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Councilwoman Letitia "Tish" James (D-Fort Greene) is suing a day laborer for causing "serious, severe and permanent [injuries] to her limbs and body" after she walked into a four-inch trailer hitch protruding from the back of his parked car. According to court documents cited in the Brooklyn Paper, James says she suffered "great physical and mental pain" when she brushed against the hitch and cut her leg in Fort Greene last July.
After parking behind the itinerant worker's car on Fulton Street between S. Portland Avenue and S. Oxford Street, James says she hurt her leg while walking between the vehicles. "It's a public safety issue," said James, who claims the incident left her with a seven-inch scar. "My car was parked and his car was parked. His hitch was exposed." The politician claims the hitch is illegal, and is seeking an unspecified amount of damages from laborer David Day. "This lawsuit could be ended today if he removed it."
But Day swears he did nothing wrong, and has begged James to drop the suit. "Please don't go forward with it," he wrote in a letter to James last month. "You are famous and powerful while I'm a nobody without means who's done you no harm." He insists the hitch is legal, and says that if he loses in court, James won't win much because he only earns about one-tenth of the politician's $122,500 salary.
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I foresee a small "hitch" in this woman's political career.
lol
This used to be my favorite joke in 3rd grade.
122K to be an idiot councilman?
Rookie cops who risk their life every day start at 25K
Priorities.
His response should be Tish suck my hitch
“The doctor said it was a deep laceration and he wanted to give me stitches, but I said no,”
Riiiiight.
Can we be sued for commenting? The mental strain of having to read small print could be overwhelming
Sometimes, if you watch where you are walking, you will avoid such Glitches.
That's a bitch of a hitch.
Fuck this bitch. What is the point of these useless city politicians again? What do we pay them for, so they can waste the justice system's time with frivolous lawsuits?
Dumbass bitch!! Watch where you are going!!
He should countersue for the damage done to his hitch by her leg.
What's next? Suing for the damage done to one's shoes by stepping on chewing gum on the sidewalk? Whatever happened to watching where you walk?
WHERE'S MY MONEY?!?!?! I'M TOO STUPID TO WATCH WHERE IM GOING!!
Seriously you waste of space, get back to serving the people for your outrageous salary, or GTFO!
Skank does nothing for 122.5K a year and sues a working guy because she's a klutz? Let's throw a few shekels toward investigating her non-profits, her community grants, her babies' daddies', her relatives salaries/perks/grants/graft. Some "public-servant".
The judge needs to kick this idiot out of his/her courtroom immediately after they start. This makes my blood boil. Whats next? Suing a department store because she knocked into a shelf causing a bruise to her shoulder. Watch out you stupid bithc.
Paving the way for clumsy people to be millionaires by frivolous lawsuits! Should be her campaign slogan next go round.
PS She needs the money beacuse her babies daddy skipped town. I mean went to jail.
Day laborer or illegal alien. If the person is an illegal alien the Councilwoman has a duty to report the person to ICE.
I love Politicians! Her case seems to be:
"I was really careless and it's YOUR Fault!!!!"
Say, maybe she has the same lawyer as Lindsey Lohan???
Watch where you're going next time instead of being absorbed with your Blackberry or iPhone.
the guy should of ran her over if he knew she was going to sue, save him a ton of money. and voters would thank him for it.
It'll never go to court. It'll be settled for an unfair amount for both sides.
What a bitch, let me walk into her parked car one day and let me sue the shit out of this piece of ----!
If you really want to get your blood boiling, read the whole Brooklyn Paper article. What a vindictive bitch. She probably got into a shouting match with the guy after she tore her stocking on his hitch and he, not knowing (or giving a good goddamn) who she was, told her to fuck off. Now she's going to do her damnedest to bankrupt a poor day-laborer while the taxpayers hand her six figures to do nothing but run a perpetual reelection campaign. It's like something out of Dickens. I hope her constituents howl her out of office next election for this.
And if you really want to get pissed off, read the e-mail exchange with her copied into the comments over at the Brooklyn Paper site. Assuming it's an authentic e-mail exchange...what an unredeemable little shit she is. It's not just this hitch thing -- she appears to just be an entitled, self-righteous asshole generally.
Letitia James: the new poster child for term limits.
actually CM James fought against Quinn overturning term limits against the people's will. James was one of the opponents of overturning term limits without a public referendum. Quinn belongs in Jail
"His hitch was exposed."
Heh heh...filthy.
Figures since she lost Atlantic Yards, might as well sue something.
same ish happened to me when i ran for the bus. i hit my shin with a hitch. you have no idea how much it hurt. i play soccer and have been hit on my shin, but the hitch almost made me cry for mommy.
but this taught me a life saving lesson. watch where i'm going.
chick should take OUR 122k and shove it!
If she genuinely believes those hitches are dangerous, shouldn't she be suing the manufacturer?
Okay, Gothamist...I'll bite, too. What the f**k is it with black folks (in specific) and frivolous lawsuits? I'm not suggesting they're the only ones who indulge but f**k me if every case that is utterly batshit cash-in obvious isn't instigated by an "oppressed person."
OK OK I realize your point, but I think Gothamist is working on starting a race war, so leave them alone. This stuff takes time.
you said "f**k me if every case that is utterly batshit cash-in obvious isn't instigated by an 'oppressed person."
well, they're not. take a look at the docket of any court, anywhere. so when do i get to fuck you?
This is bullshit. I cant believe a councilwoman is wasting anyone's time with this shit especially on a blue collar worker. I hope the judge throws this shit out before it opens up the doors for more bs suits. And another note she gets paid how much to do what again?? I mean would we notice if she steps down from office randomly? We should take that one year salary and make some educational videos about watch where the fuck your going and pass em out as dvds in the mail. That would probably do more impact on us then she ever did in office.
First - I loathe this woman. Second - it amazes me how freely people will admit their stupidity. Watch where you're going, idiot. Third - here's her email address, just in case any of you would like to drop her a line regarding this bullshit lawsuit: james@council.nyc.ny.us.
you loathe her for this suit or for something else? just wondering
I loathe her for blaming a local businessperson when a bunch of unruly teens pulled guns on each other and fired after said businessperson ran out of chicken wings. Nothing like avoiding the issue of personal responsibility where it should really lie. This lawsuit makes me loathe her even more.
ok thanks, I didn't know about that and I google it later on.
Typical liberal. Blame someone else for her own actions and its consequences (or inaction of paying attention).
how? do you know she is a liberal? Because shes a democrat? go back to reading your copy of the turner diaries