Woman sues N.J. Staples after being attacked by customer over mask comment

Pennlive ^ | 14 August A.D. 2021 | Anthony Attrino

[lightman]

A Teaneck woman who was attacked and suffered a broken bone in her leg in Staples last summer after asking a fellow customer to put on a mask has filed a lawsuit against the business.

Margot Kagan, 55, says in court papers a lack of supervision and security left her “boxed in” and vulnerable to the woman who allegedly attacked her near the fax machines at the Hackensack store.

There was “no reasonable way to alight from a foreseeable event,” states the suit, filed last week in Superior Court of Bergen County.

“(The) foreseeable event was a fellow patron who berated and ultimately attacked (Kagan),” the suit states.

The incident occurred July 29 as the mother of two faxed paperwork from the store’s machines, Kagan told NJ Advance Media after the attack.

In an interview from her hospital bed last year, Kagan said she’d recently had a liver transplant and was worried about contracting the coronavirus.

“I said, ‘you’re endangering everyone by not wearing your mask’ and I put my head down and went back to faxing at the machine,” Kagan said days after the event.

Security video from a store camera shows the suspect walk around a plastic divider and confront Kagan.

“Next thing I know, she’s two feet away from me, screaming at me,” Kagan said. “I really didn’t understand what she was saying. I lifted my cane to keep her away from me.”

Video appears to show the suspect grabbing the frail woman and throwing her to the floor. “My knee broke while I was falling. I later learned it was my tibia,” Kagan said.

Police arrested Terri Thomas, 25, of Hackensack, and charged her with aggravated assault. The criminal case is pending in Superior Court, public records show. But Kagan has sued only the store, not Thomas.

The lawsuit alleges Staples was negligent in not providing security at the Hackensack store, which court papers describe as “a high crime area.” Staples did not immediately respond Friday morning to a request for comment on the lawsuit.

[qaz123]

I look at it like this……unless you’re ready and able to deal with the consequences of your actions it’s best to keep your mouth shut, avoid the situation altogether or call the store manager.

Those are the options

If there is/was a definitive size, age, physical difference, they I can agree that this could have been another way to handle things, for sure.

People’s tempers are short these days. Getting even shorter.

[Codeflier]

I remember this one. The panicked Karen yelled across the store at someone not wearing a mask. She initiated the root cause of the conflict. She got what she deserved.

I also remember others here getting mad at me because I said she should have minded her own business.

[Robert DeLong]

After watching the video, I think she has a good case. Not one employee went to see if she was alright.

[Robert DeLong]

She had just had a liver transplant.

[Codeflier]

Have you seen all the crazy white women yelling at police during the riots? If you have you may understand what these people are talking about. Who desires a crazy leftist for a mate? That is what about 60% of white women have become.

[ladyjane]

She initiated the root cause of the conflict. She got what she deserved.

You feel a woman deserves to be physically assaulted because you don't like what she did? It's a small man who resorts to physical violence.

[Codeflier]

Well no I don’t believe in physical assault per se. I meant from a liability and culpability standpoint.

[bobbo666]

Yah, hot day over reaction on the part of all. But, it does look like the Karen is going after $$.
If approached/accosted like this the proper response is “Pi** off”. As in, mind your own da**** business and leave me alone.

If the Karen persists, tho, words can fly. Mebbe a good response is announce that you’d had WuhanFlu and to threaten to remove mask and plant a big wet one to share the infection.

[wildcard_redneck]

"She had just had a liver transplant."

Then the stupid twat should isolate at home.

What is she doing roaming around with a compromised immune system demanding that others mask up? Talk about rude and entitled. She is at fault for shooting off her mouth expecting others to bend to her needs when that is her job.

I am done being nice to people who constantly virtue signaling and play the victim card. They are insufferable and becoming dangerous.

[ronniesgal]

i still can’t believe people are referring to Karen as “elderly”.
She’s not an old person, I’ll take 55 again in a heartbeat.
and she should have kept her ass at home instead of venturing out to lecture people, if she’s compromised.
Staples should not be held responsible for her actions.

[antidemoncrat]

Lawyers always go after the deepest pockets.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Snarky Karen learns the Law of Unintended Consequences. Wasn’t Staples fault.

[wildcard_redneck]

"She had just had a liver transplant."

Then the stupid twat should isolate at home.

Americans are getting tired of hypochondriacs screaming at them, stealing their liberties, and getting in their faces. This is not an about a flu-like disease, it is about a Communist global power grab.

I am done being nice to people who constantly virtue signaling and play the victim card. They are insufferable and becoming dangerous.

Everyone that I sent this comment to is a virtue-signaling hypochondriac. Be brave like your disgusting hero Obama - the Lightbringer ain't afraid of no virus!

[wildcard_redneck]

Now that is how you end a COVIDiot screech party. It shut you all the hell up.

Wimps.

[Bikkuri]

A combination that didn't mix well..

GenX (karen) + GenY (#metoo) + GenZ (totally lost generation) = NuTz

[BiteYourSelf]

Just 🙄.

[BiteYourSelf]

Exactly.

[JerryBlackwell]

It’s a small man who resorts to physical violence.

in this case it was a large woman resorting to violence

[Gigantor]

Wat?

[wildcard_redneck]

Where?