I was on a jury in a civil case. It was messy. An elderly man (84) fell and was suing the city and county for not maintaining the sideway. He now had Alzheimer’s, so his wife (60) was suing in his name.
It came up during the trial that this was his second marriage. The new wife had been his secretary and he had left his first wife (and two kids) after 25 years to marry the gold digger.
As for the case...she had wanted to get her hair done and he had a doctor’s appointment. She dropped him off at the doctor’s and told him to wait for her at the diner up the street. When he walked up the street, he tripped on the sidewalk where a tree root had pushed it up.
The judge’s instructions kind of tied our hands. Since the city admitted the sidewalk was in disrepair, we had to find for the plaintiff, it was just a matter of how much.
It took us less than an hour. The plaintiff got his medical bills that were directly related to the accident paid for (about $1500). We rejected the assertation that the fall had led to him developing Alzheimer’s. As for punitive damages, we awarded the plaintiff $1.
Boy, was the gold digger pissed.
Why was she a gold digger?