In 1999, a Canadian tourist sued a Starbucks after claiming that a faulty toilet seat smashed his penis against a toilet bowl, which, according to the Toronto Star, left his genitals ‘bruised, crushed and rendered ineffective.’
He sued the giant coffee retailer for $1.5 million.
Edward Skwarek, was in a seated position on the toilet when he turned to retrieve the toilet paper in back of the seat when the seat shifted causing his penis to be caught and crushed between the seat and the bowl.
The suit alleged the coffee house was careless in "allowing a defective toilet seat to remain open ... causing a hazardous and unsafe condition ... in its public restrooms."
Skwarek, a government financial worker, alleged that the incident took place on Aug. 20, 1999 at a Starbucks in the Chelsea district of Manhattan where he and his wife, Sherrie, 37, dropped in for some coffee. The suit also claimed that as a result of Starbucks' carelessness, Skwarek suffered a "crushed penis, Peyronie's disease, retrograde ejaculation with consequent substantial reduction in sperm count, infertility, severe bruising to his penis and sexual function impairment."
Peyronie's disease usually causes deviation of the erect penis to one side. Skwarek sought $1 million in damages and his wife $500,000 because she has been "deprived of his services."
Uh, I would like to meet the man whose "services" are worth half a mil...
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