Mediation and You Continued From Page 19
The problem begins simply enough with the parties parking next to each other in the condominium parking lot. Then the male accuses the female of purposefully damaging his vehicle (think key scratches). The female denies it and then, later, accuses the male of damaging to 4 years devolving into nasty looks and giving each
years devolving into exchanging
The issue comes to a head when the female is taking a bus home from work and the male gets on, stands behind her, and allegedly pushes her when she moves to get off the bus. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that the female uses a common stairway from exit, which is closest to the bus stop she commonly uses. The use of this stairway means that she always passes in front of the male’s doorway. He knows this because he has a surveillance camera set up (with the permission of the Board). There is another stairwell she could use that does not pass by his door, but she does not consider it as convenient.
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Factual Scenario No. 3 — "Building Hostilities"
Interests: Both parties have an interest in the and in having their property respected. The female party has an interest in feeling (and being) safe.
agrees to go to another bus stop.
Resolution: that neither of them can prove the other damaged their vehicles. No witness or surveillance camera footage is available. So, they set this issue aside. The female claims that she uses the stairwell that causes her to pass by the male’s unit because it is the closest to the bus stop. The male argues that the stairwell at the other end of the hall that stairwell. The parties then agree that if they see each Further, if the male sees the female at the bus stop at the same time he wants to catch a bus, he will go to the next bus stop to wait and he will refrain from getting on pushing her on the bus. The agreement between the parties details which stairwells the female will use and the bus or bus stop that the male will use. The parties also agree that the female will explore moving her parking space with the Board.
Factual Scenario No. 4 — "Ulterior Motive"
The parties are an ex-boyfriend and girlfriend who live in the same condominium complex, though in different buildings. They even park in separate lots. In this case the ex-boyfriend wants the return of the diamond ring he gave the ex-girlfriend in the hopes of convincing her to marry him. After hearing opening statements from the parties, it becomes clear that the ex-girlfriend is scared of the ex-boyfriend, and that the ex-boyfriend is simply pursuing mediation as a means of forcing contact with the ex-girlfriend.
The ex-boyfriend is simply pursuing mediation as a means of forcing contact with the ex-girlfriend.
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Interests: The ex-boyfriend would like the return mediators suspect that suing his ex-girlfriend was simply a way to be in her presence. The ex-girlfriend has an interest in her personal safety and being left alone by the ex-boyfriend.
Resolution: The mediators made the decision to halt the mediation because forcing the parties to go forward would simply enable the stalking behavior of the ex-boyfriend. The mediators felt that the enable the ex-girlfriend to feel empowered and not as if she was being pressured into making an of the ex-boyfriend.
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