Marshall University Is In Huntington WV, hometown of Todd Mayo.
Why didn't Todd go to Marshall? Read on and ask yourself, would you?
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/02/02/Rocket.pdf
Highlights From The 5 Page .PDF Linked Above
Louis Helmburg III is suing The Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity Inc., of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, and fraternity member Travis Hughes.
The papers lodged with Cabell County Court claims that at 1:30 a.m. on May 1, 2011, a student in a "drunken stupor" thought "
"it would be a good idea to shoot bottle rockets out of his anus". Sadly, "instead of launching, the bottle rocket blew up in the defendant's rectum, and this startled the plaintiff and caused him to jump back". He duly fell 4 feet to the ground from the fraternity's deck. Louis Helmburg III puts it to the law that "firing bottle rockets out of one's own anus constitutes an 'ultra-hazardous' activity".
Helmburg claims the bottle rocket up the anus caper damaged his career with the Marshall University baseball team. Helmburg claims the Alpha Tau deck should have had a railing, in accordance with Huntington building codes. Helmburg says:
"Several of the people in attendance at said house party were under the legal drinking age, including defendant Travis Hughes. Most of the persons in attendance at said house party were also consuming alcohol with the full knowledge and consent of the ATO fraternity."
The complaint continues:
"Defendant Hughes was highly intoxicated on this date and time, and decided in his drunken stupor that it would be a good idea to shoot bottle rockets out of his anus on the ATO deck, located on the back of the ATO house ... Defendant Hughes placed a bottle rocket in his anus, ignited the fuse, but instead of launching, the bottle rocket blew up in the defendant's rectum, and this startled the plaintiff and caused him to jump back, at which time he fell off of the ATO deck, and he became lodged between the deck and an air conditioner unit adjacent the deck."
Helmburg says Alpha Tau had a duty to stop "defendant Hughes, and other under age persons, from consuming alcohol on its premises, which leads to stupid and dangerous activities, such as shooting bottle rockets out of one's own anus."
Helmburg ends:
"Defendant Hughes also owed plaintiff and others on the ATO deck a duty of care not to drink under age, or to fire bottle rockets out of his anus."
Helmburg is seeking damages for negligence and strict liability.
fun fact: marquette09 tried the same trick with a roman candle. the results were horrifying
Quote from: AnotherMU84 on February 10, 2012, 12:27:06 PM
Marshall University Is In Huntington WV, hometown of Todd Mayo.
Why didn't Todd go to Marshall? Read on and ask yourself, would you?
this just in... college students get drunk and do stupid things.
I would argue detrimental reliance as well. He was likely assured by more senior members of the fraternity that his anus was an adequate location to place a bottle rocket, and relied on such advice to his detriment.
Also, if they have a Safe Place statue, the fraternity would be liable for not making their house safe for frequenters who wish to shoot incendiary devices out of their orifices.
Quote from: Henry Sugar on February 10, 2012, 12:35:26 PM
this just in... college students get drunk and do stupid things.
This just in...(some) lawyers look for people who got drunk and did stupid things and try to help them blame others, to their own profit.
In this case the lawyer looks more stupid than the drunk college student.
Quote from: Hamostradamus on February 10, 2012, 12:35:35 PM
I would argue detrimental reliance as well. He was likely assured by more senior members of the fraternity that his anus was an adequate location to place a bottle rocket, and relied on such advice to his detriment.
Also, if they have a Safe Place statue, the fraternity would be liable for not making their house safe for frequenters who wish to shoot incendiary devices out of their orifices.
I'd go after the likely to be Chinese manufacturer of the bottle rocket as well. Failure to have a proximity warning device to sound an alarm when placed in a human orifice.
If my memory serves me correctly, while I was at MU some frat poured a bunch of alcohol based products on a pledge and then lit him on fire. The fraternity president fled to Europe, where he was from (Sweden or Switzerland maybe?) and I can't remember what happened to the frat itself.
How did MU ever manage to get recruits after that?
Quote from: Skitch on February 10, 2012, 02:04:54 PM
If my memory serves me correctly, while I was at MU some frat poured a bunch of alcohol based products on a pledge and then lit him on fire. The fraternity president fled to Europe, where he was from (Sweden or Switzerland maybe?) and I can't remember what happened to the frat itself.
How did MU ever manage to get recruits after that?
I thought that was Donald Little?
http://www.enquirer.com/bearcats/2003/06/25/wwwuclittle25.html
/Bearcat hate week
Like we all haven't done this exact same thing.
Quote from: mr.MUskie on February 10, 2012, 02:33:16 PM
Like we all haven't done this exact same thing.
Those of us who aren't hairy wet cats have
Art Long is "House-Dad" of Cincy's Epsilon Eequum Chi.
άλογο γροθιά σπίτι (can't find a Greek translation that works well, so botched Latin/Greek)
Here's a photo of him welcoming a new recruit.
(http://vicsocotra.com/2011_stories/02-17-11-mongo.jpg)
Quote from: T-Bone on February 10, 2012, 02:40:57 PM
Art Long is "House-Dad" of Cincy's Epsilon Eequum Chi.
άλογο γροθιά σπίτι (can't find a Greek translation that works well, so botched Latin/Greek)
Here's a photo of him welcoming a new recruit.
(http://vicsocotra.com/2011_stories/02-17-11-mongo.jpg)
I knew greek life was down across the country, but now they're recruiting horses? I suppose as long as they pay their dues...
Quote from: Skitch on February 10, 2012, 02:04:54 PM
If my memory serves me correctly, while I was at MU some frat poured a bunch of alcohol based products on a pledge and then lit him on fire. The fraternity president fled to Europe, where he was from (Sweden or Switzerland maybe?) and I can't remember what happened to the frat itself.
How did MU ever manage to get recruits after that?
Moment of silence for the TKE's
Quote from: The Lens on February 10, 2012, 02:55:35 PM
Moment of silence for the TKE's
Ahh thank you. For a while after my post I wasn't entirely sure if it actually happened or if it was something I saw on Beverly Hills 90210
Quote from: Henry Sugar on February 10, 2012, 02:39:26 PM
Those of us who aren't hairy wet cats have
Did you type hairy wet cats or hairy wet cats to get this result?
Quote from: mug644 on February 10, 2012, 01:10:37 PM
This just in...(some) lawyers look for people who got drunk and did stupid things and try to help them blame others, to their own profit.
In this case the lawyer looks more stupid than the drunk college student.
Don't underestimate the fun challenge involved in finding a way to put such stupid antics in proper language for court documents.
4never shoots them the other way. Into his bungholio, aina.
Quote from: Hamostradamus on February 10, 2012, 12:35:35 PM
I would argue detrimental reliance as well. He was likely assured by more senior members of the fraternity that his anus was an adequate location to place a bottle rocket, and relied on such advice to his detriment.
Also, if they have a Safe Place statue, the fraternity would be liable for not making their house safe for frequenters who wish to shoot incendiary devices out of their orifices.
Anus boy is a defendant, being sued by a vertically challenged observer. Undoubtedly he wisely did not want any publicity; too bad.
Apparently there was a Stupids Convention around bottle rockets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7APCqZ_iX48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZOApjvp18M
Quote from: Ari Gold on February 10, 2012, 12:33:10 PM
fun fact: marquette09 tried the same trick with a roman candle. the results were horrifying
Dude, you drugged me and then did that to me. It was like a scene out of the hangover the next morning trying to figure out where those "horrifying results" came from.
When you search "hairy wet cats" .. this thread is now #5 on google.
Quote from: mu_hilltopper on February 11, 2012, 11:04:33 AM
When you search "hairy wet cats" .. this thread is now #5 on google.
sicko!
Quote from: marquette09 on February 10, 2012, 11:44:03 PM
Dude, you drugged me and then did that to me. It was like a scene out of the hangover the next morning trying to figure out where those "horrifying results" came from.
more like Hangover meets Saw
Quote from: mu_hilltopper on February 11, 2012, 11:04:33 AM
When you search "hairy wet cats" .. this thread is now #5 on google.
#3 is something about Ari drawing. I was afraid to click on it.
#1 is about shaving a cat's ass. That's PTM's territory.