Posted on 02/04/2012 4:42:50 PM PST by bkopto
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A college student claims he was injured when a fraternity member in a "drunken stupor" decided "that it would be a good idea to shoot bottle rockets out of his a***," and did so, "but instead of launching, the bottle rocket blew up in the defendant's rectum, and this startled the plaintiff and caused him to jump back," and fall off the fraternity's deck.
Louis Helmburg III sued The Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity Inc., of Huntington, West Virginia, and Travis Hughes, a fraternity member, in Cabell County Court.
Helmburg claims - in a statement it would be difficult to deny - that "firing bottle rockets out of one's own anus constitutes an 'ultra-hazardous' activity," which exposes both defendants to strict liability.
Helmburg says he suffered pain and medical expenses, and lost playing time on the Marshall University baseball team. He claims the Alpha Tau deck from which he fell lacked a railing, which violated Huntington building codes.
Helmburg says the fiasco came at about 1:30 a.m. on May 1, 2011, at an Alpha Tau house party he attended with his girlfriend.
"Several of the people in attendance at said house party were under the legal drinking age, including defendant Travis Hughes," the complaint states. "Most of the persons in attendance at said house party were also consuming alcohol with the full knowledge and consent of the ATO fraternity."
Several Alpha Tau members were on the deck when Hughes got his bright idea, including one or more fraternity officers, Helmburg says.
The complaint states: "Defendant Hughes was highly intoxicated on this date and time, and decided in his drunken stupor that it would be a good idea to shoot bottle rockets out of his anus on the ATO deck, located on the back of the ATO house. ...
"Defendant Hughes placed a bottle rocket in his anus, ignited the fuse, but instead of launching, the bottle rocket blew up in the defendant's rectum, and this startled the plaintiff and caused him to jump back, at which time he fell off of the ATO deck, and he became lodged between the deck and an air conditioner unit adjacent the deck.
"There was no railing on said deck at the time of the incident. Upon information and belief, the lack of a railing had existed for at least several months, if not years, before the incident. Upon further information and belief, the deck never had a railing when it was installed, or any time thereafter. The subject deck was approximately 3-4 feet high."
Helmburg says Alpha Tau negligently failed to supervise its guests and members, "such as defendant Hughes, and other under age persons, from consuming alcohol on its premises, which leads to stupid and dangerous activities, such as shooting bottle rockets out of one's own anus."
As for Hughes, Helmburg says, "Defendant Hughes also owed plaintiff and others on the ATO deck a duty of care not to drink under age, or to fire bottle rockets out of his anus."
It is unclear from the 5-page complaint whether Hughes was injured, or how badly, when the bottle rocket exploded in his rectum.
Helmburg seeks damages for negligence and strict liability.
He is represented by Timothy Rosinsky of Huntington.
Why would it dawn on these Frat men that sticking objects of their asses is a cool and funny thing to do? Are they all homosexualized by the gutter herd culture now?
What a lesson to learn about the politically incorrect aspects of misery that comes with the gay (happy, carefree, fun) lifestyle of sticking stuff in one’s butt.
It goes back to their being nominally “Greek.” Some fraternities have or had initiation rituals or hazing with a vague or not so vague undertone to them, pledges dropping their pants and being spanked with a paddle engraved with the frat letters to leave a mark, that sort of thing.
Do you mind if I post a link to the video of you doing this?
Yes.
“In my youth, I was highly intoxicated around bottle rockets and other fireworks. Thankfully, I never got the bright idea to put any in my rectum, although we used to shoot them directly at each other.”
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Intoxicated - check
fireworks - check
“to the porcelain god” - check
rectum ??? hhmmmm ... thankfully no, but I could see it occuring to some I associated with, if not occurring to my self.
“T!ts up drunk” - yup, but mine aren’t nearly what yours are!
Can’t say I was any “smarter” than any of these principals, for sure ...
I think the closest I came to that was super-gluing fingers around a tree...
So tame.
Girl, you must have been at a very deprived area if you were not part of equivalent activities... or your memory (or reporting) is somewhat suspect!
“I could never be a judge. I sit up there LMAO and pounding on the bench when I heard stories like this.”
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I would love to be a judge and hoot and holler about it when some dope presented a case like this before me. If any appellate court were to make a case of challenging me, that would be my ticket to even higher office.
Spoken like a true ATO alum. LOL!!
You’ve got me there.
You’re Thor? I couldn’t pith for a week!
The first one was when I staggered back to the ship and when I went to show my ID to the watch, it was upside down with the picture facing me.
The other happened in Naples, Italy. I have been drinking screwdrivers made with Russian vodka. I stepped out of the old San Francisco Bar to go back to my ship (Nimitz) which was anchored out in the bay. I took two steps toward fleet landing and...........
woke up in my bunk on the ship. I don't remember anything that happened in between.
Lost time events usually indicate alien abduction. They must have been watching you.
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Well, I am not an ATO alum, actually. I am pretty sure that I never even stepped foot in one of them, unless that is the fraternity that I had a job for a few weeks washing dishes and busing tables.
That minor detail aside, I sure confess that I took part in a range of activities when younger (or was witness) that would fit right in here. Many of them I did when alcohol was not involved, also (and I have never had any type of recreational drugs). It is simply true that having fun often involves pushing the limits.
I hope you found yourself able to let go at times in order to partake.
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