Comedian, Hand Model Sues Over Finger Tip Loss DES MOINES, Iowa -- A Des Moines comedian, magician and hand model filed a lawsuit Monday in Polk County court over a lounge chair incident. Patrick Albanese, a comedian in the play Triple Espresso, is suing Kmart and the Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. Albanese said he moved a lounge chair on a deck and it collapsed. Caught in the collapsing chair's front leg was his finger. Court documents show that the "plaintiff's crushed finger tip fell beneath the deck and was later retrieved by one of the plaintiff's relatives." The lawsuit...