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Alpine NJ, an Alpine woman is suing a country club for $30,000 after she said a club waiter spilled wine on her Hermès handbag last year. The suit alleges that on Sept. 7, 2018, Maryana Beyder was enjoying a meal at the Alpine Country Club in Demarest when a waiter spilled red wine on the pink luxury handbag, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
In a response to the Oct. 29 lawsuit filed by Maryana Beyder against the Alpine Country Club, the country club denied almost every one of Beyder’s allegations , including that it was liable for the damage to her Hermès Kelly bag and capped off the response by suing its own employee, the waiter
According to the original suit, the waiter proceeded to pour red wine and didn’t stop, and Alexandra Errico, Beyder’s attorney. “Poured it all over her. Poured it all over her husband. And poured it all over a very expensive Hermès bag.” The waiter was not named in Beyder’s lawsuit, being called only “John Doe.”
For almost a year, Beyder tried to resolve the issue with the country club directly, but the club dragged out the discussions and stopped being responsive. Even the insurance company was dismissive, failing to appreciate why a bag would cost so much.
According to North Jersey media,” Louis Pechman, an employment attorney who says he has handled at least 200 restaurant-pay lawsuits, said the waiter should not be liable.
“In general, the labor laws protect waiters from having deductions from their wages because of breakage, walkout or other issues that are really the responsibility of the restaurant or the catering hall,” said Pechman, who founded WaiterPay, a website that promotes awareness of restaurant employee rights.
For now, there is nothing for the waiter to do except wait until he’s identified and served, Pechman said. At that point, the waiter will likely have to hire a lawyer himself, he said.But Pechman sees the cross-claim as unusual and flying in the face of human resources policy that should side with the employee.”This type of a cross-claim is unheard of,” he said. “Good human resources policy would dictate that the restaurant has the employee’s back, rather than sticking the knife in his back.””
The waiter is not going to be sued at the country club insurance company will handle this. It’s just so stupid that someone will spend 30,000 on a handbag please talk about wasting money. How much is that beer gonna be worth in two years 5000 maybe talk about throwing money down the drain please.
its called trying to show off by buying something you really can’t afford, like all the people “leaving their keys in their cars”
Conspicuous consumption
Are you telling me she doesn’t have handbag insurance?
Who in thier right mind goes out of the house without handbag insurance!!!
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I’m so sick of having to pay for other peoples handbag accidents.
I’m going to write my congressman damanding that a mandatory handbag insurance law be passed!!
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This is why bashing the rich is so easy.
If you have expensive jewelry or other possessions they should be “scheduled” on your homeowners insurance policy. Then it would be covered. Let this one go to a jury in Hackensack and I guarantee the only ones getting paid are the lawyers.