Thursday, November 03, 2005

News from all over - Louisville

Home Depot has found itself in a sticky situation, defending a lawsuit filed by a man who claims this Colorado 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, Co. said he became stuck to a bathroom toilet seat on which somebody had smeared glue and felt "tremendous panic" when he realized he was stuck. "They left me there, going through all that stress," Dougherty said. "They just let me rot."

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.