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  • A $30,000 handbag. A disastrous wine spill. And now, a country club is suing its own waiter.

    11/30/2019 4:07:19 PM PST · by simpson96 · 147 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 11/12/2019 | Teo Armus
    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,...