Let’s go back to the year 2014, when ebola was all the rage, you couldn’t get away from people singing “Happy” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” blew everyone’s minds. It was a fun year for most, for sure, but not for one Craig Redmond. On February 1st of that year, Redmond was enjoying a nice, quiet evening of casino entertainment inside the Mohegan Sun Pocono casino in New Jersey. It is unknown whether he was winning or losing, but regardless, late in the night he decided to call it quits and leave the casino, heading the parking lot in the region (which was private and not owned by the casino) in order to get his car. As he was leaving the casino, he noticed a mysterious individual following him, supposedly stalking him, but didn’t pay him too much mind. Sadly, that proved to be a terrible mistake, as the man ended up assaulting Redmond horribly with a metal pipe. As a result, the casino player sustained horrible injuries over his face and body, to the point where one of his eyes had to be removed.
Redmond spent the next few weeks in the hospital recovering from his injuries, while police were, sadly, unable to catch the perpetrator of the attack or discern the reasoning behind it. Flash-forward to the present day, and the victim has finally decided he’s had enough and would like to proceed with some good old-fashioned justice slash vengeance. His plan for punishing those responsible for his traumatic ordeal? Suing the casino, of course! … Wait, what? Yes, indeed, Craig Redmond has decided that the best way to seek retribution is by suing the casino that had absolutely nothing to do with what happened to him. His reasoning is that, since the parking lot was a “high-crime area” and was located relatively close to the casino, they were supposed to warn him about potential danger. I don’t mean to be rude, Mr. Redmond, buuuuuuuuuut… You’re walking alone in the middle of the night in a high-risk neighbourhood. I am fairly certain that any reasonable adult would be quite aware of the dangers even without being explicitly warned.
Craig Redmond is seeking $50,000 in damages, and currently the judge presiding over the case will decide whether it’ll be thrown out of court or will go on to trial. While one would presume the former would be obvious choice, a whole lot of people have succeeded in similar endeavours, such as the famous case in 1994 when a woman bought coffee from McDonald’s, took it to her car and then accidentally spilled it over herself, resulting in a lawsuit where McDonald’s paid her over half a million dollars in damages (almost $1m in today’s money). More recently, a man sued Red Bull for $13 million for false advertisement because it does not, in fact, give you wings. All things considered, it’s unknown whether Redmond will be able to win his case, but anything’s possible – we’re going to keep you posted as soon as we have all the facts!