Glued to toilet, man sues Home Depot

[Sheila]

DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- Home Depot was sued by a shopper from a Colorado store who claims he got stuck to a restroom toilet seat because a prankster had smeared it with glue.

Bob Dougherty, 57, accused employees of ignoring his cries for help for about 15 minutes because they thought he was kidding.

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

The lawsuit, filed Friday, said Dougherty was recovering from heart bypass surgery and thought he was having a heart attack when he got stuck at the store in Louisville, Colorado, on the day before Halloween 2003.

A store employee who heard him calling for help informed the head clerk by 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 store officials called for an ambulance after about 15 minutes.

Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat, and Dougherty, "frightened and humiliated," passed out as they wheeled him out of the store, court papers 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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[adrielle]

Oh my goodness, that is nasty! :O

[Paco]

I just have to laugh at that.

[iTom]

:hehe: nice prank...

[luvhartz]

there have been worse things that people believed to be pranks, like the woman who commited suicide and they thought her body was just something for halloween. i do feel sorry for him but i thin people sueing is goin abit too far in alot of cases. You cant watch adverts inbetween a tv show without claim people showing atleast once here in the UK

[Douglas]

thats horrible, poor guy... but why wait 2 years?

[tokyo bleu]

Originally Posted by douglas3131

thats horrible, poor guy... but why wait 2 years?

I'm guessing because it still had to processed in the court?

[Monkey Bizzle]

How embarassing! It seems odd to me though. If someone put glue on a toilet seat, unless you went in there RIGHT AFTER they did it, then it would dry... and surely if you sat down on sticky gooey glue, you would notice? And who takes a crap in a public restroom anyways LOL! I can only assume that's what he was doing since he was sitting down I'm sure lots of people do that but it just seems gross to me. I'll wait until I get home =P

[iGeek]

Yah, sounds like something my friends would do. I remember when they put Saran wrap on the toilet, and my sister went in there, lol, I was laughing for days! Poor guy though