The Loony Bin
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Thu, 22 May 1997 00:21:17 +0100
Hiya People...
Here's an apparently true story for you...it's stange what some
Americans will sue over...
Wishes & Dreams...
- ANDREA
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - A woman is suing the pharmacy that sold her a
popular contraceptive jelly - because she ate the stuff on toast and got
pregnant anyway.
And, incredibly, many legal experts are saying she's got an excellent
chance of collecting!
"The woman is a complete idiot," said one attorney who asked that we not
use his name. "How bright can you be if you think eating a vaginal gel
will prevent conception?
"But certain aspects of the case involve truth in labeling and false
advertising issues. She may not collect but she'll make a lot of noise
and trouble. People are down on lawyers anyway. They think we waste time
and money on frivolous lawsuits. This isn't going to help our public
relations any."
A spokesman for the unnamed mom-and-pop drugstore says he's shocked and
angry that such a case could ever be taken seriously. "All she has to do
is open the box and read the directions," says the spokesman. "Next
thing you know someone will come after us because they couldn't stick
things together with their toothpaste.
"I can just imagine some moron saying: 'It's paste, isn't it? Why can't
I glue these papers onto my bulletin board?' "
But attorneys for Mrs. Chyton say she was swindled and lied to by
implication and they intend to make the pharmacy pay $500,000 for the
hardship the woman will have to endure.
"It says right on it 'jelly,'" says Mrs. Chyton, a former model who was
once a cheerleader for a popular professional basketball team.
"And they kept it on the shelf just two aisles from the food section. I
know, now, that the directions say it should be used vaginally with a
condom.
"But who has time to sit around reading directions these days -
especially when you're sexually aroused?
"The company should call it something else and the pharmacy shouldn't
sell it without telling each and every customer who buys it that eating
it won't prevent you from getting pregnant."
As bizarre as it sounds, the pharmacy could wind up losing the lawsuit.
"It's hard for businesses to avoid troublesome lawsuits," said another
attorney.
"With the courts bending over backwards to please consumer groups, the
temper of the times is perfect for these crackpots to bring legal action
against businesses - even a moronic legal action like this."