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Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 04-12-2018, 01:54 PM:

Customer suing AMC for seat collapse.

NJ.COM

quote: NJ.COM
A South Jersey moviegoer who says he was seriously hurt last year when his seat at the AMC Loews theater in Cherry Hill in suddenly collapsed has sued the corporate owner of the cinema for his injuries.

James Braxton Jr., of the Sicklerville section of Winslow, claims he sustained "serious, disabling and permanent" injuries while taking in a movie with his wife Marcia Quarles-Braxton at the AMC Loews Cherry Hill 24 on Route 38, according to court papers.

The injuries Braxton suffered as a result of the April 21, 2017 mishap include a concussion, a strained back, exacerbation of a previous injury to his right knee, head pain, neck pain and memory issues, the lawsuit says.

Braxton's suit says the theater allowed the chair to be installed in a way that allowed it to collapse and permitted the "exceedingly dangerous" seat to exist for a significant period of time. During that time, the theater didn't properly maintain the seat, according to court papers.

Braxton and his wife, who is also a plaintiff in the lawsuit, are each seeking more than $50,000.

The defendant in the suit is Leawood, Kansas based American Multi-Cinema, Inc.

Not quite sure what to say about this one. Yes, AMC has an obligation to see that their facilities are maintained and safe, but it seems, based upon the news story, that the victim is exaggerating his injuries. My guess is AMC will settle this and we will never hear about the outcome.

Posted by Martin McCaffery (Member # 37) on 04-12-2018, 03:19 PM:

I originally misread it as "talking in a movie with his wife" and thought, Serves him right [evil]

Yeah, sounds like his lawyer is making a high opening bid. I'd really like to see how he could get a concussion.

Posted by Frank Cox (Member # 6258) on 04-12-2018, 05:02 PM:

A concussion could happen if he was leaning against the back of the seat and it collapsed such that he hit his head on the seat in the row behind him or on the floor.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 04-12-2018, 07:23 PM:

I don't understand how you can "allow the seat to be installed in such a way that it can collapse."

Outside of leaving parts out during the install, I don't see how a seat could ever collapse due to the way it's installed.

Maybe it's a stadium theater and the seats are attached to the vertical risers rather than to the floor...then I could see it, if the seat just came out of its mount.

No matter how it happened, to get that list of injuries, the guy must have been doing handstands on it or something.