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Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack
Fox ^ | Feb 15, 2009

Posted on 02/16/2009 10:40:11 AM PST by RDTF

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A 42-year-old man bitten by a snake in a Pembroke Pines Wal-Mart garden center is suing the company for negligence.

Jay Richitelli says he is the third Floridian in three years to be attacked in a Wal-Mart by a pygmy rattler.

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TOPICS: US: Florida
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To: WildcatClan

The article was an example of the Associated Press structured pricing system. The “Basic” level tells you “What”. In order to get the other “W’s”, you need to get “Premium”, “Gold”, “Platinum”, or “Titanium” level.


21 posted on 02/16/2009 11:19:33 AM PST by Ed Condon (Wanted, newer tag line in good condition.)
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To: stainlessbanner

I live in Florida and rather live with the snakes than live in chicago or NY with the element of so called humans up their, plus the beutiful weather right now its sunny and in the 70s.


22 posted on 02/16/2009 11:29:44 AM PST by bikerman
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To: RDTF

Bump


23 posted on 02/16/2009 11:36:18 AM PST by BulletBobCo
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To: stainlessbanner

“They have the biggest rattlers and cottonmouths down there. “

Yeah but I’ve never seen one at Walmart. Have run across them out hunting or such.

I don’t buy this, even pygmy rattlesnakes prefer to avoid people and sure won’t be going into a Walmart. Now Taco Bell is another story.


24 posted on 02/16/2009 11:38:50 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: RDTF

THIS JUST IN: The family of the snake is suing Richitelli for the fatal infection that caused the snake’s untimely death. The snake contracted a lethal dose of stupidity from the (alleged) bite.


25 posted on 02/16/2009 11:40:27 AM PST by Red Reign (Storm clouds gather. Fear not, it's a Red Reign that's coming.)
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To: RDTF
Jay Richitelli says he is the third Floridian in three years to be attacked in a Wal-Mart by a pygmy rattler.

"Enough is enough! I have had it with these mf'g snakes in this mf'g WalMart!

26 posted on 02/16/2009 11:49:45 AM PST by Drew68
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To: RDTF

Jay Richitelli says he is the third Floridian in three years to be attacked in a Wal-Mart by a pygmy rattler.

What on earth is it with Florida? Three Wal-Mart snake attacks, two cases of guys throwing food at people, and a tasered emu.

And of course the ongoing saga of "Learning to Vote 101"....
27 posted on 02/16/2009 11:49:53 AM PST by G8 Diplomat
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To: All

Snakes in a Store!


28 posted on 02/16/2009 11:50:09 AM PST by G8 Diplomat
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To: G8 Diplomat

and monkeys throwing feces


29 posted on 02/16/2009 11:51:13 AM PST by RDTF (BO smells and eventually people do what's necessary to avoid it)
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To: RDTF

Preventing this kind of thing is easier said than done. Wal mart has mostly open nursery areas in warm climates, like here in Knoxville, TN. Naturally, from time to time, just as in a garden, the critters are going to get into the plants and, making things worse, nature gave them very good camouflage. Any reasonable gardener knows this from experiences in his own garden and takes proper precautions, just as he should in the store.


30 posted on 02/16/2009 12:01:34 PM PST by libstripper
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To: AuntB
What’s next, suing over a mosquito bite?

If it is, Bill Gates is in trouble.

31 posted on 02/16/2009 12:04:10 PM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: G8 Diplomat

Thats nothing a few months back some deputy tasered a wild boar, thankfully the neighbors saved him.

About a year ago one deputy tossed a towel on a gator lept on the back and got in critical condition. His buddy emptied his sidearm at the gator and missed every time.

Really you should come down and spend a couple weeks here ( outside of Disney ) and the stories would start to make sense :-)


32 posted on 02/16/2009 12:30:38 PM PST by festus (Politics makes for strange bedfellows)
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To: driftdiver
I don’t buy this, even pygmy rattlesnakes prefer to avoid people and sure won’t be going into a Walmart.

Newsflash:

Economy tanks, pygmy snakes forced to shop at Walmart...

33 posted on 02/16/2009 12:39:35 PM PST by The Electrician ("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
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To: RDTF

Ka-ching ping!


34 posted on 02/16/2009 1:06:29 PM PST by Moltke
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To: RDTF

I had a pygmy rattler in the trunk of a car I rented. Fortunately I didnt get struck when it lunged at me...and managed to beat it silly with a broom before I could remove it

Its not unusual for snakes to show up in unusual places in Florida.

And, yes, Wal-Mart does hold some liability in this...as a business they have to make sure their place is safe for its customers...and especially if they have had “snake issues” in the past


35 posted on 02/16/2009 2:00:22 PM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (The Biggest Threat To American Soverignty Is Rampant Economic Anti-Americanism)
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To: Pantera
Great episode.


36 posted on 02/16/2009 2:21:30 PM PST by BBell
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To: Disambiguator

I’m stealing that pic.


37 posted on 02/16/2009 2:25:03 PM PST by Centurion2000 (01-20-2009 : The end of the PAX AMERICANA.)
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To: Disambiguator

What does your dumb supposed to say.


38 posted on 02/16/2009 2:43:33 PM PST by dalereed
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To: festus

“Thats nothing a few months back some deputy tasered a wild boar, thankfully the neighbors saved him.”

The deputy or the boar?


39 posted on 02/16/2009 2:48:04 PM PST by dalereed
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To: dalereed

Both actually.

The Boar, which had been peacefully rooting up the flowers, just got pi$$ed off when he was tazered. The neighbors helped herd the boar into an open utility trailer.

That deputy clearly was missing a few synapses. Large wild boar. I’ll tazer it !


40 posted on 02/16/2009 3:48:25 PM PST by festus (Politics makes for strange bedfellows)
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