Woman Settles 'Toilet Phobia' Lawsuit
Jun 22, 11:55 am ET
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African woman has settled a lawsuit in which she claimed to have developed a phobia about toilets after falling off one at a hotel.
Antonia Hart, 59, sued the Sun International hotel chain following the August 2003 incident, asking for 91,000 rand ($14,000) for pain, injury, medical treatment and "loss of amenities," the South African Press Agency (SAPA) reported.
Hart's lawyers had accused the hotel of negligence, saying their client toppled off the toilet when it suddenly broke "whilst in normal use for the purposes for which it was installed," SAPA quoted court papers as saying.
Sun International's lawyers conceded that the toilet had broken, but said Hart's husband had signed a liability waiver upon checking in.
"The matter was settled between the parties and the magistrate was informed on Monday that an agreement had been reached and that the lawsuit would not proceed," SAPA said.
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haha! how cud someone file a lawsuit against that???? 
If she can file a lawsuit for that then I gotta try that!
I know of a guy who once fell into an outhouse and was stuck there for 8 hours. 
Druidus: Ewwwwwwwwww
I mean come on people should be use to this by now.
Like the guy who was driving a Motor home, put it in cruise control, left the drivers seat to make a cup of coffee.
He sued when he crashed the thing because the "Owners manual didn't state it was unsafe to do that."
He sued, got a lot of money, and a new motor home..
And then he won a darwin award a few years back for being one of the top 10 stupidest people to make news that year.
I mean come on people should be use to this by now.
Like the guy who was driving a Motor home, put it in cruise control, left the drivers seat to make a cup of coffee.
He sued when he crashed the thing because the "Owners manual didn't state it was unsafe to do that."
He sued, got a lot of money, and a new motor home..
And then he won a darwin award a few years back for being one of the top 10 stupidest people to make news that year.
| QUOTE (Druidus @ Jun 24 2004, 05:09 PM) |
| I know of a guy who once fell into an outhouse and was stuck there for 8 hours. |
Yes, I saw this on the Discovery channel. But I think the one I am thinking of was stuck in there longer. The mailman found him and got him out. And the first thing he wanted as soon as he was out was a Coca-Cola.
| QUOTE (hunterkiller2001 @ Jun 24 2004, 03:46 PM) |
| Like the guy who was driving a Motor home, put it in cruise control, left the drivers seat to make a cup of coffee. He sued when he crashed the thing because the "Owners manual didn't state it was unsafe to do that." He sued, got a lot of money, and a new motor home.. And then he won a darwin award a few years back for being one of the top 10 stupidest people to make news that year. |
How stupid must you be to sue some hotel over a darn toilet busting?
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