VON FURSTENBERG SUEDONE of the journalists injured by a falling bank of lights during Diane Von Furstenberg's show during New York Fashion Week is now suing the designer. Several fashion mavens, including The Daily Telegraph's Hilary Alexander, in the front row escaped serious injury when the lights fell, bringing the spring/summer 2006 show to a dramatic and premature end. Karen Hanes Larrain, who suffered concussion and three cuts which required 30 stitches, is now seeking unspecified damages for pain and suffering and to recoup her medical bills, according to her lawyer. Von Furstenberg's rep said that the designer, who was reportedly in tears at the scene as she personally tried to help those injured, had offered to pay all subsequent medial bills. "We offered to take care of the bills for everyone who went to the doctor or hospital. [Larrain] didn't get back to us because this suit was underway." (September 26 2005, AM Vogue.com)
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Karen Hanes Larrain, who suffered concussion and three cuts which required 30 stitches, is now seeking unspecified damages for pain and suffering and to recoup her medical bills, according to her lawyer. Von Furstenberg's rep said that the designer... had offered to pay all subsequent medial bills. "We offered to take care of the bills for everyone who went to the doctor or hospital. [Larrain] didn't get back to us because this suit was underway."
Unspecified damages?? That is so tasteless. Why not just send her your medical bill and be done with it instead of trying to strong arm ridiculous amounts of money out of someone for an accident
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i'm sure diane and her producers had insurance....
it's not like diane is a pauper either...
her husband is HUGELy wealthy as well...
and the poor girl was smacked in the head by a huge flying metal light...
i'd be pretty traumatized by that i think...
she certainly deserves some compensation for that ...imo...
and unspecified amount just means...'none of your business'...
i've never sued anyone so i don't know but... doesn't this mean that she has tried to ask for an amount that she felt was fair compensation but that dvf wouldn't pay that amount? therefore she had to sue?
not sure...but i guess it sucks for anyone involved..since it was an accident
I'm confused Am I misreading the article or does it say that Diane was suing the injured journalist first? Does that make sense and if so, does anyone know what DVF was suing for originally?
i've never sued anyone so i don't know but... doesn't this mean that she has tried to ask for an amount that she felt was fair compensation but that dvf wouldn't pay that amount? therefore she had to sue?
not sure...but i guess it sucks for anyone involved..since it was an accident
DVF's spokesperson seems to be saying that they asked everyone to send them their doctor's bills, and instead this one sued. DVF was the complete opposite of a jerk about it ... my philosophy is that you talk directly to the person you have an issue with before you do anything else. I think this suit demonstrates, at the very least, a lack of maturity and interpersonal skills.
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OK, the swaying wasn't reported in the stories I've seen ... that does start to look like negligence ... I can also understand how they might feel "the show must go on" ... since fashion week is so crowded and everyone so impatient ... I wonder if her husband/SO/mother/sister/father/brother is an attorney ...
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Saw this one coming. Sue this, sue her, sue them, sue him... cash, cash, cash.
That is so tasteless. Why not just send her your medical bill and be done with it instead of trying to strong arm ridiculous amounts of money out of someone for an accident 
Am I misreading the article or does it say that Diane was suing the injured journalist first? Does that make sense and if so, does anyone know what DVF was suing for originally?
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