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Posted: Thursday, 04 December 2008 12:46PM

Woman Stuck in Toilet Sues Bar

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP)  -- A New Jersey woman is suing a Pennsylvania sports bar and restaurant, saying she got stuck inside a toilet bowl for 20 minutes when the seat broke.
   
Kathleen Hewko of Delran Township says she was in the bathroom at Starters Pub in an Allentown suburb when the handicapped toilet seat she was sitting on cracked and dumped her into the bowl.
   
Hewko claims in the lawsuit filed in November in U.S. District Court in Allentown that she had hip surgery prior to the Nov. 19, 2006 incident and was re-injured when the seat broke.
   
Her Philadelphia attorney, John Cirrinicione, says Hewko is not obese, she weighs 130 to 140 pounds.
   
The suit names Starters and Kohler Co., which made the toilet seat.

The Morning Call reports Hewko is seeking more than $150,000 from both Starters and the Kohler Company for pain and suffering, mental anguish and other damages. She's also seeking attorney's fees.

John Hewko is also seeking more than $75,000 from the two parties for loss of consortium and companionship with his wife.
   
Representatives from both companies said they couldn't comment.


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