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A friend sent this to me today
Now stupid people can sue because they were stupid!

Subject: Fw: Get a load of this!! Good grief!!!





MAN SUES TOM RIDGE OVER DUCT TAPE FEARS
>
> Corona, CA - Tom Ridge's advice to Americans to stock up on duct tape
> and plastic has sparked a lawsuit which has been filed against him, the
> Department of Homeland Security, and President George W. Bush. Steven J.
> Bosell, the owner of B & B Construction in Corona, California, has filed
a
> lawsuit claiming emotional distress, personal injury and sexual
dysfunction
> after he wrapped his "privates" in duct tape to protect them from a
> biological attack. "After watching Mr. Ridge on television advising us
to
> stock up on duct tape and plastic, I went to the local Costco and bought
> $100 worth of duct tape to protect myself," Bosell said. "When I got
home, I
> taped up my windows and doors. After I did that I realized if survivors
> like myself are going to reproduce and populate the Earth after a
biological
> attack, we have to protect our privates as well." Bosell claimed in his
> lawsuit he wrapped his "privates" in duct tape as a test of "Homeland
> Security".
>
> When he tried to remove the tape, Bosell injured himself when the tape
> began peeling off skin and body hair. After calling an ambulance, Bosell
was
> taken to the hospital where the doctors and nurses laughed at him. "I
told
> the doctors and nurses at the hospital if they laughed, I would file a
> lawsuit against them and the hospital. They laughed anyways and I now
have
> another lawsuit pending" Bosell said with tears streaming down his face.
> "They went out their way to make me look like a fool. Once I saw the
> doctors scalpel go toward my privates, I totally lost it and blacked
out".
> Also named in the second lawsuit is the President of the United States,
> George W. Bush. "President Bush is just as liable for injury to my
> reproductive future because he hired Mr. Ridge to run the Department of
> Homeland Security and Mr. Ridge gave the nation bad advice. They also
make
> me look like a fool." Bosell sobbed. The Department of Homeland Security
> and the Bush Administration have no comment on Mr. Bosell's lawsuits.
>
> Ed. Note: We can only hope that this man's reproductive capabilities
HAVE
> indeed been 'curbed'!

HeyAgain

It is a fake story.

Claim: A Corona, California, man sued Secretary of Homeland SecurityTom Ridge for emotional distress after duct-taping his "privates."

Status: False.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2003]


Man Sues Tom Ridge Over Duct Tape Fears

Corona, CA - Tom Ridge's advice to Americans to stock up on duct tape and plastic has sparked a lawsuit which has been filed against him, the Department of Homeland Security and President George W. Bush.

Steven J. Bosell, the owner of B & B Construction in Corona, California, has filed a lawsuit claiming emotional distress, personal injury and sexual disfunction after he wrapped his "privates" in duct tape to protect them from a biological attack.

"After watching Mr. Ridge on television advising us to stock up on duct tape and plastic, I went to the local Costco and bought $100 worth of duct tape to protect myself", Bosell said. "When I got home, I taped up my windows and doors. After I did that I realized if survivors like myself are going to reproduce and populate the Earth after a biological attack, we have to protect our privates as well."

Bosell claimed in his lawsuit he wrapped his "privates" in duct tape as test of "Homeland Security". When he tried to remove the tape, Bosell injured himself when the tape began peeling off skin and body hair. After calling an ambulance, Bosell was taken to the hospital where the doctors and nurses laughed at him.

"I told the doctors and nurses at the hospital if they laughed, I would file a lawsuit against them and the hospital. They laughed anyways and I now have another lawsuit pending" Bosell said with tears streaming down his face. "They went out their way to make me look like a fool. Once I saw the doctors scalpel go toward my privates, I totally lost it and blacked out".

Also named in the lawsuit is the President of the United States, George W. Bush. "President Bush is just as liable for injury to my reproductive future because he hired Mr. Ridge to run the Department of Homeland Security and Mr. Ridge gave the nation bad advice. They also make me look like a fool." Bosell sobbed.



Origins: No resident of Corona, California, filed a lawsuit against Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge for emotional distress after duct-taping his "privates." This piece is a spoof of the craze set off during the "Code Orange" security alert in February 2003 by the advice for U.S. residents to have duct tape and plastic sheeting on hand to create sealed-off environments in their homes in case of chemical or biological attack, as well as a jab as litigious cranks who file all sorts of frivolous lawsuits.

Steven Bosell, putative owner of B & B Construction in Corona, California, is a fictional creation of talk radio host Phil Hendrie. Hendrie's stock in trade is inventing outrageous "guests" with whom he converses on his show (the guests are actually voiced by Hendrie himself), and one of his recurring characters is Steven Bosell, owner of B & B Construction, who regularly "appears" on Hendrie's show to discuss his latest loony lawsuit.

Last updated: 8 March 2003

http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/bosell.asp

asdf1001

I hate it when these stupid stories go out, people retell them as truth and suddenly it spreads like wildfire.

But, hey, you never know, stranger things HAVE happened!

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Grondar

Sadly, such a lawsuit is far from being unrealistic.. Especially in America.

People sue for the dumbest things... and win.

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oberon

It makes me wonder sometimes. There seem to be so many people that have never considered asking the question: "Just because I can, should I?"

Oddly enough, and perhaps most unfortunately, a lot of these people seem to be in the politics or justice business.

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JumpinJesus

oberon, that actually sounds like the title to an interesting thread. Maybe you should consider it. You know, fill in the blank, "just because I can ________, should I?"

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splck

The way Americans like to sue, I thought it was true.

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GuttersnipeXL

This isn't outside the realm of possibility. People are so sue happy, jumping at any chance to make a buck, the dishonest way. I say it is one of the largest factors in the degradtion of American society...This guy is a fool, and deserves psychiatric treatment.

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liquid_dreams

souns realistic can't tell if its true

sapiens

Very true. How about that woman who sued McDonald's for hot coffee? She opened it between her legs while her son was driving. She received 3rd degree burns from the coffee. She won.

I saw another lawsuit against a bicycle manufacturer. Some guy was biking at night without a light. He was hit by a car and paralyzed. His lawyer said that putting reflectors on the bike misrepresented the safety of riding at night. The guy claimed that the bike company should have warned him not to ride at night. Last time I checked, the case was still pending.

These people win because juries are stupid. (I know that's a very blanket statement. There are some good juries). Many juries award massive punitive damages. I think that there should be a limit on punitive damages. Sometimes I think that at least part of punitive damages should go back to the state for programs to prevent the same thing from happening. Compensatory damages should remain the same and go to the plaintiff. I also think that people who lose frivolous lawsuits should be forced to pay court costs (otherwise we are the ones who end up paying).

Atropos4

I just heard on the radio the other day about a guy that's sueing a lawn mower co. because they didn't have a warning label saying your not supposed to use the lawn mower as a hedge trimmer.
When he was doing this he chopped some of his fingers off . Now the company has to put a warning label on the mowers that you shouldn't use them as hedge trimmers....ridiculous really

You gotta know that when you see a what we might call a "well duh" warning on an appliance or other, that some fool has done that exact thing.

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