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Reuters Man glued to toilet seat, sues store Fri Nov 4, 8:26 AM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Colorado man who had a panic attack when he fou nd he was glued to a toilet seat in a Home Depot restroom has sued the h ome improvement giant for negligence, saying staff ignored his plight.
Retired electrical engineer Bob Dougherty, 57, said on Thursday he was st uck in the stall with his pants down for about 20 minutes and that two y ears after the 2003 incident he was suffering from post-traumatic stress , which has triggered diabetes and heart complications. "I have these nightmares every night where I am locked in this dark room, with no windows, no doors, no fresh air, no route for escape. could not immediately be reached for commen t Dougherty said in a lawsuit filed last week in Boulder, Colorado, that he thought he was having a heart attack when he realized his buttocks and legs were stuck to the toilet seat in the Home Depot restroom in Louisvi lle, Colorado. He explained his plight to an employee who came into the restroom but oth er Home Depot staffers thought it was a hoax and he had to wait until so meone else came in to again summon help. Dougherty is claiming unspecified damages for help with medical and psych iatric bills, for humiliation and for the diabetes he said he has develo ped as a result of the stress. "Home Depot not only ignored my plight, they refused my plight," he said. Dougherty said he suspected the glue had been placed there as a prank b y three teens seen earlier in the store.
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