Harry Reid Goes After Theraband: (When You've Been An Idiot, Why Admit It When You Can Find Somebody To Sue?)
Harry Reid, with his wife, is suing the makers of the Theraband elastic exercise band, contending it ruined his sex life.
The dummy was using the thing in his bathroom -- presumably a place with hard tiles all over the damn place.
Martin Barillas posts at SperoNews:
U.S. Senator Harry Reid, a 75-year-old Democrat who represents Nevada, filed a lawsuit on October 6 that contends a rubber band has ruined his sex life. Filed in a district court in Clark County, Nevada, the complaint detailed how a Theraband elastic changed his life. On January 1, 2015, ""The Theraband was mounted to a sturdy object in his bathroom. While in use, the Theraband broke or slipped out of Mr. Reid's hand, causing him to spin around and strike his face on a cabinet."
The document also alleges that the senior citizen "has suffered and continue to suffer from severe pain and injuries, including, but not limited to, loss of vision in his right eye, a concussion, broken orbital bones, severe disfigurement and bruising to his face, hand injuries, facial lacerations, scarring, and broken ribs." In addition, wife Landra Gould alleges she suffered a loss of marital union. The complaint detailed on page 15, "As a result of the negligent act(s) of the Defendants, Plaintiff, Landra Gould, was caused to suffer, and will continue to suffer a loss of consortium."
Due, there's a reason they put those rubber mats all over gyms -- as opposed to tiling them.
via ifeminists
That also assumes that the accident happened as described.
There are numerous stories suggesting that it did NOT happen as described.
Keith Glass at October 13, 2015 6:55 AM
While in use, the Theraband broke or slipped out of Mr. Reid's hand
So, which was it? did it break, or did it slip out of the doddering old fool's hand? also, what is this "sturdy object" in the bathroom? I would never attach something like that to anything in my bathroom with the possible exception of the tub as that is indeed sturdy but has no catches for such a contraption.
So, the likelihood of user error is high. Why should the company be liable for negligent use?
I R A Darth Aggie at October 13, 2015 7:01 AM
Riffing on what Keith Glass said, this is about the fourth different story Reid has pushed to try to explain away the injuries he got last year. Rumor, with some evidence behind it, suggests the real story was a beat-down from his Mafia connections.
Cousin Dave at October 13, 2015 7:03 AM
Riffing on what Keith Glass said, this is about the fourth different story Reid has pushed to try to explain away the injuries he got last year. Rumor, with some evidence behind it, suggests the real story was a beat-down from his Mafia connections.
Posted by: Cousin Dave at October 13, 2015 7:03 AM
Or his brother. This lawsuit seems to be all about reputational face saving.
Two bits he settles it out of court, for almost nothing, and then pretends that it proves the *accident* happened the way he said it did.
In this case, I think the Streisand effect is totally applicable.
He should have just STFU.
Isab at October 13, 2015 8:09 AM
. . . . "severe pain and injuries, including, but not limited to, loss of vision in his right eye, a concussion, broken orbital bones, severe disfigurement and bruising to his face, hand injuries, facial lacerations, scarring, and broken ribs."
That's a hell of a slip-and-fall, there.
Hint - I don't believe a word of the good Senator's story, either. Not to say that I believe any of the stories that he was beaten up by mobsters. But his injuries are not consistent with his story that he struck his face on a cabinet.
I hope that the company chooses to fight - discovery would be most revealing. I'd love to see them do some re-enactment. But, as Isab suggests, I suspect there will be a quick settlement and a gag order. The deal may already be done.
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llamas at October 13, 2015 8:45 AM
The dog ate my homework.
MarkD at October 13, 2015 9:32 AM
Somehow, I figure that him being 75 years old had a lot to do with it. I know folks are more fit at that age these days but that fool isn't one of them.
Hegwynne at October 13, 2015 10:53 AM
Has no one noticed that this issue raises the spectre of sex with... Harry Reid?
That's has to be a highly-paid position...
Radwaste at October 13, 2015 11:42 AM
What Radwaste said. Does Landra really suffer a loss of consortium"?
Rex Little at October 13, 2015 2:05 PM
On second thought, perhaps Rad and I are overlooking something. Reid couldn't have gotten where he is without having a skilled tongue. . .
Rex Little at October 14, 2015 5:42 AM
The honorable Senator from Nevada could take a lesson from George W. Bush: at least Bush didn't sue the pretzel makers when he issued his "choked on a pretzel and fell on my face, honest to Jesus I wasn't drunk again" story.
But no. Reid had to step inside the chalk circle and invoke Satan, releasing the lawyers from their crypts.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at October 14, 2015 8:54 AM
Looking at the box, which shows a woman doing a sit-up like stretching exercise and listening to Reid's comment that the band snapped, causing him to spin around and fall against a cabinet create a disconnect. How was Reid using it?
My wife used a similar product during her physical therapy for a broken shoulder. That experience makes me doubt Reid's story - unless he was using it in an off-label manner.
Conan the Grammarian at October 14, 2015 9:35 AM
Democrats can never take a lesson from Bush. That would mean admitting that he's not a total moron. They'd be kicked out of the club if they did that.
When you're the lapdog of the trial lawyers, every once in a while, you've got to feed them.
Conan the Grammarian at October 14, 2015 9:38 AM
That's a lot of injuries for falling down in the bathroom. I wonder what he was doing with the Theraband. He must have ricocheted a few times when it let go. Too bad it wasn't caught on video; it would have been hilarious.
Typical Democrat, won't take responsibility for his own dumb actions. Like children, when something he does goes wrong it's someone else's fault and he's a victim.
Ken R at October 14, 2015 11:40 AM
"The honorable Senator from Nevada could take a lesson from George W. Bush: at least Bush didn't sue the pretzel makers when he issued his "choked on a pretzel and fell on my face, honest to Jesus I wasn't drunk again" story."
I find it entertaining to think about this:
What would happen if one Secret Service agent tried to kill him, a la Tom Clancy's novel? You could not be allowed to find out about that.
People are so eager to believe "W" is stupid that they ignore Kerry's and Gore's GPA in college, and his qualification to fly the F-102. They'll even claim he was the only person in DC to claim WMDs were in Iraq...
Radwaste at October 14, 2015 4:51 PM
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