Colorado man sues Home Depot after he was glued to toilet seat

[thedrifter]

November 2, 2005
Colorado man sues Home Depot after he was glued to toilet seat

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Hardware retailer Home Depot has found itself in a sticky situation, defending a lawsuit filed by a man who said the chain's Louisville, Colo., store ignored his cries for help after he fell victim to a prank - and was glued to a toilet seat.

Bob Dougherty, 57, of Nederland, Colo., said he became stuck to a bathroom toilet seat on which somebody had smeared glue on Oct. 30, 2003 and felt "tremendous panic" when he realized he was stuck.

"They left me there, going through all that stress," Dougherty told the (Boulder) Daily Camera newspaper.

"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.

The lawsuit said after about 15 minutes, store officials called for an ambulance. Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat and while wheeling a "frightened and humiliated" Dougherty out of the store, he passed out.

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

"This is not Home Depot's fault," he said.

"But I am blaming them for letting me hang in there and just ignoring me."

Ellie
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[airframesguru]

Maybee this is just my way, but, even at home... I wipe the seat or at least look to see if my 6yr old left me a surprize.

Not knocking the HD head, but, these places are not the cleanest by any means.

[Osotogary]

I hope that fellow followed his moms advice about never leaving the house without wearing clean underwear.
This episode could turn into a commercial. Who knows.

[junker316]

I see this as a way to push blame where it shouldn't be. Like airframesguru said " look" before sitting, especially in a place that is other than your own toilet. Yeah they left him sitting there. Still, he is at a bigger fault with not checking the seat before plooping hius butt down. What would he have done if there was other nastier stuff there...sued the public disposal plant for not making sure the toilet was flushed right.

This also comes to mind...what if he put it there himself and thought that by making a lawsuit against HD that it would help his pockets? Not saying he did but I learned to never rule out anything when it comes to a lawsuit. Take McDonalds for examplke when they were sued by a woman because the coffee cup didn't say it held hot contences when she ordered the coffee herself and should have known better.

[GySgtRet]

I have to say is that, "He doesn't seem to have a deep gene pool. I always check for nasties. This guy is an IDIOT"

:devious:

[rsta]

Say what you will, but I understand he's "sticking" to his story.

[Future-USMC-LT]

Tell me this, why was the guy sitting on the toilet in the first place lol

To make himself less full of ****.:banana:

[Doc Crow]

They had another incident like this some place in California yesterday

[devildawg5811]

Evidently this guy has done this before... just another example of the "gimme, gimme" culture that abounds these days.

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