A woman who was so focused on texting that she fell into a fountain is suing is hinting that she may sue the mall after leaked security footage of the incident went viral.
The video was taken by someone watching the security monitors. In it you can hear laughs and see fingers pointing. The woman says that instead of chuckling, security should have sent someone down there to help her.
Her attorney told the New York Daily News that they might be pursuing a lawsuit.
“We are troubled by the fact that anyone at the Berkshire Mall responsible for releasing this video would find humor in an employee injured on the premises,” her attorney told the Reading Eagle. “We intend to hold the appropriate persons responsible.
The woman, 46, says that while she does not usually text and walk, that day she did. She says she was texting a church friend who wanted to know her and her husband’s birthday.
When she talked to the mall management, they blew off her concerns about the video getting popular online because no one can see her face. But a church friend of hers called her and said she recognized her from the way that she walks.
Now she is coming forward to talk about her lawsuit and to raise awareness about the privacy and security concerns stemming from the video’s release, and to warn others about the dangers of texting.
“Do not text and walk,” she said.1 step leads ‘Fountain Girl’ to unwanted fame [Reading Eagle](Thanks to GitEmSteveDave!)
Texting woman falls in fountain, files lawsuit [KFSN]
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Get a life, lady. It’s your own damn fault that you are so obsessed by texting, you don’t what where the heck you are going. You and the woman who sued MCD’s for the too hot coffee should be deported to the land of really stupid people who need a life. Get over it.
“Nobody [from the mall] called to see if I was okay.”
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“Police said Marrero allegedly used the credit account of a women she knows to buy more than $4,000 worth of purchases, then another $1,000 of the same person’s credit at Target.”
So it’s very bad that nobody from the mall called her to see if she was OK but perfectly fine for her to steal another person’s credit card and charge $5,000 to it?
wtf is wrong with people?
There’s an important lesson to be learned here.
I would have never had the opportunity to see this girl make an absolute dumbass of herself publicly if she hadn’t threatened to sue. Thank you, Streisand Effect!
So that’s not all. Turns out the fountain lady is in “deep water”! Get it..?! Ha…
“But “The Early Show” has learned Marrero has recently been in court for a completely different reason: a status hearing on five felony charges — including theft by deception and receiving stolen property.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/21/earlyshow/leisure/main7269082.shtml
I thought it was funny to find out that she was currently going to court for fraud. That made me bust one right there.
I agree they should not have gone public with the video without her permission, but, really, texting while walking into pools? If she had been texting while driving and drove into a river, who would she sue? God? This texting crap has gotten out of hand. Foolish people.
She’s going to sue on what grounds?
That the mall failed to protect her from her own stupidity?
Thank god she didn’t walk into a baby stroller or a person in a wheelchair.
“…and to raise awareness about…” — wanting her wallet to be fatter.
“Raising awareness” is what people do for legless children and land mines, not being a grifter tool who looks for easy money.
Defense for the mall: Prove that was you. Can’t identify from video image, so how do we know that is was you who fell in?
Why do people who do dumb things continue their streak by always suing someone? It won’t get your dignity back.