Former lawyer and TV commentator, Arelia Margarita Taveras, has filed suit against Atlantic City casinos in New Jersey, where her gambling habit contributed to her losing nearly $1 Million. (Cue Mike Myers' Dr. Evil, from Austin Powers movie fame: "1 Million Dollars".)At question is "Duty of Care", where the high roller status afforded litigant Taveras (at left) clearly brought attention from the casinos which in her mind should have also noticed when her behavior went South, clearly signaling that she had a problem. Caught in the spell of her habit, she claims to have gone for days without leaving the tables, "brushing her teeth with disposable wipes so she didn't have to leave" says the AP article by Wayne Parry that appeared in Sunday's Seattle Times (3/9/08).
The lawsuit seeks $20 million from seven casinos, one in Las Vegas, "claiming they had a duty to notice her compulsive gambling problem and cut her off".
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Shouldn't adults be responsible for their own behavior?
And she seeks damages for more than what she looses?
(I wonder what the judge would say......)
Reminds me of the McDonald's case.....
She is the one responsible for herself. As the casino reps said before, its quite hard to determine whether someone is having fun or is lonely. She got charged with grand larceny and forgery by the Queens DA's office. The casinos don't make you gamble and they don't make you drink. You are solely responsible for your own actions by walking in there and puting down your hard earned money in the first place. She screwed up big time lol. And how in the world would she know that crack is not as bad as gambling....=D whats really messed up is that she lost her parents home, where will they live now >_<
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/grand+larceny
http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/results.pl?co=dictionary.lp.findlaw.com&topic=22/225f57cc88000b61d2ffd3a68b37b9f7
i think she's the one who's responsible for her act. I mean it's her fault to gambling and she's an adult too. So, she should have know the consequences for gambling. She can't just sue people when it's all her fault.
She is totally ridiculous!
I would say this is the cause of a depression after losing $1M on a casino or just wanting to be popular.. Ha-Ha. Would the casino sue her if she had won $1M?
If I'm addicted to alcohol, tell me who do I sue?
I think the judge will not have a big problem to decide the result of this case.
regarding any reason she has, she must control herself, she is an adult therefore she must responsible with her life. If she has psychological problem, she must realise it therefore she must not gamble and control herself, why she must blame others for her own faults.
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