousands, but he won each one.
The suit I remember best is the one he won because a handicapped mirror in a bathroom was hung 2-3 inches out of the range specified by the ADA.
You people really think a torn and worn rubber mat will fair better?