Woman Settles 'Toilet Phobia' Lawsuit - She Fell Off Of One

[matcom]

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African woman has settled a lawsuit in which she claimed to have developed a phobia about toilets after falling off one at a hotel.

Antonia Hart, 59, sued the Sun International hotel chain following the August 2003 incident, asking for 91,000 rand ($14,000) for pain, injury, medical treatment and "loss of amenities," the South African Press Agency (SAPA) reported.

Hart's lawyers had accused the hotel of negligence, saying their client toppled off the toilet when it suddenly broke "whilst in normal use for the purposes for which it was installed," SAPA quoted court papers as saying.

Sun International's lawyers conceded that the toilet had broken, but said Hart's husband had signed a liability waiver upon checking in.

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[GOPisEvil]

1. You just like that article because it uses "whilst"!

Toilet Phobia? Not good. Not good at all. In fact, that could be very, very bad.

[matcom]

2. "loss of amenities"

:bounce:

[DS1]

4. Did she have to take the hotel towels out of her bag and

clean up her poo?

[demnan]

3. Listen, I have a fat ass

and I must tell you that fat asses, sitting down hard and cheap toilet seats don't mix (and my less-fat friend broke one in my apartment too).

This is a sore point with me. (Ok, so not that sore!) I had the same throne seat for five years, then over the course of two years they had to replace three. Finally after the maintenance guys bitched loud enough they decided to buy better than substandard ones. I've had the same one now for two years.

The service industry will buy the cheapest junk they can get away with until someone stands up and says something. I'm with the woman on this one.