Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

How Do You Know When It’s Better Not To File A Lawsuit?

When enterprising Post reporters scour court filings and find this, for example:

In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, stockbroker Stephen Chang said his visit to the Hot Lap Dance Club on West 38th Street ended in agony when he took a heel in the eye from an acrobatic stripper.

Chang had gone to the members-only club — although a membership only costs 10 bucks - by himself last Nov. 2.

Chang, 32, “paid for and was receiving a lap dance from an employee” of the club when pleasure turned to pain, the suit says.

“During the course of said lap dance, the employee suddenly swung around, striking the plaintiff in the eye with the heel of her shoe,” the suit says.

The suit, which seeks unspecified money damages, says the club “and/or” its employee was “negligent” in “suddenly swinging around,” and caused Chang to “sustain serious injuries.”