At 10:44 AM 11/3/2005, Michael Baier wrote:
I think that this story can be explained by this news:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/02/denvermarijuana.ap/index.html
Neil :)
>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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