On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 09:55:08 -0500, Brice Yokem <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Here's something for the Supreme Court to decide.
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>No, this is something for a jury to decide.

This one is for the jury.

Glued to toilet, man sues Home Depot
Thursday, November 3, 2005; Posted: 6:41 a.m. EST (11:41 GMT) 

DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- Home Depot is defending a lawsuit filed by a man 
who claims one of the chain's stores ignored his cries for help after he 
fell victim to a prank and was glued to a toilet seat.

Bob Dougherty, 57, of nearby Nederland, said he became stuck to a bathroom 
toilet seat last year after somebody smeared glue on it.

"They left me there, going through all that stress," Dougherty told The 
Daily Camera, of Boulder. "They just let me rot."

His lawsuit, filed Friday, said Dougherty was recovering from heart bypass 
surgery at the time and thought he was having a heart attack. A store 
employee who heard him calling for help informed the head clerk via radio, 
but the head clerk "believed it to be a hoax," the lawsuit said.

Home Depot spokeswoman Kathryn Gallagher said she could not comment on 
pending litigation.

According to the lawsuit, store officials called for an ambulance after 
about 15 minutes. Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat. 

Dougherty, "frightened and humiliated," passed out as he was being wheeled 
out of the store, court papers said. 

The lawsuit said the toilet seat separated from his skin, leaving abrasions.

"This is not Home Depot's fault," Dougherty said. "But I am blaming them 
for letting me hang in there and just ignoring me."

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