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Apr 4, '08 9:01 PM
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A South Carolina woman is suing Victoria's Secret because supposedly the underwire to her wire broke, came through and lacerated her breast - "1/4 inch deep and 3 inches across." Initially there was a typo and the papers read that the wound was "six inches wide & six inches deep." Anyhow, the woman claims that because of the bra wound she had to miss work and therefore lost wages and could have future disability.

My first thought was what the heck was she doing? Circus contortions? Was the bra too small in the first place? I'd venture to say that most of us women have been stabbed by an underwire before. It hurts. It's not fun. Has anyone else ever sued the bra manufacturer over it? Not I! In order to get a 1/4" deep, 3 inch long laceration... how? The darn thing usually stabs in one nasty spot and I can see that could be 1/4 inch deep. It's the other dimension of the wound that is mystifying. The lawsuit says, "When attempting to remove the brassiere in order to alleviate the discomfort, the brassiere malfunctioned, lacerating the plaintiff's chest and left breast." 3 inches long... was it 1/4" deep for the whole length? It doesn't further specify HOW she was attempting to remove it that caused the lacerations but... seriously...it doesn't take rocket science to remove a bra, even one with a broken underwire poking through. What was she trying to remove it with? A chainsaw or pliers?

Victoria's Secret alleges that the complainant's injuries could have been caused by her own negligence and wants a determination of what percentange of that personal negligence is related to her complaint. I'm with big business on this one. It blows my mind what people are making frivolous lawsuits over these days.

When I got stuck in the stupid keyhole back sportsbra trying to get dressed for the gym at dark-thirty with the lights off, I should've thought... sue Nike! for physical distress and for the emotional distress of the dogs laughing at me as I writhed around the room. LOL. Yeah, right.

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Today's workout: 46 minutes of HIIT on the elliptical and treadmill. It was hot in the gym today. As far as the P90X recovery week goes, I was supposed to be doing Core Synergistics. I was in no mood for weird things today.

Tomorrow should be yoga and a nice 5 or 6 mile run.

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jansrequests wrote on Apr 4

I really hate bras in general, do you think I can sue for just having to wear one for the past 35 years or so?

glynisp wrote on Apr 4

Yeah and underwires ARE instruments of evil, aren't they?

glynisp wrote on Apr 4

Wait, Jan! You're still 29...remember???!!!

jansrequests wrote on Apr 4

Gee I must have lost my marbles. Probably it's the bra that's making my brain cells go because I would have remembered my real age of 29 had I not had this stupid bra on. Do you think I can sue for loss of brain cells caused by my bra?

glynisp wrote on Apr 4

Surely it cut off the oxygen supply to your brain! What else could explain that crazy number popping out?

lowercasebecky wrote on Apr 4

So she's suing for a booboo on her booby? (sorry, someone had to say it) I went bowling, once and forgot I was wearing an underwire. It left a raw bruise on the inside of my right shoulder that was so painfull I could barely throw the ball by the end of the night. I was in excruciating pain that entire weekend, and into the next week. I couldn't put my arm down next to my side, and had to be a contortionist to sleep. Did it even cross my mind to sue? No! It crossed my mind that in the future I'd better be very careful how I dressed for bowling! Lawsuit! Jeez people.

glynisp wrote on Apr 4

You're a hoot, Becky!

akire74 wrote on Apr 4

I'm gonna sue Hanes because the strap on my bra broke the other day while i was at work causing me personal distress and embarassment. what do you think is fair....$35 million? too little...I WAS pretty embarassed

trayne wrote on Apr 5

I have had a wire break. It stabbed me, but not a fourth of an inch.... I let out with a yelp, and got that thing out immediately, Inless she was dancing chest to chest and someone pressed her into a bear hug with no way of escape... how would you get a quarter of an inch... and 3 in cut.... I would have been screaming bloody murder...
I think there must be further investigation... bra patrol.. anyone want to volunteer. LOL

riihele wrote on Apr 5

Hei Glynis

What can one say.... lol
Maybe her pride got more hurt than her flesh, i wonder?!!
Have a super weekend. Rii :)))

glynisp wrote on Apr 5

What I'm figuring is that the band must've been way too tight and instead of reaching behind herself to unfasten it, she must've tried twisting and pull it around so the fasteners would be in front. You'd think after the first feeling of sliced flesh you'd stop in your tracks and get it off another way!

akire74 wrote on Apr 5

yes but if she'd have done that (you know, the smart thing to do) then she wouldn't be able to sue vickies and make millions in a frivolous lawsuit.

chrisceb wrote on Apr 5

I feel so let down after reading this *BWAHAHAHHHAHAAHAHHA*

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