Report: Toilet Seat Man Had Same Thing Happen Before
Man Made Same Claim In Nederland Over Different Bathroom Seat
POSTED: 9:08 am MST November 8, 2005
UPDATED: 10:50 am MST November 8, 2005
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NEDERLAND, Colo. -- A Nederland man who is suing a Home Depot after being stuck to a toilet seat had the same thing happen to him last year, the Rocky Mountain News reported in its Tuesday editions.
Bob Dougherty was interviewed by the national press Monday in New York City about a 2003 incident at a Boulder Home Depot.
Dougherty, 57, is suing for $3 million over the incident two years ago, claiming store employees ignored his calls for help and failed to maintain the bathrooms by not stocking paper toilet seat covers.
Ron Trzepacz, former director of operations in Nederland, where Dougherty lives, told the News in Tuesday's editions that Dougherty came to him in the summer of 2004 claiming he had been glued to a toilet seat in the town's visitor center but pulled himself free.
Trzepacz said he inspected the bathroom and found "no indication that anything had been on the toilet seat." No police report was filed.
Dougherty's lawyer, Mark Cohen, said his client denied making such a claim.
"The allegation doesn't make any sense," Cohen told The Associated Press. "Where this is coming from, I don't really know what the motives would be."
Trzepacz said he worked for the mountain village about 30 miles northwest of Denver for 13 years. He now lives in Franklinville, N.Y.
Dougherty claimed in his latest lawsuit that the 2003 incident at Home Depot in Louisville caused him pain, humiliation and financial loss. Dougherty said he was recovering from heart bypass surgery at the time and thought he was having a heart attack.
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