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[Babalonian]

DOVER, N.H. —
A New Hampshire high school student shocked so severely in shop class that his heart stopped beating is suing his teacher, the school district and the city of Dover.

Kyle Dubois and his parents claim teacher Thomas Kelley did not warn Dubois and other students of the dangers of the electrical demonstration cords in their electrical trades class.

On March 11, Dubois attached an electrical clamp to one nipple while another student attached another clamp to the other. A third student plugged in the cord.

Dubois was critically injured.

The New Hampshire Union Leader says Dubois' suit contends he suffered permanent brain damage.

Kelley resigned from his teaching position about a month after the incident. He declined to comment on the lawsuit.

 

How does he prove that he didn't have brain damage before he commited this most arsanine act?  Won't stand up for a day in court with a judge worth their beans.  The only thing not his fault wasn't even mentioned by the obviously mentaly challenged student and parents, and aparently their lawyer(s): lack of supervision.  I hope they get laughed out of town.

[boxboy28]

it takes less the 1 amp to kill a person or stop there heart!   Amps kill not voltage!

sluggish i dont know how you in any state of mind can find the teacher or school responible!


if the wanna sue some one sue "love muffin" or Johny Knoxville and friends for not teaching the kid that it was a bad idea....... ewww wait ...... sue them selves because they let the dumb kid rent it or watch it then think his already brain damaged self should try pluggin it to the wall out let and zapping him self!


the kid was obviously in the wrong class like sluggish is in this debate!


blame the parents because obiously the kid was starved for attention and reached out in class!

[Nemisis]

Another example of what keeping stupid and incompetent people in the gene pool has done right here

How old is the kid?  Why DIDN'T the teacher tell the class of the danger?  Why were hazardous items left out for children to play with?  Where was the teacher when this was going on?

They are going to pay big time.  You people who want to blame a child for the gross negligence of the school and teacher don't know what you're talking about.  It was probably the teacher's idea.

First off, the chances that the teacher didn't warn the kids are in the range of 1%, since its their job if they don't. Hazardous items were left out because its a SHOP CLASS, if the idiot student couldn't understand that a shop class will have hazardous items in the general area, he really shouldn't be in highschool. And since it WAS a highschool, and the students will legally be adults in 4 years AT THE MOST, it was probably assumed that the kids can keep from harming themselves for the few minutes that the teacher had to leave the room, or direct his attention in another direction.


And for you to say it was probably the teachers idea is just plain stupid. I honestly feel we need to bring back the paddle, or give them jail time, even if they are simply noncompliant. They don't respect athority, and that we are trying to spend our way out of debt is a testemant to the growing stupidity.  It seems the general public is getting dumber and dumber as more and more idiots survive to reproduce instead of dying as they would have had they been born lemurs. I have ABSOLUTELY no doubt that kids would be dumb enough to do something like this. It seems to be getting to the point where we need to change the rules for kids who have previous offences to "guilty until proven innocent".

[Nemisis]

Now...  If I had turned the crank and killed my buddy...  Whose fault would that have been?

Yours. Because you were dumb and DIDN'T ASK PERMISSION before doing something stupid. I feel sorry for any offspring you have and anyone in the future sued by you because your incompetent offspring did something stupid that caused them harm (because you failed to teach them to take responsibility).

[fbWldcat]

Lol, I can still remember my elementary school's motto. "I am responsible for my own behavior."

In 5th grade they did away with that one and replaced it with "Knowledge is power." Now 90% of the kids who are coming in to the highschool are both stupid AND irresponsible... Imagine that.

[crazyivan]

Well 8th grade shop class. The work machines came with a sign DANGER CAN CUT HAND OFF! Maybe this kid should've came with a sign for teacher. DANGER THIS KID IS WICKED SMART!

[Tupac]

Yours. Because you were dumb and DIDN'T ASK PERMISSION before doing something stupid. I feel sorry for any offspring you have and anyone in the future sued by you because your incompetent offspring did something stupid that caused them harm (because you failed to teach them to take responsibility).

He didn't know. That doesn't mean he is dumb, or irresponsible. As far as he knew, his buddy just wanted to feel what it was like to get zapped by the little machine.

Its WAY out of line for someone to attack someone elses kids. You dont know his kids (If he has any) Therefore you have no right to call his kids stupid.

[Nemisis]

I was making a point, mostly about asking permission, since its good manners and is generally a good idea when it concerns something you are ignorant about.

You're right, I was out of line there. I know its not an excuse, but I just can't stand that blatant refusal to accept responsibity for one's actions, or shoving blame at someone nearby even if it really isn't anyones fault; "its his fault. He should have stopped me before I stabbed myself with his knife". We've become so sue-happy its not even funny. Some of the crap that passes in the courts are just rediculous; I mean we're hearing things like "well, I didn't KNOW drinking engine coolant could hurt me, so its their fault since I wasn't warned".

[Tupac]

He had no reason to believe the little hand-crank could hurt him.

[fbWldcat]

Aside from the fact he was using his hands to complete an electrical circuit, which could've given him heart problems or killed him.

[Tupac]

Aside from the fact he was using his hands to complete an electrical circuit, which could've given him heart problems or killed him.

He had watched someone else get shocked without any harm, why would he have to believe that it could hurt him?

I could have done the same thing.

[fbWldcat]

Because with any little bit of basic info, the kid would've realized that the circuit was NOT complete when a finger was added, but when held with both hands the circuit was complete and electricity was allowed to pass through the body. I learned about it in the 5th grade and before that frommy parents. Now I'm not saying this kid is an idiot, but what I am saying hide all the knives, forks and skewers, cover up all outlets in the house with child-proof caps, and hide all electrical devices in the bathroom when not in use, and keep them in a... Wait, what am I saying?

The world would be better off if he fried himself. One less idiot in the gene pool.

Duh! 

[Tupac]

They never taught us about electricity in school. I took shop, they never taught us anything.

My parents never taught me anything about it, other than its bad.

[Nemisis]

So?

1) he shouldn't have assumed it was ok to even TOUCH without permission. Its polite, and it can help keep you safe.

2) its a good rule to assume that anything electrical or dealing with electricty can be dangerous if not nessicarily deadly. Even the ammount of electricity coming from your USB port is enough to kill you.



And he watched someone use his HAND to complete a circut, not his entire body. The electricity wasn't making a circut through his body cavity, it went from one finger to the other without detouring to his heart.

[Nemisis]

They never taught us about electricity in school. I took shop, they never taught us anything.

My parents never taught me anything about it, other than its bad.

Which is why you should assume electricity is dangerous unless you KNOW what you are doing, and can say that the chance of harm is minimal from an expierenced perspective.