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Not even a room comp!!!!
| January 2nd, 2011 at 4:41:51 PM permalink | |
| timberjim Member since: Dec 5, 2009 Threads: 27 Posts: 261 | My golfing buddy just got back from a 5 day Christmas trip with his family to Vegas. His son (lives there) picked them up at the airport and dropped them off at the entrance to NYNY. While crossing the valet area to the entrance, his wife was run over and dragged under a car!!!! The driver was an employee of NYNY using the valet service, but not one of the valets. She spent the next day and a half in the hospital and will have to have reconstructive surgery on her hand. Pretty scrapped up and bruised, but all in all, it could have been much worse. I understand that the hotel does not want to admit any responsibility, but I was shocked when he told me that they did not even offer to comp their stay!!!! Its in the hands of his lawyer now. It will interesting to see what happens. |
| January 2nd, 2011 at 4:55:06 PM permalink | |
| FleaStiff Member since: Oct 19, 2009 Threads: 75 Posts: 4820 | It should have been in the hands of his lawyer the moment the ambulance was called. Was the NYNY employee on duty at the time or just there as a gambler who was pulling up to the valet parking area? Stand by for being served with a lawsuit for having to have her blood washed off his car. |
| January 2nd, 2011 at 5:38:38 PM permalink | |
| timberjim Member since: Dec 5, 2009 Threads: 27 Posts: 261 | I don't have all the details. The police said the driver had left their car running for the valet and started to walk away. The car was not in park, but reverse, and started to roll away. The driver jumped back in and tried to stomp on the brake, but instead hit the gas. If she had not gone under the car, she would have been pinned between it and the car it hit. It was a violent collision that did extensive damage to the vehicles involved. His lawyer, by the way, is his lifelong friend and a member of our regular golf group. You can be sure that he will look out for him. |
| January 2nd, 2011 at 6:23:14 PM permalink | |
| JohnnyQ Member since: Nov 3, 2009 Threads: 49 Posts: 590 |
Wow, I'm sorry for her but glad that her injuries weren't any worse than they were. Now you swear and kick and beg us
That you're not a gamblin' man
Then you find you're back in Vegas
With a handle in your hand |
| January 2nd, 2011 at 6:46:56 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Nov 2, 2009 Threads: 153 Posts: 2911 |
If you think like a lawyer it is not suprising. Giving a comp shows liability. Hope all is well with her recovery, sorry to hear that. "The Roman Empire wasn't planned, but neither did it 'just happen.'" |
| January 2nd, 2011 at 9:15:41 PM permalink | |
| EvenBob Member since: Jul 18, 2010 Threads: 231 Posts: 6400 |
Exactly. I was struck by a truck as a pedestrian on a companies property by one of their trucks and I called my lawyer from the emergency room. He said don't say ANYTHING to anybody about the accident no matter what they try and ask me. sure enough when I went back to get my car, I was peppered with questions from somebody from corporate. he was really pissed when I said I'd talked to my lawyer and he told me not to say anything. He wasn't pissed, he was furious. Of course they're not going to comp you, they're not idiots. They'll settle out of court, a jury would kill them. One casino owner to another: "It would be so much easier if we could just hit them over the head, steal their money, and throw their bodies in the creek." Al Swearengen, Deadwood |
| January 2nd, 2011 at 9:21:00 PM permalink | |
| Croupier Member since: Nov 15, 2009 Threads: 54 Posts: 1093 | Sorry to hear what happened. I hope everything turns out ok. And I find it a shame that a company could not offer a "goodwill gesture" without it being taken as an admission of guilt and responsibility. [This space is intentionally left blank] |
| January 2nd, 2011 at 10:01:16 PM permalink | |
| ahiromu Member since: Jan 15, 2010 Threads: 56 Posts: 552 | I'm happy for you guys that it wasn't worse and you should sue them for whatever you can get. On the other hand, I completely agree with the way it was handled by MGM (no comps). It's terrible that our legal system works like that, but it's the system and everyone has to play it to their advantage. |
| January 2nd, 2011 at 11:47:56 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 14, 2009 Threads: 313 Posts: 6776 | I'm no lawyer, but I think the lawyer's advice was right to not say anything. Not comping the room was the NYNY's way of not saying anything as well. I predict about a 100K settlement. It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet. |
| January 3rd, 2011 at 12:18:40 AM permalink | |
| EvenBob Member since: Jul 18, 2010 Threads: 231 Posts: 6400 |
Absolutely! Anything you say at the accident scene can and will be used against you. If you act unsure about what happened and say 'I don't know' a lot, they will throw it in your face again and again. After my pedestrian accident, the lawyers for the other side called me again and asking for my 'statement' and I always gave them my attorneys number. They would ask why I needed an attorney and I would say 'ask him'. That really set them off. As far as this casino valet accident, they have it all on video, but I'm sure its long gone in an unfortunate erasure mistake. One casino owner to another: "It would be so much easier if we could just hit them over the head, steal their money, and throw their bodies in the creek." Al Swearengen, Deadwood |
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