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A $30,000 handbag. A disastrous wine spill. And now, a country club is suing its own waiter.
Washington Post ^ | 11/12/2019 | Teo Armus

Posted on 11/30/2019 4:07:19 PM PST by simpson96

It all started with a handbag.

Maryana Beyder’s wasn’t just any ordinary bag, though. It was a pink Hermès Kelly clutch, since discontinued by the pricey French fashion house. Beyder’s husband had gifted her the purse, worth $30,000, as a 30th birthday present.

So after a waiter at a posh New Jersey country club spilled some red wine on the luxury handbag last year, the real estate agent sued for negligence, demanding that the Alpine Country Club pay her the eye-popping price of her spoiled handbag.

That lawsuit had already made local headlines, but on Monday, the club in Demarest, N.J., responded with a surprising move of its own: It’s now suing its own employee — the waiter who allegedly spilled the wine — in the latest legal development after a dinner gone downhill.(snip)

Members of the club are reportedly required to pay a $65,000 initiation fee, plus $19,000 in annual dues.(snip)

In court documents filed Monday, the country club insisted it wasn’t liable for the damage to her purse, the Record reported, in addition to suing its own employee.

Errico said she was appalled that the country club has chosen to take on the cross-claim, a motion in which one defendant sues another in the same proceeding.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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To: TexasGator

They did at first then dropped it.


61 posted on 11/30/2019 5:51:45 PM PST by chuck allen
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To: TexasGator
You're deflecting.

The article clearly states:

In court documents filed Monday, the country club insisted it wasn’t liable for the damage to her purse, the Record reported, in addition to suing its own employee.

Do you deny this?

-PJ

62 posted on 11/30/2019 5:52:22 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: chuck allen; TexasGator
Thank you.

So the club did sue the waiter as reported, but then had second thoughts after the publicity went against them.

That's different from saying they didn't sue their waiter.

None of this was in the original story at the link at the top.

-PJ

63 posted on 11/30/2019 5:55:27 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

More, diff source.

“That lawsuit had already made local headlines, but on Monday, the club in Demarest responded with a surprising move of its own: It’s now suing its own employee – the waiter who allegedly spilled the wine – in the latest legal development after a dinner gone downhill.”

https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2019/11/12/handbag-wine-spill-country-club-waiter


64 posted on 11/30/2019 5:58:18 PM PST by chuck allen
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To: chuck allen; TexasGator
That quote was also in the above linked article, which I quoted several times in this thread.

My beef with TexasGator is that he said the woman was a liar because the club never sued its own waiter.

I'm still waiting for an acknowledgement from TexasGator that those statements were false.

-PJ

65 posted on 11/30/2019 6:01:19 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: stanne

Joan Rivers was killed by the deep state


66 posted on 11/30/2019 6:02:10 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: simpson96

The comments on the story are scary. I have not seen this much hatred for the wealthy since the Russian Revolution.

Oh, in the minds of the posters Wealthy = Republican.


67 posted on 11/30/2019 6:06:06 PM PST by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: Political Junkie Too

It all stems from her lawsuit against the club and waiter for negligence. In the clubs response they are saying they were not negligent in the hiring and training of the waiter.

Please show what they were suing the waiter for!


68 posted on 11/30/2019 6:08:24 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: al baby

I do not doubt that.

Not sure either way.


69 posted on 11/30/2019 6:11:41 PM PST by stanne
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To: Telepathic Intruder
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That's freaking it. What a dumb old bag.

The purse is no big deal, either.

70 posted on 11/30/2019 6:12:30 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("Restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men." - George Orwell)
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To: golux

The NY Yacht Club was established in 1844. You belong to an older club than that. Could you name names?


71 posted on 11/30/2019 6:15:17 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: TexasGator

According to Fox $30k..

Alpine Country Club in Bergen County, N.J., has sued its waiter in response to Maryana Beyder filing a lawsuit against the club last month to the tune of $30,000 in damages to Hermès Kelly bag, NorthJersey.com reported. The club reportedly responded to the lawsuit by denying liability and holding its own waiter responsible.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/luxury/country-club-slaps-waiter-with-tab-for-spilling-red-wine-on-customers-hermes-bag


72 posted on 11/30/2019 6:16:13 PM PST by chuck allen
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To: Political Junkie Too

When did they sue the waiter?

Your source’s link is dated 11/12. As of 11/12 the club filings contained no actions against the waiter.


73 posted on 11/30/2019 6:17:37 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator

Psst..

According to multiple sources the club sued the waiter on Monday, then the press stuff hit the fan, and they dropped the suit on the waiter on Monday.

Easy peasy.


74 posted on 11/30/2019 6:19:02 PM PST by chuck allen
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To: TexasGator
Please show what they were suing the waiter for!

Why?

The "fact" is that they did (which you said they didn't), and because of that you called her a liar.

It doesn't matter why the club sued to excuse your false statements.

You made them, you should retract them.

-PJ

75 posted on 11/30/2019 6:19:13 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I would certainly pay $30,000 for that bag if it had $29,990 in it. Or if I had a few $million to toss around and a Bordeaux or two.


76 posted on 11/30/2019 6:19:48 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: chuck allen

“According to multiple sources the club sued the waiter on Monday, then the press stuff hit the fan, and they dropped the suit on the waiter on Monday.”

No source has detailed that lawsuit.


77 posted on 11/30/2019 6:21:29 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I’d buy that for a dollar.


78 posted on 11/30/2019 6:22:53 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: chuck allen

That was a response, not a lawsuit against. the waiter.


79 posted on 11/30/2019 6:24:13 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator
Your source’s link is dated 11/12. As of 11/12 the club filings contained no actions against the waiter.

What are you talking about? Read the fourth sentence in the original post at the top!

It's not my source, it's the source linked in this thread that we both responded to.

Maybe the linked article changed between 11/12 and now, but the FR excerpt clearly includes the line that the club is suing its own waiter.

Again, did you even read any of this?

-PJ

80 posted on 11/30/2019 6:26:15 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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