Evelyn Paswall from Queens says she broke her nose on the door of the Long Island Apple Store. The Apple Stores have a famously post-modern design, with walls and floors made of a glass-like material.
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"Paswall claims that she didn't realize that she was walking into a wall of glass as she approached the store, and says that she broke her nose as a result of the collision. Her suit claims that "The defendant was negligent . . . in allowing a clear, see-through glass wall and/or door to exist without proper warning."
According to and the remainder of the million dollars for negligence.
The baffling part here isn't the high lawsuit price, as it is part and parcel for today's litigious society, but the fact that she is blaming Apple for missing obvious signs that she was running into a building:
The facts just don't add up, even for an elderly person. Considering we haven't heard of many folks running into Apple doors, it's hard not to think that this isn't a personal problem, not a design problem.
As of Saturday had been posted on the glass at Apple's Manhasset store.