Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd
Posted on 01/15/2023 3:00:19 AM PST by dennisw
DC retiree, 76, launches landmark lawsuit against city over 73 year-old neighbor's weed smoke, which she claims is contaminating her home and ruining her life
Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, 76, is suing the District of Columbia over the smell Neighbor Thomas Cackett, 73, smoking has made it hard for her to breathe
She's asking the city of Washington to ban smoking in multi-unit buildings 'I have the right to breathe fresh air in my home,' Ippolito-Shepherd said
A Washington DC woman is suing her neighbor because says the marijuana smoke coming from his apartment has 'invaded her home' and is ruining her life.
Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, 76, is suing the District of Columbia over the smell coming from neighbor Thomas Cackett, 73, which she says has made it hard for her to breathe, sleep and live.
'I have the right to breathe fresh air in my home,' Ippolito-Shepherd said. 'I'm not talking about if I go to someone else's house or a place people go to smoke pot. They have the freedom to do whatever. I just do not want to be invaded in my own home.'
Ippolito-Shepherd - who claims she will never move from her home of 30 years - is asking the city to ban smoking in multi-unit buildings. Recreational marijuana is legal in Washington DC, meaning the smoker isn't committing any criminal offense.
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This old bat should relax and enjoy the free contact high. Right to smoke marijuana is enshrined in Washington DC laws. The pot head is king in DC.
The potheads next door should sue this party pooper for causing them distress and anxiety. And for harshing their buzz.
If you can get a noise complaint because you play your music too loud I guess it makes sense you could get in trouble for smelling awful.
Poorly designed and constructed building if smoke from one unit gets into another.
Is smoking cigarettes allowed in this building?
...a Gallup poll in 2022 said that more Americans smoke marijuana than cigarettes.
Another reason why we are collapsing as a society.
Whatever laws apply to tobacco smoking should apply to marijuana smoking. However, many tobacco laws are over-reaching, i.e. it shouldn’t be taxed and the fire retardant carpet glue (Fire Safe Cigarette) should be removed from the paper wraps.
Now if her neighbor lit a Marlboro….
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“and the fire retardant carpet glue (Fire Safe Cigarette) should be removed from the paper wraps‘
This is why I roll my own.
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Just bcause its legal doesnt make it right.
If this guy is stinking up the place, She needs to start boiling chittlins.
Cut up some duran fruit.
boil crabs indoors.
play a christian radio station loud.
Now, go crawl back under whatever bridge you came from.
Got to laugh! Been saying for literally decades that the folks who wanted to make it illegal to smoke cigarettes are the SAME folks who want to make it legal to smoke weed. They don’t have standards if the standards aren’t X2 or X3.
I was smokin’ with the boys upstairs
When I heard about the whole affair
Not exactly on topic but I’ve heard some folks move out to the country and are upset to find that the farm their house is next to has some seasonal smells about it that waft over.
I seem to recall smoking tobacco being banned in apt buildings.
Talk about troll under a bridge, they call it projection.
“ I have the right to breathe fresh air in my home,”
I wonder what part of the constitution covers this claimed right. At the time of the drafting of the constitution I’m pretty sure every home was clouded with smoke from heating, cooking and tobacco.
If she has a problem with one person, she should sue that person, not the D. C. government. I really hate the attitude that if one person does something that someone else doesn’t like, then everyone must be forbidden to do that.
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I bet you’re fun at parties.
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