When mannequins attack!

[OulOat]

LOS ANGELES - A woman is suing the J.C. Penney Co. after an alleged run-in with a store mannequin that she says left her with a cracked tooth, a bloodied head and recurring shoulder pain.
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Diana Newton, 51, of Westminster sued the Texas-based retailer last month in Orange County Superior Court, claiming she was cracked in the head by a legless female dummy at its Westminster Mall store.

Newton said the incident happened nearly a year ago in the women's department, as she was shopping for a blouse. The only one in her size was on the mannequin. As a salesclerk was removing the garment, the dummy's arm flew off and struck Newton's head, according to her lawsuit.

"I felt a burning sensation," she recalled.

Paramedics treated her bleeding scalp at the scene. Newton drove herself home, then had someone take her to a hospital for further treatment.

The blow also cracked a molar, which led to a root canal, she said.

The suit seeks unspecified damages.

A spokeswoman for J.C. Penney said the company doesn't comment on pending litigation.

 

[everman]

Those things can be brutal, almost pirate-ninja-like.

 

[EyeMWing]

Sounds like a legit claim, for once. The shoulder pain sounds like bunk, though.

 

[OulOat]

To get your ass kicked by an legless inanimate object, for shame.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: everman
Those things can be brutal, almost pirate-ninja-like.

 

[Praxis1452]

Originally posted by: OulOat
To get your ass kicked by an legless inanimate object, for shame.

 

[confused1234]

man sometimes i think for manaquins are real people hiding+waiting to hurt you!!!!

 

[BigJ]

Sounds like she has a legitimate case. The employee should've had her stand away or had someone help them removing the clothing.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I can't believe that degree of injury could occur from removing clothing from a mannequin. The arm "flew" off? Damn how hard do you have to yank to liberate a mumu from a mannequin?

 

[Evadman]

was a hydralic ram ram required to remove the clothes from the mannequin or something?

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
I can't believe that degree of injury could occur from removing clothing from a mannequin. The arm "flew" off? Damn how hard do you have to yank to liberate a mumu from a mannequin?

I was thinking the same thing... was it molded out of lead or something??