legal situation...advice...

I wouldn''t worry about it till she calls you. She was having a bad day and was looking for someone to take it out on. Her teenage kid (who is one of those idiots with his pants down around his ***) got some girl pregnant, she hasn't had sex in months cuz she's a shrew, she's put on 30lbs in the last year and probably SUCKS at her job. :cry:



I have to agree with the others though about the insurance....if you are out detailing at businesses and what not you need to get insurance. I do it only at my home, without the customer there, so the need isn't as important as with your situation. I don't think it's something as serious as bad money management as others have stated, but it's something you should look into.



Find out what it costs a month and divide it by the number of cars you do a month. Add that cost to the detail. It shouldn't raise your prices enough to make that big of a difference. Also, look at the product you use...are there other "lower cost" alternatives? (i.e. using woolite/water instead of three or four different, higher cost, interior cleaners)



There are ways to afford it!! Good luck with everything!!:up
 
thanks for all the comments...



just because I dont have insurance, doesnt mean I am not professional...I will be looking for insurance from here on out...
 
This all sounds pretty weird to me. You can sue someone for that ? The cord was just there in front of her. It's not like you pushed ger or pulled he cord when she stepped over it.

No logic at all.
 
Mark77 said:
This all sounds pretty weird to me. You can sue someone for that ? The cord was just there in front of her. It's not like you pushed ger or pulled he cord when she stepped over it.

No logic at all.
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It is called negligence and happens all the time.



"Negligence" is generally defined as conduct that is culpable because it falls short of what a reasonable person would do to protect another individual from a foreseeable risks of harm. Through civil litigation, if an injured person proves that another person acted negligently to cause his injury, he can recover damages to compensate for his harm. Proving a case for negligence can potentially entitle the injured plaintiff to compensation for harm to their body, property, mental well-being, financial status, or intimate relationships.
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LouisanaJeeper said:
personally, I would tell that lady to blow off
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WOW that is helpful and really helps your business image.



I would have tried to eat as much crow as possible and go out of my way to let her see it her way without admitting guilt.



GREG
 
It is america! I was surprised too when I mooved from europe: In here you can sue for pretty much everything, in most country the judge or else won't even bother or maybe give a fine to that lady for taking precious time off the court for so little case!!
 
dbesins said:
It is america! I was surprised too when I mooved from europe: In here you can sue for pretty much everything, in most country the judge or else won't even bother or maybe give a fine to that lady for taking precious time off the court for so little case!!
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Well I know the laws are difffernet, I wasn't gonna bring this up, but you already did it so :)

To us this seems stupid, are people really so stupid that they don't see a cord in front of them??? Makes alot of funny headlines though. A classical example is the woman who put her cat in the microwave oven to dry it, and sued the microwave ovnen manufacture for not putting a lable on the MW to warn her for this. The cat died ofcourse, like any man or woman with a normal brain would know without a lable. :hairpull
 
Very, very funny.



mose said:
I wouldn''t worry about it till she calls you. She was having a bad day and was looking for someone to take it out on. Her teenage kid (who is one of those idiots with his pants down around his ***) got some girl pregnant, she hasn't had sex in months cuz she's a shrew, she's put on 30lbs in the last year and probably SUCKS at her job. :cry:
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See if the lady calls you and dont worry about until she does. If she does call, speak with her in a very civil manner and try to remain calm which will keeper her calm. Good luck!!!!
 
My advise which kinda goes against everything you just did here on Autopia would be to not say anything. If a lawyer calls you, stay quiet. If police ask you anything, stay shut. Say you don't quite remember the situation and need your lawyer present.



I made the mistake last year and talking the most simplistic conversation with someone of authority and it implicated me and incriminated me into something totally bogus. You have rights as well, you may not be defending yourself upfront if you stay quite, but you wouldn't be hurting yourself either.
 
Some harsh criticism in here, but I guess tough love works, eh? :D



It might be worth a conversation with someone at the facility. IF there is to be legal action, they'll be implicated at least as equally as you will, and they will likely have already had some communication with the "victim." But - your goal in the conversation would go beyond following up on this occurrence...ask what each of you can do to prevent any future risk of injury and subsequent liability. Good luck with everything - hopefully the lady was just embarrassed, a little sore, and angry - and venting (and attempting to scare you in the process) was all she needed to sooth her pride and backside.
 
Well I think she should be sued for being so stupid that she doesn't see a cord in front of her when she walks. If you had put a warning sign she would probably had been so busy reading it that she had tripped over the cord anyway. How can anyone take this seriously??
 
This person is most likely trying to scam you.



It would probably be wise to not pick up the unavailable numbers and deny any memory of the situation. As a small business owner, this is the first person in a long line of people who will try to scam you. Get savy and get used to it.
 
toyotaguy said:
just because I dont have insurance, doesnt mean I am not professional...I will be looking for insurance from here on out...
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A general liability plan really isn't as expensive as you think. :)
 
toyotaguy said:
its not that I cant afford it, its that its never been justified...until this situation, i am going to definitely be getting it and also setting up the business as a LLC instead of a sole prop.



I think that I am fine as well, for stated reasons, but I was just wondering if anyone had been in this situation before and how it was handled...
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Insurance is never needed(justified, as you put it) until you need it....in which case you should already have it. You see how insurance works? Basically, you just grab your ankles until there's a claim.
 
joyriiide1113 said:
My advise which kinda goes against everything you just did here on Autopia would be to not say anything. If a lawyer calls you, stay quiet. If police ask you anything, stay shut. Say you don't quite remember the situation and need your lawyer present.



I made the mistake last year and talking the most simplistic conversation with someone of authority and it implicated me and incriminated me into something totally bogus. You have rights as well, you may not be defending yourself upfront if you stay quite, but you wouldn't be hurting yourself either.
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"Don't Talk to the Police" by Professor James Duane
 
1. This did not happen. OK? I hope you understand what I mean by that.

2. If anyone asks, you always duct tape your cord to the floor. ALWAYS!
 
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