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Slow driving mother vs. inebriated/incontinent neighbor... (05MAY)


Synopsis: Man had to go the bathroom and the car in front of him was driving too slowly. The man passed the slow driver and then he and the other driver and her husband got into an altercation at the top of the stairs. Judge Milian found for the plaintiff and the male driver had to pay damages. (Very short synopsis)

I think JM got this one wrong. The mother said the man was outside his door going in when she and her family got to the top of the steps. The man said he went into his apartment, relieved himself and then heard the family badmouthing him so he went outside.

If the guy had to go to the bathroom urgently, and sped to get to his apartment then there's no way he would still be outside waiting to go in when the woman and her family reached their common landing. He would've gotten to his bathroom to evacuate his bowels. Had he waited, and fought with the woman and her husband, they'd all be covered in crap.

Also, the mother going on and on about her child not eating for two days, and they're in therapy, and her child wouldn't sleep alone or leave the apartment was, to me, WAY over the top and came across as fake.

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I was under the impression that he had to pee.

I'm not buying that he just hauled off and decked her. But I am buying that the kid was the first to mouth off. Likely, the parents were cursing him when he passed them, the kid picked up on this and by the time they parked, was ready to let the old drunk guy have it.

And yeah, the mom laid it on pretty thick, but you kinda have to ham it up for a "pain and suffering" payout.

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The mother said the guy had to urinate but he said he was on a medication that affected his colon. (I can't recall exactly what he said, but I was surprised when he said whatever it was that he said that made it an intestinal issue.)

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The guy spoke like an idiot and was clearly crazy drunk on the day of the incident... not only according to the Plaintiff but the police report.

Nope, sorry... I would take the word of the Plaintiff over the lousy drunk with a bladder problem any day.

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Then I don't think you listened closely enough but we can agree to disagree. The mother did not appear credible to me.

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Thank you, Egnim. I was thinking yhe exact same thing at the time I heard it. Logically, there can be no other explanation.

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