Man Sues Home Depot Over Sticky Toilet Seat
By: Web Producer
Updated: June 17, 2008
Man Sues Home Depot Over Sticky Toilet Seat
(Florissant, MO) -- A St. Louis man is suing Home Depot, claiming he got stuck to a toilet seat in the mens room at a store in the town of Florissant, Missouri.
The St. Louis "Post-Dispatch" reports Haywood Rosales alleges he suffered "cuts, bruises, and tearing on his buttocks and thighs" from the seat that was coated with adhesive.
The suit, filed last week in St. Louis County Circuit Court, seeks unspecified damages, claiming Home Depot was negligent and should have prevented the incident.
Home Depot had been the target of a similar prank in October 2003 in Boulder, Colorado that received substantial media attention when a suit was filed in November of 2005.
The suit says the company should have been on the lookout for copycat behavior, quote, "especially since Home Depot sells a wide variety of adhesive products." A Home Depot spokeswoman said the company doesnt comment on pending litigation.
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