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- Path: sparky!uunet!meaddata!dedek
- From: dedek@meaddata.com (Mike Dedek)
- Subject: Re: Terrible Experience With Alamo
- References: <5696@vp.COM> <1992Aug12.235552.2432@linus.mitre.org> <1992Aug13.040101.24409@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> <l8lumcINN3ul@aludra.usc.edu> <17AUG92.11849639.0017@lafibm.lafayette.edu>
- Sender: news@meaddata.com (Usenet Administrator)
- Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 14:53:21 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.145321.3187@meaddata.com>
- Lines: 43
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- In article <17AUG92.11849639.0017@lafibm.lafayette.edu>, JW#0@lafibm.lafayette.edu (JW#0) writes:
- |> >.
- |> During the holiday season in December 1989 we rented a car from
- |> Alamo (from whom else in Texas?) at Hobby Airport in Houston in
- |> order to visit with two of our children and to spend some time in
- |> Galveston. No problems, no pressure, car was fine.
- |>
- |> The unusual circumstance was that several months earlier I had
- |> injured my knee in a bicycling accident. It seemed to be improving,
- |> but far too slowly. However, during the vacation it was giving me
- |> considerable pain, particularly climbing stairs, and I had promised
- |> my wife that I would, in fact, see a doctor when we got home.
- |>
- |> On the final day of the vacation we returned the car to the office
- |> near Hobby and rode the van back to the airport. It was a rainy
- |> day, and as I was leaving the van, I slipped on the step and landed
- |> hard on my foot, really jarring the injured knee. On the flight
- |> home, I noticed than there was no pain in the knee any longer, and
- |> there hasn't been any since. Consequently, I broke my promise to
- |> my wife and didn't go to the doctor.
- |>
- |> I know there are a lot of amateur (and maybe even professional)
- |> lawyers on the net. My question is: how can I file a negative
- |> lawsuit against Alamo for the medical expenses I didn't incur?
- |>
- |> Bill Jeffers
- |> Cyclist and Physics Prof
- |> Lafayette College
- |> Easton, PA
-
- I assume there are missing smilies from this. If you really want to donate
- some money to Alamo to make up for the medical non-expenses, feel free :)
- However, you might satisfy your moral obligation by writing to Alamo and
- explaining what happened. Mention that you were very lucky, but that the
- slippery step might cause you, or someone else, medical injury in the future.
- If they fix it, they may be incurring "negative expenses" by preventing a
- future lawsuit.
-
- I don't know. This is about the weirdest thing I've seen in misc.consumers
- lately!
-
- -Mike Dedek
-
-