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Woman Sues Victoria's Secret For More Than $10 Million
thekansascitychannel ^
| April 13, 2004
Posted on 04/13/2004 8:50:12 AM PDT by Freedom2specul8
Woman Testifies In Victoria's Secret Lawsuit
POSTED: 11:12 a.m. EDT April 13, 2004 UPDATED: 11:31 a.m. EDT April 13, 2004 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A woman described to jurors Monday how her full-length Victoria's Secret nightgown caught fire in a 1998 accident.
Linda Rossby is suing the Columbus- based lingerie chain for more than $10 million in damages. She appeared in court in Little Rock, Arkansas for the first time Monday.
Her lawyers said scars keep Rossby from sitting for long periods. Rossby testified that her right arm caught on fire as she reached in an oven to get a pizza. Last week, her lawyers argued that the lightweight cotton material in the nightgown burned quicker than one would expect, and that Victoria's Secret should have put a warning tag on the garment. The lingerie chain said the gown met federal safety standards and that it should not be held liable for the accident.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas; US: Kansas; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: burns; darwinawards; fire; flames; lawsuit; lawsuitlottery; liberalism; lingerie; maroons; ridiculous; tortreform; torts; victoriassecret
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I'm not against suing if a manufacture if its product is defective....
But this is "retarded".
Will this thread be flame retardant? LOL
To: runningbear; jdontom; BunnySlippers; Velveeta; GummyIII; cyncooper; redlipstick; Valpal1; Amore; ...
Ping... :)
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posted on
04/13/2004 8:52:59 AM PDT
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Cotton burned "faster than expected"???
Alert! Alert! Darwin Award candidate!
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posted on
04/13/2004 8:53:15 AM PDT
by
visualops
(Help cure FReepathons....become a monthly donor!!)
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Lord have mercy, cooking while wearing a victoria secret nightgown? Whatever happened to an apron!
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posted on
04/13/2004 8:53:48 AM PDT
by
cyborg
(GO CONDI GO!)
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Was it a Digornio's frozen pizza?
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
*sigh* Common sense ain't common.
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posted on
04/13/2004 8:54:54 AM PDT
by
4mycountry
("Completely concretely" - - That's "the power of the 'Freeper'.")
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Look for a new line of nomex lingerie coming soon.
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posted on
04/13/2004 8:56:04 AM PDT
by
wingnutx
(Are you a monthly donor? Why not? (the freeper formerly known as Britton J Wingnutx))
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~; mhking; dighton; aculeus; hellinahandcart; general_re
What a maroon. Was she cooking for one?
To: visualops
LOL Maybe she had a bit too much wine...I'm thinking the sleeves must have been humongous. :)
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posted on
04/13/2004 8:56:54 AM PDT
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Sorry. Anyone should have figured that a piece of lightweight cotton fabric was at risk to catch fire if you reach into an over with it.
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posted on
04/13/2004 8:57:12 AM PDT
by
RonF
To: cyborg
Lord have mercy, cooking while wearing a victoria secret nightgown? Whatever happened to an apron! The article doesn't mention this, but she was wearing a t-shirt over the gown.
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posted on
04/13/2004 8:57:27 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: cyborg
I've done plenty of cooking while wearing Victoria's Secret PJ's (cotton), robes, and nightgowns (of other material). I can't figure out how the nightgown caught fire from the oven, unless she was broiling the pizza in a gas oven. If she was baking the pizza - which seems the normal cooking procedure for pizza, the flame is not exposed. At least not in my gas oven.
To: cyborg
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posted on
04/13/2004 8:58:36 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hope I don't get into trouble for this)
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
That's what Victoria's Secret gets for stocking COTTEN lingerie...trying to pander to the practical customer.
;^)
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
This should serve as a gentle reminder to women everywhere.. cooking in the nude will prevent kitchen fires. ;-)
To: HAL9000
I suppose a tee can sub as an apron but victoria secret stuff is very 'flowing' and I wouldn't cook with wearing anything like it. Weird case.
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posted on
04/13/2004 8:59:28 AM PDT
by
cyborg
(GO CONDI GO!)
To: threat matrix
If it was, I would have recommended that she use
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posted on
04/13/2004 9:00:21 AM PDT
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
To: baseballmom
My oven is the same way. I have a feeling the FR menfolk will be keeping an eye on this case :)
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posted on
04/13/2004 9:00:36 AM PDT
by
cyborg
(GO CONDI GO!)
To: al baby
Well look there... she has her own pizzaa cutter holder built right in.
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posted on
04/13/2004 9:01:29 AM PDT
by
cyborg
(GO CONDI GO!)
To: al baby
Now that's SMOKIN'!!!!
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posted on
04/13/2004 9:01:58 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
("We deal in hard calibers and hot lead." - Roland Deschaines)
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