Woman Sues City For $1.7 Billion

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[b] Because Parking Meters Are Screwing With Her Cycle[/b]



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Denise Barton is suing Santa Monica for $1.7 billion, claiming that the city's new wifi-equipped parking meters are making her sick.[/size][/font][font=Georgia, Times,][size=4]
Barton experienced neurological damage in a car crash as a child, and told [url="http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/denise-barton-california-files-1-7-billion-claim-100035821--abc-news-savings-and-investment.html"][i]ABC News[/i][/url] that the parking meters have caused tightness on her neck and back, as well as ear infections and an irregular period.[/size][/font][font=Georgia, Times,][size=4]
"I figured that's the value of my life and health considering how much I had to go through as a child," she told [i]ABC News[/i].[/size][/font][font=Georgia, Times,][size=4]
She admitted that $1.7 billion is a little high. We will note that it is roughly equivalent to the nation of Bhutan's entire [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)"]gross domestic product[/url].[/size][/font][font=Georgia, Times,][size=4]
You pay at the new meters using coins, a credit card, or your smartphone. The city's assistant finance director Don Patterson, described to [i]ABC[/i] how common the technology is.[/size][/font][indent][color=#333333][font=inherit]
What we're using is what basically is widely available cell phone technology. If you have WiFi in your house, it's the same technology. If you have a cell phone, then that portion of the technology is the same.[/font][/color][/indent][font=Georgia, Times,][size=4]
Barton's suit is no doubt triggered by the endless [url="http://gizmodo.com/5807049/cellphones-deemed-possibly-carcinogenic-by-worlds-leading-cancer-experts"]back[/url] and [url="http://gizmodo.com/5825433/latest-study-says-cellphones-dont-cause-cancer"]forth[/url] over the carcinogenic effects of cell phones.[/size][/font][font=Georgia, Times,][size=4]
Santa Monica's liability adjuster is currently reviewing if the suit will be rejected or not. Maybe this is just a clever way to just get rid of all parking meters?[/size][/font]