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Starbucks sued over alleged crushed penis
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NEW YORK, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A Canadian tourist who claims
that his penis was crushed by a faulty toilet seat at a
Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX) restaurant has sued the giant coffee
retailer for $1.5 million, his attorney said on Monday.
"Our client, Edward Skwarek, was in a seated position on
the toilet when he turned to retrieve the toilet paper in back
of the seat when the seat shifted causing his penis to be
caught and crushed between the seat and the bowl," said Richard
Robbins, the lawyer for Skwarek, 37, of Toronto.
The suit, filed Nov. 26 in Manhattan Supreme Court, alleges
the coffee house was careless in "allowing a defective toilet
seat to remain open ... causing a hazardous and unsafe
condition ... in its public restrooms."
Skwarek, a government financial worker, alleged that the
incident took place on Aug. 20, 1999 at a Starbucks in the
Chelsea district of Manhattan where he and his wife, Sherrie,
37, dropped in for some coffee.
The suit also claims that as a result of Starbucks'
carelessness, Skwarek suffered a "crushed penis, Peyronie's
disease, retrograde ejaculation with consequent substantial
reduction in sperm count, infertility, severe bruising to his
penis and sexual function impairment."
Peyronie's disease usually causes deviation of the erect
penis to one side.
Skwarek seeks $1 million in damages and his wife $500,000
because she has been "deprived of his services."
Alan Gulick, a spokesman at Starbucks in Seattle, where the
company is based, said Starbucks does not comment on pending
litigation.
Copyright 1999, Reuters News Service |
