\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/08/31/2010-08-31_teen_whose_heart_stopped_after_attaching_electrified_clamp_to_his_nipple_sues_te.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 LOL! The teacher was at fault for not warning the student about the dangers of electrical cords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 The family of a teen whose heart stopped after clamping an electrical cord to his nipple in shop class is suing the school and the teacher, saying the boy suffered brain damage. I'm guessing the school could present a compelling defense that the brain damage was already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 What about the parents warning their kids of the danger of electrical cords long before the teenage years? Still, teenagers, especially boys, are prone to do stupid things. I know I pulled off my fair share of idiotic stunts at that age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I think the kid was brain damaged before he electrocuted his nipples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philly McButterpants Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 The teacher had to warn an 18 year old about the dangers of playing with electrical cords?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Every electrical cord I've seen recently comes with about four different warning tags, including an "electric shock hazard" tag (and "strangulation hazard", "fire hazard", and "may cause cancer" to satisfy some dumbass CA law). I think the school's got a fair defense arguing that the boy had sufficient warning and ignored it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Every electrical cord I've seen recently comes with about four different warning tags, including an "electric shock hazard" tag (and "strangulation hazard", "fire hazard", and "may cause cancer" to satisfy some dumbass CA law). I think the school's got a fair defense arguing that the boy had sufficient warning and ignored it. Assuming that in the New Hampshire public school system the 18 year old in question has learned to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Assuming that in the New Hampshire public school system the 18 year old in question has learned to read. The tags have pictures. Except the cancer one...don't know what you'd use for a pictorgram of a tumor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 (edited) The tags have pictures. Except the cancer one...don't know what you'd use for a pictorgram of a tumor. Agreed, but pictures can be misleading, this one depicts a pool ball rack with an arrow in it, clearly indicating that a good first shot at the point of the rack will scatter the balls all over. Edited September 1, 2010 by Guffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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