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Mellero47 t1_iy9fdcy wrote

Sue who? The Apple store was expected to have barricades in front?

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ObjectiveDark40 t1_iy9l03n wrote

Yes. That is what the lawyer is saying. Lots of stores do. Target has those big red balls, I've seen yellow bollards at Walmart.

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Knee_Squeezings t1_iy9q9fc wrote

Apple doesn't own that building, the rent from the property owners, so that's on them. Plus it's not code there to have them. Chasing money is all

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Reasonable_Ticket_84 t1_iy9s8ff wrote

Actually no. Commercial leases are very different than residential renting. In a commercial lease, the renter is pretty much responsible for the building improvements. The renter can sometimes get the landlord to make concessions and pay for build out of something at the beginning of the lease to sign it, but everything after that is on the tenant usually.

It's the same way, the property owner could repave the parking lot and then stick the tenant with the bill (which happens in shitty shopping strips).

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Now whether Apple actually needs to install bollards for any legal reason is a different topic.

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Bocephuss t1_iy9uf5m wrote

I wouldn't disagree that it should be code but where is the line? Should every business be required to install them?

Walmart, Target, and other big box retailers only have them to protect their inventory, not their customers.

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bananafobe t1_iyb9n7j wrote

The details would be useful.

For instance, Reagan used to tell a story about someone being hit by a car in a phone booth, and then, shockingly, suing the phone company.

What he left out was that the phone booth trapped the man inside, as the door mechanism was damaged after being hit by cars multiple times in the past, which the company was aware had happened, as they had been told multiple times to move the phonebooth from the blind corner at which it was located.

I don't know the details here, but it's worth keeping an open mind until you see the accusations and evidence.

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WirelessBCupSupport t1_iyanj11 wrote

Well, they are usually called "bollards" and unless code/zoning doesn't mandate it (failure of the county) or the landlord (owner of the property leased to Apple)... who knows if Apple didn't want some ugly silver cylinders out front, you know, to protect patrons... like Target (red cement balls) or Walmart (yellow bollards) or Home depot (yellow or orange bollards to prevent vehicles from hitting store front, etc.

Sue Apple, the design firm Apple contracted, the landlord, the county. Stores with an entire glassfront not inside a mall, but less than 20' from parking... going to be interesting and won't get back the life lost or those injured.

Who believes that driver's foot got stuck... in a late model 4Runner?

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sellout217 t1_iy9sltb wrote

Yes. There are barricades that should have been erected to prevent this type of situation. Apple failed to do that, so they should be heald responsible.

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