Man wont return severed finger

[Gan]

1. Man finds severed finger in custard while in store.
2. Shop owner attempts to recover finger to send with employee who lost it to hospital so it can be reattached.
3. Man refuses to give up finger, leaves while claming he's calling the TV station and his lawyer.
4. Employee who lost finger has a 6 hour window to have it reattached according to doctors. However finger finder has finger in his freezer and now its been over 6 hours... thus the opportunity for reattachment is lost.

Article:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/06/finger.fight.ap/index.html

Sounds to me like the finger finder has opened himself up for a lawsuit himself. Thats just phuc'd up.

And, shouldnt there be protection for the shop since accidents do happen? Or is that what insurance is for???

If it were my finger I'd probably be taking a baseball bat to the finder's knees one evening as repayment for losing the opportunity to having it reattached.

[Parker]

Again, I don't claim to be the pinnacle of innocence, so in this case, I can agree, the individual who stole MY finger would probably have it made a permanent fixture in his eye socket, or something equally outrageous.

No, more than likely, I'd punch him in the face with my good hand, when I got the chance.

[HarmNone]

That really sucks. I can understand being a bit nonplussed by finding a finger in one's food, but not giving it back so it could be reattached was just stupid. :rolleyes:

[Snapp]

I'm just wondering how his finger got cut off and the food was still served to someone? Regardless, not giving it back is a bit heartless.

[Edited on 5-6-2005 by Snapp]

[Jolena]

:yeahthat:

[CrystalTears]

What. The. Fuck.

:asshole:

[Edaarin]

"The man who lost the finger has the superior claim," said Paul Lombardo, who teaches at the University of Virginia's law school. "It's his finger and he might be able to use it."

Lombardo said Stowers could have photographed the fingertip, taken a bit of flesh for DNA analysis or gotten an affidavit from the surgeon who would have reattached the digit.

"There is nothing that would prevent preserving the chain of evidence," Lombardo said.

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U. Va represent.

Anyway, Stowers is a punk ass who has no leg to stand on, because no judge will let him have any money for "emotional distress." I hope Kohl's doesn't settle, I don't think it's necessarily all that bad in terms of public image just because it was a careless employee and not really the store's fault.

[CrystalTears]

Hold on a second. I'm not finding something in the story that's bugging me. When the worker cut off his finger, why did it take 30 minutes to figure it out and where it was? That part bothers me a lot. If a finger gets cut off, I would think you would know instantly. Wouldn't it be immediately available? I'm a little confused.

Either way, the guy is being a dick for not giving it back.

[Parkbandit]

This is the main problem with this country. I know I sound like a broken record, but I really do believe that it's because of fuckstains like this that I end up paying extra for everything.

Get rid of about 90% of the lawyers out there and have people fucking stand up and take responsibility for their own actions. The ONLY REASON this fucker wanted to keep the digit was so that he could cash it in. Nothing more.

I hope he is charged with grand theft and thrown in jail.

[Latrinsorm]

Grand theft digital.

[Skirmisher]

Originally posted by CrystalTears
Hold on a second. I'm not finding something in the story that's bugging me. When the worker cut off his finger, why did it take 30 minutes to figure it out and where it was? That part bothers me a lot. If a finger gets cut off, I would think you would know instantly. Wouldn't it be immediately available? I'm a little confused.


Yes, this was my instant reaction as well.

The person sure as hell knew where his finger was cut off.

The store sure as hell should have known and even if not trying with all resources possible to retrieve the missing fingertip for reattachment, should have at the very least pulled the machine from being used as it was, one would hope, no longer in accordance with health local codes.

There is way more here to be told than has thus far been reported and way more corporations & people yet to be exposed to litigation.

And plus.....sorry to be harsh, but unplug the damned machine before sticking your hand inside.:?:

[Edited on 5-6-2005 by Skirmisher]

[Parkbandit]

I don't know.. I could see this senario happening:

Retarded employee gets part of finger cut off.

Retarded employee covers cut with towel.

Retarded employee leaves counter area and talks to manager leaving other employee in charge of counter.

Manager sees retarded employee hurt and calls 911

Manager tells retarded employee to keep pressure on the hand in order to stop the bleeding.

Manager spends time calming the retarded employee down.

Ambulance comes 15 minutes later and the paramedics begin their first aid assessment.

Paramedics realize a large chunk of retarded employee's finger is missing and directs the manager to retrieve it.

Other employee gives Mr. Fuckstain an ice cream with said finger in it.

Mr. Fuckstain screams like a girl when he sees the fingertip in his cherry swirl ice cream.

Manager apologizes, advises Mr. Fuckstain that they just had an accident and that the employee is receiving medical attention and requires his finger back.

Mr. Fuckstain says NO WAY, I AM A PATHETIC FUCKING LOSER AND HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN TO TRY AND GET SOME MONEY FOR THIS ACCIDENT.

[Doyle Hargraves]

I loved this part:

"The man who lost the finger has the superior claim," said Paul Lombardo, who teaches at the University of Virginia's law school. "It's his finger and he might be able to use it."

[CrystalTears]

Okay that makes more sense. I can buy that.

The finder of the finger is still a douche. :D

[Back]

If it were my finger... yeah, he'd be able to file a lawsuit, on me after I coldcocked him.

[ElanthianSiren]

mmm bloody ice cream. Just like mom used to make.

What's ironic is that Mr. Fuckstain, forgive me for not catching his name but PB's endearment was catching, wanted to financially exploit Retarded Employee so Retarded Employee could get his finger back.

Now Mr. Fuckstain will be sued and Retarded Employee still doesn't have his finger. Both are screwed. At least our society's good for a laugh. :lol:

-Melissa

[Edited on Fri, May th, 2005 by ElanthianSiren]

[Jolena]

Yeah, I guess you could say Retarded Employee really gave the finger to Mr. Fuckstain eh? :flees:

[ElanthianSiren]

Originally posted by Jolena
Yeah, I guess you could say Retarded Employee really gave the finger to Mr. Fuckstain eh? :flees:

Well, at least Retarded Employee is going about it legit. I'd hate for him to attack Mr. Fuckstain and get his FINGERS dirty.

-Melissa

[Jolena]

:lol2:

[Fission]

This is the main problem with this country. I know I sound like a broken record, but I really do believe that it's because of fuckstains like this that I end up paying extra for everything.

Depending on which fast food place you eat at, you can count on a big chunk of the cost of your food going to cover their liability insurance.

Look at McDonalds, the golden target.

Sued by some dim bitch who couldn't figure out hot coffee might be hot, and burned herself with a cup in her lap.

Sued by some idiot for discrimination or the like because their chairs wouldn't hold an incredibly fat person.

Also sued because some genius couldn't figure out that junk food might somehow make you fat.

Sued over their Monopoly game where they were giving prizes away for FREE.

Plenty of others, too, many of which paid out to the tune of seven or eight figures.

But hey, everyone wants their chance to win the lottery. Some just go about it this way instead.

:down:

[CrystalTears]

Hold up, wait a second...


Sued over their Monopoly game where they were giving prizes away for FREE.

:wtf2: Are you serious? Where did you read that??!

[Sylph]

:wtf2:


I hate America.

[ElanthianSiren]

Originally posted by Sylph
:wtf2:


I hate America.

I love America. I hate stupid dipshits that abuse the legal system here. Oh No!!! I ate 9,000 calories today!!! --The caloric equivilent of meals for 6 people! I won't gain weight though cuz Ronald McDonald makes anti fat burgers!

-melissa