Asshat sues my old high school for $15k since he fell in a POOL locker room

[Dead of Knight]

A Cumberland High School student is seeking $15,000 in damages from the town after slipping in the boys' locker room last year and hitting the back of his head on the floor.

David Hetu, 18, sustained permanent head scarring after the March 11, 2005, incident, according to his lawyer, Steven M. Rappoport, of the East Providence firm Rappoport, DeGiovanni and Caslowitz.

Hetu's right foot apparently slipped out from under him during class time in the locker room of the high school swimming pool causing him to fall backward.

He was taken to Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket where his head wound was closed with six staples.

In the days after the fall, Hetu complained of headaches, blurred vision, and mood swings that made him irritable and impatient, according to a report provided to the town from neuropsychologist William M. Whelihan.

Results of a CAT scan two weeks after the accident found no evidence of a skull fracture.

Rappoport maintains that "negligent maintenance of the locker room area" caused Hetu's injury and the headaches that he suffered through the following school year.

Negligence, according to documents submitted to the town, include the absence of a "wet floor" sign, proper drainage, proper supervision, and preventative measures such as rubberized mats or flooring designed to absorb water.

Calls to the school administration seeking comment were not returned yesterday.

Much of what his client seeks from the town is for pain, suffering, and physical scarring from the accident, Rappoport said.

He also seeks payment of $2,214 in medical bills.

The case is being handled by the town's insurer, Interlocal Trust, and will be heard in state Superior Court, Rappoport said.

http://www.projo.com/ri/cumberland/content/projo_20060728_csuit28.ffe131.html

Picture of said dumbass courtesy of Facebook:
http://photos-046.facebook.com/ip003/profile/557/1/s49501046_16400.jpg
He looks REALLY scarred for life, I can tell...

I can understand asking for medical costs to be paid, but asking for $15k out of his own stupidity? He slipped in the locker room of the SWIMMING POOL, for fuck's sake. If you don't know that it's going to be slippery in there since people take showers there after EVERY GYM PERIOD, you are a fucking moron; you don't deserve a red cent.

[elprincipe]

This is the same as the dumbasses who trip on the sidewalk and then try to sue the city.

[GuilewasNK]

Not an asshat, just a straight up asshole.

[Dead of Knight]

Not an asshat, just a straight up asshole.

There's a difference? :lol:

[GuilewasNK]

There's a difference? :lol:

Not much actually. :lol:

[Metal Boss]

Someone should show him what a real skull fracture feels like.

[xeverex18]

That is seriously fucked out. 15k will murder any funds a school could have. My old high school didnt even have a gym, little less a pool. you should see the type of water we had in my old elementary school. You could slip on $hit any second inside that bathroom.

[Kayden]

Fuck... I gave someone a Russian leg sweep right in the middle of the hallway onto the linoleum and he landed head first. I never heard shit from that.

Actually, I know I just got lucky as fuck he was trying to be a tough guy. I ran into him a few years later and he said he still got headaches.

Serves him right for being a douche and trying to start a fight.

[2poor]

"Why are you such a douche?"

http://photos-046.facebook.com/ip003/profile/557/1/s49501046_16400.jpg

[Duo_Maxwell]

Sounds like it could go either way, my guess it that they will likely settle, even though unless there was something not up to code the school technically didn't do anything wrong. But still even if he wins a trial, I'd say there's only about a 10% chance he gets the full amount, especially if the actual medical bills are only $2,300 of the $15k suit.

[HumanSnatcher]

Whats next? Sueing a school for something that an idiot kid did that caused him to get a chipped tooth?

Oh, wait...

[Photomotoz]

Whats next? Sueing a school for something that an idiot kid did that caused him to get a chipped tooth?

Oh, wait...
:rofl:

[Dkellar]

Hope the school counter sues.

[elprincipe]

Hope the school counter sues.

"We had to pay janitorial overtime to clean up the blood!" :lol:

[niceguyshawne]

Cut the kid some slack, he needs rims for his Impala.

[Renegade_Zero]

Whats next? Sueing a school for something that an idiot kid did that caused him to get a chipped tooth?

Oh, wait...

I'm actually kinda surprised no one brought this up sooner. Did I sue the school? No, no I didn't.

[vietgurl]

So if I go to the pool at the community center and slip in the changing rooms there, can I sue the city?

I need some money, I'll brb if I don't fall too hard and turn myself into more of a retard than I am now.

[elprincipe]

So if I go to the pool at the community center and slip in the changing rooms there, can I sue the city?

I need some money, I'll brb if I don't fall too hard and turn myself into more of a retard than I am now.

Don't forget you can sue people if you slip on ice in front of their house if they haven't shoveled their portion of sidewalk.

[HumanSnatcher]

Don't forget you can sue people if you slip on ice in front of their house if they haven't shoveled their portion of sidewalk.
WHAT!?! I hate the fact that the sidewalk is considered public property, but they expect you to keep it up...at least here in VA

[VanillaGorilla]

Bah! I came within seconds of DROWNING in my high school pool, and I didn't sue! But I did learn a good life lesson: don't jump off the diving board if you don't know how to swim.

[HumanSnatcher]

Bah! I came within seconds of DROWNING in my high school pool, and I didn't sue! But I did learn a good life lesson: don't jump off the diving board if you don't know how to swim.

No offense man, but I thought that was common sense lol

I nearly drowned as a kid at a water park. I was on one of those like quarter slides where its a free fall over hald way down into a 10ft pool. I'm lucky that a friends father was there to dive in after me. I was about 7 at the time, so common sense went out the window at that age lol.

Hell, I still don't know how to swim

[JSweeney]

I would think learning to swim would be something most people do... of course, I guess that would depend on where you live/grew up.

I mean, as a child, I was taugh to swim, how to perform CPR, basic water-related lifesaving (proper way to fish people out of the water and the like), and made to swim a mile every day over the course of a summer.

Needless to say, I'm a reasonably strong swimmer after that.

[Man with the Plan]

That is seriously fucked out. 15k will murder any funds a school could have. My old high school didnt even have a gym, little less a pool. you should see the type of water we had in my old elementary school. You could slip on $hit any second inside that bathroom.

Yeah, he's right. It's not like the average public school can muster up 15k just to pay some douchebag who claims it's the schools fault that he slipped. Suck it up, bitch.

[doraemonkerpal]

Cut the kid some slack, he needs rims for his Impala.

:rofl:

[akilshohen]

I slipped on ice when I was 9 and cracked my two front teeth because the school didn't put any salt on the groud.....if only I knew to sue.

[Dead of Knight]

I slipped on ice when I was 9 and cracked my two front teeth because the school didn't put any salt on the groud.....if only I knew to sue.

HUUUURRRRRRRRRRRR

[HumanSnatcher]

Double post 11 mins apart?

As for you slipping on ice on the ground, I know here in VA you can sue a home owner if you slip and bust your ass or break anything if you fall on the sidewalk because of ice. Honestly, I think thats BS because its the cities property, but yet the citizens are required to up keep it. Yeah, why should we do anything when there is a large hole in the sidewalk the city refuses to fix...ha

[Dead of Knight]

Double post 11 mins apart?

As for you slipping on ice on the ground, I know here in VA you can sue a home owner if you slip and bust your ass or break anything if you fall on the sidewalk because of ice. Honestly, I think thats BS because its the cities property, but yet the citizens are required to up keep it. Yeah, why should we do anything when there is a large hole in the sidewalk the city refuses to fix...ha

Sorry dude, CAG was not working for me a few minutes ago. :(

[HumanSnatcher]

Sorry dude, CAG was not working for me a few minutes ago. :(

Thats cool. I figured thats what had happened. I was having problems where it just kept saying "loading" in the tab that I have for CAG. For a few mins after that it ran slow. At least it seems like everything is back to normal

[akilshohen]

As for you slipping on ice on the ground, I know here in VA you can sue a home owner if you slip and bust your ass or break anything if you fall on the sidewalk because of ice. Honestly, I think thats BS because its the cities property, but yet the citizens are required to up keep it. Yeah, why should we do anything when there is a large hole in the sidewalk the city refuses to fix...ha
It would be CPS's fault, in chicago. Someone took a pic of the blood loss and it was quite a bit. But I have one of those happy go lucky mothers that didn't want to sue and doesn't believe in returns either.

[Veritas1204]

OP, if you could, please send me the kid's info.

I have 15k burning a hole in my pocket, and would love to be able to show the greedy fuck what a real cracked skull feels like.

Acutally, 15k is a pretty good deal for that.

[David85]

Someone robbing your house can sue if he gets hurt, it happens all the time. Someone was breaking into a house and tripped on something. The home owner can go to jail now because it was biult wrong. My uncle says it best if someone is breaking in make sure once you shoot them they are dead otherwise they will sue.

[HumanSnatcher]

Someone robbing your house can sue if he gets hurt, it happens all the time. Someone was breaking into a house and tripped on something. The home owner can go to jail now because it was biult wrong. My uncle says it best if someone is breaking in make sure once you shoot them they are dead otherwise they will sue.
Unfortunatly, killing them is probably the best thing you can do. Plus it always really helps if you simply say too "I was in fear for my life"

Of course, if you break into my home, there isn't going to be a body to be found...

[David85]

Exactly. If you shoot them on the steps make sure that there body falls into the house.

My favorite is in NY some father shot a guy that was in his 6-7 year old daughters room. The bad guy is sueing for medical costs and the dad was going to trial because his gun wasn't registered with the state. The gun was legal he just moved to NY 6 weeks before hand.

[niceguyshawne]

How did this thread go from a kid falling in a locker room to an NRA talking points thread?

[HumanSnatcher]

Exactly. If you shoot them on the steps make sure that there body falls into the house.

My favorite is in NY some father shot a guy that was in his 6-7 year old daughters room. The bad guy is sueing for medical costs and the dad was going to trial because his gun wasn't registered with the state. The gun was legal he just moved to NY 6 weeks before hand.

Thats just fuckin wrong. I swear, the fact that perpertrators(sp?) have more rights than the victim is one reason why I can't stand this country

[niceguyshawne]

Exactly. If you shoot them on the steps make sure that there body falls into the house.

My favorite is in NY some father shot a guy that was in his 6-7 year old daughters room. The bad guy is sueing for medical costs and the dad was going to trial because his gun wasn't registered with the state. The gun was legal he just moved to NY 6 weeks before hand.


But if he failed to register the gun as required with the state then it was not legal.

[Veritas1204]

Hell yeah shawn!

Who fucking cares if the guy he shot was in his 6 year old daughters room in the middle of the night?

He had an unregistered gun!

That poor misunderstood pedophile, all he was doing was minding his own business, trying to get some ass, and this dipshit with a gun (OMFG, I just said the g word) had to go and ruin it by shooting him.

Lets fry his ass!

/ seriously though, hopefully you all learn that the moral of stories like these is to make sure if you are going to pull a gun on a criminal, make sure he/she isn't around to sue you when you are done.

[HumanSnatcher]

Hell yeah shawn!

Who fucking cares if the guy he shot was in his 6 year old daughters room in the middle of the night?

He had an unregistered gun!

That poor misunderstood pedophile, all he was doing was minding his own business, trying to get some ass, and this dipshit with a gun (OMFG, I just said the g word) had to go and ruin it by shooting him.

Lets fry his ass!

/ seriously though, hopefully you all learn that the moral of stories like these is to make sure if you are going to pull a gun on a criminal, make sure he/she isn't around to sue you when you are done.

QFT!

Better put than I could have done

[niceguyshawne]

I was just pointing out the fallacy of David85's original statement that the gun was legal. Not registered = Not legal. I made no mention of the incident in question and what was right and or wrong. Next time try comprehending what you read before going into your knee jerk, canned Second Amendment speech.