Posted on 08/31/2010 1:19:44 PM PDT by billorites
I read this earlier.
Truly an electrifying story.
Idiot.
Hey ... maybe I should sue the middle school I went to years ago when I burned my arms trying to light a small furnace in metal shop. Nobody ever told me it wasn’t safe. What’s the statute of limitations on crap lawsuits like this?
Man, I would love to be the judge in this case. I would probably be thrown off the bench.
Do NOT show Danny this article. I’m pinging it for you, not him.
A teenager that does not know not to fool with electricity deserves what ever he gets.
He may have been suffering from brain damage before the incident—otherwise why would he do this in the first place? For a Mountain Dew?
This belongs on the TV show “JACKASS” not in a court room.
Sounds like he was brain dead before the incident.
Wow, Kyle is a real smart student. Didn’t he know that alligator clips and nipples are part of the gay awareness seminar and not the electrical trades curriculum? Shoosh.
The circle shock thing sounds like a bunch of hicks (not even rising to the level of redneck).
But, if Kelley taught the class the math and theory underlying the assertions he made about safety and safety provisions, and wasn’t the source of the dare, as far as I am concerned he ought to get everything back including legal and consequential costs and a fair chunk of damages. It’s pretty sure these lawyers don’t know squat about electrical theory.
He deliberately attached two alligator clips to his nipples and cranked up the juice? I'd say the brain damage was present long before then.
I was wiring 480 3phase in the shop and had a piece of flex
conduit up against my chest to steady it while working. Cell
phone in my shirt pocket went off on vibrate. Nearly wet my
pants!
Shocking and stunning!
A beeber has been stuned.
The judge should have the Lawyer attach alligator clips to his ears, plug it in, and show that air is not a conductor and it’s perfectly safe.
Sign up for electrical engineering class - check
Listen to your stupid friends who dare you to clip leads to your nipples - check
Actually doing it - then trying to blame others for your own bad decision - take someone to court.
Hello - what happened to holding people accountable for their own stupid choices?
Truly shocking. Sounds as if he’s lucky not to be a Darwin Award winner by now.
The ignorance of H.S. kids nowadays is shocking.
Can’t fix stupid.
Sounds like he thought GFCI was fool proof. No shortage of fools, however.
***DuBois critically injured himself because of his teacher Thomas Kelley’s failure to properly warn of the dangers of electrical currents. ***
Electrifying!
Shocking!
Cheap thrill!
Turned on!
Lit up!
DUMBASS!
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