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A big 'but' arises in toilet-seat story

Man who sued over glue prank made similar allegation in past, official
says

Updated: 4:21 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2005
DENVER - A man who sued Home Depot last month claiming a prank left
him glued to a toilet seat made a similar allegation about another
restroom more than a year ago, an official told a newspaper.

Bob Dougherty's lawsuit alleges employees at the store ignored his
pleas for help on the day before Halloween 2003 because they thought
he was kidding.

But Ron Trzepacz, former director of operations for the town of
Nederland, where Dougherty lives, told the Rocky Mountain News in
Tuesday's editions that Dougherty told him in the summer of 2004 he
was glued to a toilet seat in the town's visitor center but pulled
himself free.

Trzepacz told the paper he inspected the bathroom and found "no
indication that anything had been on the toilet seat." No police
report was filed, he said.

Dougherty's lawyer, Mark Cohen, denied his client made such a claim
and said Dougherty is willing to take a polygraph test.

"The allegation doesn't make any sense," Cohen told The Associated
Press Tuesday.

Neither Trzepacz nor the Nederland town administrator immediately
returned a call from the AP. Nederland is about 45 miles northwest of
Denver.

Dougherty's lawsuit, filed Oct. 28, said officials at the store in
Louisville called for an ambulance after he had been stuck for about
15 minutes. Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat, which separated from
his skin, leaving abrasions, according to the suit.

The lawsuit also said Dougherty was recovering from heart bypass
surgery and thought he was having a heart attack when he got stuck.

The lawsuit claims he suffered pain, humiliation and financial loss.
It seeks $3 million.

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A big 'but' arises in toilet-seat story