Law Vibe

Toilets are dangerous.

I didn’t know that. But know I do. They can put you in jail. They can give you serious injurious. I officially call for a ban on toilets and I expect all our loyal readers to join us in this mission to eliminate this scourge from the Earth.

But really, there’s been a recent upsurge in lawsuits involving everyone’s favorite bathroom fixture. You might recall the lady who screamed at her toilet and was almost put in jail. The brief rundown of that post was that a lady was getting irate and furious about her overflowing toilet. She started shouting expletives around and calling for her daughter to get a mop to clean the mess up. Neighbor is a police officer, calls the cops on her, and she gets cited for disorderly conduct.

Now the toilet strikes again. Its blood-lust cannot be controlled, you can only hope to contain it. And Donald Trump is pissed.

The self-destructing toilet incident

Jean Ciocci, a 74 year old woman from Philadelphia, was staying at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. She decides to use the toilet in her room. CRACKKKK! The toilet breaks away from the wall - taking her down with it! Can you even imagine sitting on a toilet and it tears away from the bathroom wall? I mean, you sit down, its your private time to relax and get away from the world, and boom, you’re on the floor with a overflowing toilet on top of you. To add injury to insult, she suffered serious injuries which resulted in a disability in her arm. That’s major toilet damage!

She sued the Trump Taj Majal.

The result

The Trump Taj Mahal Casino believes it to be hard for Jean Ciocci to be able to prove her case. Even after this statement, they decided to settle with Ciocci for $1.2 million dollars - Ciocci accepted.

“I think the Trump casino behaved responsibly in terms of recognizing that the toilet wasn’t properly mounted and by offering a fair settlement in this case. We’re hoping she’ll be able to use some of this money to make improvements to her house so she’ll be able to get around,” said Daniel J. Mann, who is Ciocci’s lawyer.

When will toilets stop their destructive warpath? Stop the madness!