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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chris_ on October 01, 2009, 06:21:09 AM
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Dallas woman fuming over smoking neighbor at complex
In an age when smoking has been outlawed in most public places – government buildings, bars and pool halls – a person's home is one of the few places you can puff in peace.
Until now.
A Dallas woman has filed a lawsuit seeking six figures from a former neighbor and landlord for damage she says was caused by cigarette smoke wafting through adjoining walls of her high-end townhome
"Smoking is not a right, it's a privilege," said Chris Daniel, a retired nurse. "I'm sorry that people smoke. I think it's foolish, but when it comes into my house and hurts my health and my daughter's health and our belongings, it's a different issue."
The case is being watched by townhouse industry groups across the area.
A manager and attorney for Estancia Townhomes, a 52-building community near Prestonwood Country Club in North Dallas, said it's unlikely the Daniels sustained any smoke damage. There is a solid, two-hour fire wall from the foundation to the roof between each of the homes.
And even if some smell did seep through, the Daniels renewed their lease at Estancia – where smoking is permitted – six months after they say the problem began
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Chris Daniel also filed a complaint under the Texas Fair Housing Act, alleging that her sensitivity to cigarette smoke qualifies her for protection set aside for people with disabilities.
MORE (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/093009dnmetsmokingfeud.3ed620b.html)
Speechless.
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What a big ole stinking bit of hooey. Did you see the picture? Priceless.
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Kathy Carlton, director of government affairs for the Apartment Association of Greater Dallas, said she's never heard of a case such as the one filed by the Daniels.
She said most people who are highly sensitive to cigarette smoke don't move into a community or a building where it's allowed.
"Generally, this stuff is the property owners' prerogative, and people either live by the rules or move on down the street," Carlton said.
"If you have a pet, you look for a place that takes pets. If you hate pets, you look for a place that doesn't allow them. People have choices."
This is true in most cases, but the anti-tobacco nazis want to impose their will on everyone.
The Daniels said the freedom to choose cuts both ways.
Yes, people may be entitled to smoke in their home – but others are equally entitled to live in a clean and healthy environment.
No one was stopping you from moving to a non-smoking complex.
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This is true in most cases, but the anti-tobacco nazis want to impose their will on everyone.
No one was stopping you from moving to a non-smoking complex.
and the dimwit renewed her lease SIX MONTHS after she started noticing the smoke.
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Chris Daniel also filed a complaint under the Texas Fair Housing Act, alleging that her sensitivity to cigarette smoke qualifies her for protection set aside for people with disabilities.
So now stupidity qualifies as a disability?
From the article:
"Why do people file lawsuits?" asked Ginger Tye, an attorney representing the property managers and owners. "They're asking for money damages."
She said most people who are highly sensitive to cigarette smoke don't move into a community or a building where it's allowed.
"Generally, this stuff is the property owners' prerogative, and people either live by the rules or move on down the street," Carlton said.
"We've done more for these people than we've ever done for anyone else," Lott said. "I don't think it's possible to satisfy them."
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and the dimwit renewed her lease SIX MONTHS after she started noticing the smoke.
Sounds like she was looking for a lawsuit/payday, doesn't it?
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Sounds like she was looking for a lawsuit/payday, doesn't it?
Yup. I heard more about this on the radio driving home yesterday. Seems all of her furniture, draperies, so on and so forth, are custom made, and upholstered, so not easily replaceable. Apparantly, the overwhelming stench of the cigarette smoke, wafting through a firewall has damaged her upholstery and now it must be replaced.
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The poor disabled woman, how ever does she cope with being outside, exposed to all those noxious poisons in the air? What a tard. I hope the judge can see what a dangerous precedent this could set, and not only dismisses her case but fines her for frivolity.
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What a big ole stinking bit of hooey. Did you see the picture? Priceless.
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Yes I did.....it screams MOONBATS.
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No one was stopping you from moving to a non-smoking complex.
She has a right to live where she wants to live but I'm calling bullshit on the facts of the case.
I find it highly incredible that smoke would seep through the walls of a "high-end" townhouse and the whole mask and goggle thing is just so much theatre.
This is even better:
"Why do people file lawsuits?" asked Ginger Tye, an attorney representing the property managers and owners. "They're asking for money damages."
She said most people who are highly sensitive to cigarette smoke don't move into a community or a building where it's allowed.
It's like jumping the fence of a tomato farm then suing the farmer for keeping a dangerous substance because you're allergic to tomatoes.
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She has a right to live where she wants to live but I'm calling bullshit on the facts of the case.
I find it highly incredible that smoke would seep through the walls of a "high-end" townhouse and the whole mask and goggle thing is just so much theatre.
This is even better:
It's like jumping the fence of a tomato farm then suing the farmer for keeping a dangerous substance because you're allergic to tomatoes.
The moving company used masks too. Really?
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and the dimwit renewed her lease SIX MONTHS after she started noticing the smoke.
That fact alone will get her suit tossed.
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They're probably NOT native Texans.......
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They're probably NOT native Texans.......
Probably not. Oh well, I am not either, but I consider myself an assimilated one. Been here since I was 10. I am way past that now. ::)
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Williams, the smoker, finally moved to another unit in June after a judge issued a temporary restraining order forbidding her from lighting up in her home.
AND she managed to force the much-hated neighbor to move anyway. This has got to be a mental thing. :mental:
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Yes I did.....it screams MOONBATS.
I wonder what her DU name is