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Woman sues bar after being stuck in toilet
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A New Jersey woman is suing a Pennsylvania sports bar and restaurant, saying she got stuck inside a toilet bowl for 20 minutes after the handicapped toilet seat she sat on cracked.Kathleen Hewko of Delran Township, N.J., had hip surgery prior to the Nov. 19, 2006 incident and was re-injured when the seat cracked in half at Starters Pub in Lower Saucon Township, Pa., “violently” dropping her into the bowl, according to the lawsuit, filed last month in U.S. District Court in Allentown.
Hewko, who weighs 130 to 140 pounds, screamed for help before finally getting out, according to her attorney, John D. Cirrinicione of Philadelphia, who says the seat was defective.
“It’s not a question of her being an obese woman,” he said.
The suit names Starters and the Kohler Co., which the suit says made the toilet seat.
Representatives from both companies said they couldn’t comment on the lawsuit.
The suit says Hewko, her husband, John, and son, Colin, were dining at the restaurant around 2 p.m. when Hewko went to the ladies’ room and ended up in the ceramic bowl. She says the plunge permanently injured her lower back, hip and thigh. It’s unclear exactly how Hewko got out of the toilet.
The lawsuit claims the restaurant knew there was a problem with the toilet seats and that another toilet seat had broken there earlier that week.
Hewko is seeking more than $150,000 from both Starters and the Kohler Co. for pain and suffering, mental anguish and other damages. She’s also seeking attorney’s fees.
John Hewko is also seeking more than $75,000 from the two parties for loss of consortium and companionship with his wife.
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OMG...I just read the last sentence! Her husband is also seeking $$$$ damages for loss of consortium and companionship of his wife!? That is so so funny. These two idiots deserve one another. Good luck in the psych ward.
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