Posted on 08/15/2012 4:40:19 PM PDT by Zakeet
The Dallas Cowboys are being put on the hot seat for literally having one.
Jennelle Carrillo, who lives in Cleburne, is suing the Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones for the third-degree burns she suffered on her buttocks after sitting on a black, marble bench at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium two years ago while waiting for the debut Blue & Silver scrimmage.
Carrillo was hospitalized and had to have skin grafts on her derriere, according to a lawsuit filed in Tarrant County civil court late last week.
"It was hot enough to produce third-degree burns through her clothing that day," said Mike Wash, the Austin attorney representing Carrillo. "She did not stay for the scrimmage. I'm surprised there aren't more reports of burn injuries from sitting on those dark, black benches."
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In her lawsuit, Carrillo contends that Cowboys Stadium officials didn't warn her or others about the dangers of sitting on the uncovered bench in the hot summer sun.
"No signs were posted at or near the bench warning that it was too hot to sit on nor was the bench roped off to prevent persons from sitting on it," the lawsuit states.
Wash said he didn't know how long Carrillo sat on the bench, but when she got up to use the restroom, she discovered her burns.
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Because of her bench warming experience, Carrillo has suffered mental anguish, physical pain, and disfigurement, according to the suit.
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Well, Jennelle, sounds like Global Warming has finally reached Uranus.
Does the size of her backside determine her reward?
There are no black marble benches in the stadium. There are some black benches outside one or two of the entrances to the stadium.
Guilty
Life sentence, no parole possible.
My only speculation was that she was too drunk/stoned to notice. I can't imagine how any rational jury would find in favor of her (yes, I realize how stupid juries can be).
I used to carry gloves so I could grab my steering wheel when my car was sitting in the sun all day...
Still I find it pretty amazing she got third degree burns though her clothes...unless her ass is so fat and big she could not feel the heat until it burned her...
So...the benches are OUTSIDE the stadium.
Now, if this same idiot sat down on say...a city park bench would she be suing them?
“...she got up to use the restroom, she discovered her burns.”
No pics? How is it possible that this idiot of a likely fat @$$ed (w/o pics this is only a best guess) female could sit there long enough to get third degree burns and not know she had been burned ‘til she got up to go pee? That bench might easily have been 120 - 140 deg F based on the description of the day and the black stone bench. If I were sitting down on that my hand likely would have touched the bench, and by God, I would know it was HOT! Stick your finger in a cup of hot McDonalds coffee and hold it there for a few minutes. That coffee is probably about 140 deg F, hot enough for a severe burn iver a few, say five minutes. Any you would sure know it was hot. Her whole story smells of smouldering fecal material. And this occured 2 years ago...seems it took this fat@$$ed woman and her lawyer long enough to cook up this lawsuit.
One time, some years ago, on a business trip, I was on the deck of a hot asphalt barge (ocean going). That deck was H-O-T and I could feel it through the soles of my shoes. I had an infrared heat gun with me and checked the deck - it was over 200 deg F. I kept my feet moving on the deck to avoid any unpleasant burns through the soles of my shoes.
She looks like a dumb-ass. I wonder if she could sue for brain damage as well, since evidently that’s where it resides.
I’m not sure how marble (insulating, moderate heat capacity) could give a third degree burn through clothing. I can certainly see it getting hot enough in the Texas sun to cause a minor burn. I also don’t see a third degree burn getting confused with a first degree burn.
I’m going to just throw this out there:
1) lady sits on bench, maybe is obese or diabetic and can’t feel pain well. Gets first degree burn.
2) lady sees doc, is (correctly) diagnosed with first degree burn. Medical documentation says it’s from bench.
3) Knowing that her burn is now medically documented, lady hatches clever scheme and burns herself more severely at home
4) Sees doc again, getting burn upgraded to third degree, with medical documentation still saying that the burn is from the bench
5) Lawsuit!
1. Couldn’t have been that bad if she only discovered them after going to the restroom, finally.
2. She never thought to stand up?
Did Jerry Jones force the woman to sit on that bench?
It appears she’s already serving a life sentence of stupid with no chance of parole.
If Texas is like Indiana, the tort injury and ss disability lawyers concentrate their adverts during Springer and Maury.
I'd say a bench like that could easily get to 140 in August. But I live in Texas, and I have a black car with a black steering wheel. I throw a white cloth over it when I park outside in summer, because I literally cannot hold the steering wheel otherwise.
I do not question that sitting on the bench could cause burns, but it is utterly mind-boggling to me that a person could not only to sit there long enough for that to actually happen, but to be unaware of it.
Additionally, there were presumably other people there waiting. Anybody else on the benches? When they jumped up shrieking, was that not enough warning? Did everybody else simply know better than to sit, and that, too, was not enough of a warning for the lone woman on the hot bench?
I am sincerely sympathetic. Burns are horrible injuries and I don't wish that on anybody. But who does not know that black surfaces are hot?
Take heart Cowboy fans Kyle Orton is now sporting silver & blue ... you are in capable hands.
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