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Check out this one I don't think the LA Times asks you to register to read.

A man sued his neighbor " because she was using an iPhone, a laptop computer, a wireless router and dimmer switches." He states " he is hypersensitive to certain frequencies of electromagnetic radiation" and when she moved in and turned on all this "radiation" "the familiar waves of nausea, vertigo, body aches, dizziness, heart arrhythmia and insomnia returned"

This is going on in Santa Fe, NM and I thought Californians were weird. I don't know what to say. He's asking for $530,000 and an injunction to turn off the equipment.
 
What if this guy had a "condition" that caused him to have the same symptoms when he sees a blue house, and the new neighbor had painted her house blue... would he have a leg to stand on if he sued?

It makes about as much sense as if she had responded to his initial complaint by demanding he move to a hut atop a remote peak, so as not to cause the "unafflicted" undue anxiety about harming him inadvertently, and suing if he failed to comply. :D


Even if this guy's condition is medically verifiable, he doesn't have the right to bully his neighbors into conforming with his needs.

Frankly, I suspect his only "condition" is latching on to this very trendy "anxiety du jour" (electromagnetic "allergies"), for attention... and, ultimately, profit.
 
rottydaddy said:
What if this guy had a "condition" that caused him to have the same symptoms when he sees a blue house, and the new neighbor had painted her house blue... would he have a leg to stand on if he sued?

It makes about as much sense as if she had responded to his initial complaint by demanding he move to a hut atop a remote peak, so as not to cause the "unafflicted" undue anxiety about harming him inadvertently, and suing if he failed to comply. :D


Even if this guy's condition is medically verifiable, he doesn't have the right to bully his neighbors into conforming with his needs.

Frankly, I suspect his only "condition" is latching on to this very trendy "anxiety du jour" (electromagnetic "allergies"), for attention... and, ultimately, profit.
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Good question. Something that I have seen in both my life as an attorney and as a gov't offical is folks who apparently have a ligit seizure disorder compalining that they are adversly affected by flashing lights. One case that came into my office involved a woman who didn't want the emergency services to use their flashers which are now really strobes if they drove past her house as it could give her a seizure. Her disorder was legit. We of course declined the case as I recall she wanted the town to enact some sort of " a no flashing zone" sort of like a school zone or the old hospital quiet zones near her home. It of course was not practical and the solution for her was much more practical than enacting the 'zone'.

The other was a woman whose family that felt the local airport beacon would set off her seizure disorder. ( she had had brain surgery) The airport actually resolved the problem by putting up a shield on the beacon. I think the greater problem was really their complaint that the beacon lit up their bedroom as it roated and thats why the put up the shield not because of the seizure thing.

It is ashame that this stuff can occur. Work in public service sometime and you will be awed at the type of things that set folks off.

post thought here: I would guess the courthouse has a metal detector. It would be interesting to film this guy as he passes through it. I'd also be interested to see what else this guys doctor has done in her career. Anyway as Rottdaddy said. I can't see a court ever issuing and injunction to the neighbor.
 
All he needs is this hat.

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If I was his neighbor I would buy him a roll of disposable ones.
 
AdamZ said:
Anyway as Rottdaddy said. I can't see a court ever issuing and injunction to the neighbor.
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I can certainly see the neighbors attorney issuing a bill to the neighbour for defending him against this bullcrap.

Often these bizarro neighbour against neighbour suits are just the symptom of a long-standing dispute involving things like leaves falling off trees, right of way easements or the position of survey stakes. The electromagnetic disturbance claim may just be a harrassement strategy.
 
Paging Scott Migaldi.

Scott, give us an idea of the relative EM signal levels of an 802.11a/b/g signal vs. (for instance) terrestrial TV service, AM and FM radio. Santa Fe has numerous radio stations, together no doubt with all manner of other EM signals, and I'd faint and fall over if most of those were not much greater.

Nut Job.
 
Areeda said:
Check out this one I don't think the LA Times asks you to register to read.

A man sued his neighbor " because she was using an iPhone, a laptop computer, a wireless router and dimmer switches." He states " he is hypersensitive to certain frequencies of electromagnetic radiation" and when she moved in and turned on all this "radiation" "the familiar waves of nausea, vertigo, body aches, dizziness, heart arrhythmia and insomnia returned"

This is going on in Santa Fe, NM and I thought Californians were weird. I don't know what to say. He's asking for $530,000 and an injunction to turn off the equipment.
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Can anyone say, "Loser Pays?"

-Rich
 
RJM62 said:
Can anyone say, "Loser Pays?"
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+1

but in many cases they're both losers. :yesnod:

Areeda said:
This is going on in Santa Fe, NM and I thought Californians were weird.
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I spent a few weeks in Santa Fe about 10 years ago because the company I worked for at the time was contemplating transferring me west. Southern Cal has nothing on those folks. Plus, I just didn't see the attraction and I wasn't impressed with that area at all. Now go west just a tad and it gets pretty cool. Los Alamos, Jemez Springs, etc.

As an aside, if you're a golfer and you get to the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area then you gotta check out Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club at Sandia Park. Oh my.
 
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Areeda said:
Check out this one I don't think the LA Times asks you to register to read.

A man sued his neighbor " because she was using an iPhone, a laptop computer, a wireless router and dimmer switches." He states " he is hypersensitive to certain frequencies of electromagnetic radiation" and when she moved in and turned on all this "radiation" "the familiar waves of nausea, vertigo, body aches, dizziness, heart arrhythmia and insomnia returned"

This is going on in Santa Fe, NM and I thought Californians were weird. I don't know what to say. He's asking for $530,000 and an injunction to turn off the equipment.
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This has been covered pretty hardcore here in NM on news radio. Seems most everyone is laughing this guy off.

Don't be surprised to see him win. Santa Fe is a weird, weird place.
 
timwinters said:
+1

As an aside, if you're a golfer and you get to the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area then you gotta check out Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club at Sandia Park. Oh my.
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That whole area is gorgeous. Paa-Ko is a gated community, where a gated community is not necessary, which is good or bad depending on how you look at it (but the golf course is nothing short of amazing).

There is an airport not far from there that is just plain fun to land at (1N1, Sandia Airpark Estates). That area, if I don't leave NM soon, is where we want to buy land and settle. Its not far from ABQ, and its freaking gorgeous.
 
SkyHog said:
(but the golf course is nothing short of amazing).
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Yeah, and it's really hard to concentrate on golf when everything around you is so beautiful. I just wanted to ride around the course on a cart, take photos and dink beer.

Wait...that IS what I do when I'm playing golf.
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What's even sadder, is that he apparently is the one who showed her her land and induced her to move there, knowing that she regularly user electronic means, including Skype, to keep in touch with her relatives across the world!
 
geneseib said:
Santa Fe is very infected the California virus.
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It's the most virulent strain, too- the "rich Californian who's too good to rub elbows with the great unwashed" strain.

Couple of trips ago, Hanoi Jane was sitting at the table next to us at breakfast. She keeps a home there.

Just sayin'...
 
SCCutler said:
It's the most virulent strain, too- the "rich Californian who's too good to rub elbows with the great unwashed" strain.

Couple of trips ago, Hanoi Jane was sitting at the table next to us at breakfast. She keeps a home there.

Just sayin'...
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They've really ruined what few parts of Albuquerque were still worth living in...both types - the LA Gangs and the LA Riche.
 
SCCutler said:
It's the most virulent strain, too- the "rich Californian who's too good to rub elbows with the great unwashed" strain.

Couple of trips ago, Hanoi Jane was sitting at the table next to us at breakfast. She keeps a home there.

Just sayin'...
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So you were there gettin' away from the "great unwashed" as one of the rich Texans???:D:D
 
Tell her to build a Faraday cage over her house and be done with it.
 
JeffDG said:
Then she'll sue Verizon because she doesn't get cell reception in her house.:yikes:
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but, but, all that stuff runs near 2 Ghz, the harmonic freq of water (so to speak). That guy is microwaving her slowly, but microwaving her none the less.
 
ScottM said:
So you were there gettin' away from the "great unwashed" as one of the rich Texans???:D:D
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Nope, I was there for my Aunt's funeral; my family there traces back to well before statehood.
 
ScottM said:
So you were there gettin' away from the "great unwashed" as one of the rich Texans???:D:D
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A more inaccurate description of Spike I've never seen. Even if he is rich (which I don't care about), he is one of the most down to earth, folksy people I've ever met.

And that's all I care about. Can't say I've ever seen his nose pointed north.
 
SkyHog said:
A more inaccurate description of Spike I've never seen. Even if he is rich (which I don't care about), he is one of the most down to earth, folksy people I've ever met.

And that's all I care about. Can't say I've ever seen his nose pointed north.
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I'd comment on that, Nick, but it's all I can do to even read your bourgeouis drivel! :D

Actually, I don't think Scott was trying to throw down on me, there. If he was, I am just too dumb-Texan to spot it. Ignorance is bliss, and I oughta know - I have a lot of it!
 
SCCutler said:
I'd comment on that, Nick, but it's all I can do to even read your bourgeouis drivel! :D

Actually, I don't think Scott was trying to throw down on me, there. If he was, I am just too dumb-Texan to spot it. Ignorance is bliss, and I oughta know - I have a lot of it!
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No Scott was not trying to throw down on you. Scott was funnin' with you because you were just there and we all know that you are rich because you are a pilot. I mean DUH! that is a given! :D:D:D

Smilies are the give away. :yesnod:

And Scott likes to write in the third person today. :skeptical:
 
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ScottM said:
No Scott was not trying to throw down on you. Scott was funnin' with you because you were just there and we all know that you are rich because you are a pilot. I mean DUH! that is a given! :D:D:D
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Terzackly!

SmartAssYankee said:
And Scott like to write in the third person today. :skeptical:
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So does Spike!
 
SCCutler said:
I'd comment on that, Nick, but it's all I can do to even read your bourgeouis drivel! :D

Actually, I don't think Scott was trying to throw down on me, there. If he was, I am just too dumb-Texan to spot it. Ignorance is bliss, and I oughta know - I have a lot of it!
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I know. It needed to be said anyway. There hasn't been much in the way of PoA praise bestowed upon ya lately. Figured it was time to give where the givin's due.

edit: Besides, we've all seen/met Scott. I think you and I could both take him, fairly easily :D
 
No need, Nick's got one helluva stink-eye!
 
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