Posted on 01/23/2020 4:59:48 AM PST by MrRelevant
The family of Botham Jean plans to file a separate lawsuit against South Side Flats, the apartment complex where former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger fatally shot him, a family attorney said.
Attorney Lee Merritt said Saturday that a confusing layout on the upper floors, coupled with a faulty door mechanism, created circumstances that led to Jean’s death in September 2018.
Jean, 26, was shot inside his own apartment by Guyger, who said she entered his home by mistake, believing it to be hers.
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I don’t know if they can win this, because the building was not flawed in itself.
Having said that, there should be indicators as a rule to indicate different floors. Such as a different colour paint or wall paper.
GREED...STUPID GREED in SUING the APARTMENT COMPLEX!
“”””””””Having said that, there should be indicators as a rule to indicate different floors. Such as a different colour paint or wall paper.”””””””
There was most likely a number on the door. 105, first floor. 205, second floor, etc.
Nonetheless, the fuzz was an idiot.
There was no question that she was an idiot. But numbers may not be as helpful as we like if the person is confused.
I was confused last year when I went to my cousins apartment complex for the first time.
I have never been confused finding my own front door.
Follow the money. Either a PAC or trial lawyer has been hitting them up.
a confusing layout on the upper floors,”
Only a parasitic lawyer could think to use as a reason to sue a rental property for a tragic police shooting.
Lock your door and you won’t get shot. Yes the cop was wrong and deserves punishment.
But it’s an apartment complex. Lock up.
Did the apartments not have numbers, and was not the first digit of those numbers the floor which the apartment is on?
Thanks to “deep pockets” liability laws
It would make more sense to sue the police department over having given such an incompetent woman a badge and a gun.
I feel for the senseless loss of their family member, but this is simply an act of greed... Lawyers looking for deep pockets.
They wouldn’t want me on that jury. What a laughable cause of action.
They’ll settle long before, unfortunately.
So, they went after the woman for being negligent, but then adopted HER arguments to claim that the apartment complex was poorly designed and caused the accident.
One would think you’d notice something like a “confusing layout” when looking at the apartments. As far as the locking mechanism is concerned, if there is proof that the tenant reported it, and the complex hadn’t acted on it, they might have something with that. Otherwise, it’s just your normal bottom feeding lawyers drumming up business.
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