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College student files suit for $1.8M saying Las Vegas hooker didn't spend enough time with him

A New York college student who claims a Las Vegas hooker did not spend enough time making him happy has sued her escort service for $1.8 million.

Unhappy customer Hubert Blackman said he was traumatized by the "tragic event," especially when he called cops and they threatened to bust him, the Las Vegas Sun reported Thursday.

"I also would like to get my $275 payment back and a $1.8 million verdict for the tragic event that happened," Blackman said in the suit filed in Manhattan Federal Court, the paper said.

Blackman was staying at the Stratosphere on Dec. 17 when he called Las Vegas Exclusive Personals to hire a stripper.

Blackman said the woman performed a lap dance for $155 and a sex act for another $120.

Instead of staying for the agreed-upon one hour, she left after just 30 minutes.

The hapless tourist called to demand some of his money back.

Then he called cops, who told him he could face arrest because prostitution is illegal in Sin City.

Blackman told the newspaper the stripper solicited the sex act and he was unaware prostitution was illegal in Vegas.

Screw_Michigan wrote:Nah, doesn't have anything to do with murdering babies or stalking women while abandoning your family.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:when he called Las Vegas Exclusive Personals to hire a stripper.

Jsc810 wrote: And if it was, then he would be able to pursue his claim just as if a plumber had not done his job.

Dinsdale wrote:

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:when he called Las Vegas Exclusive Personals to hire a stripper.

Gee, I wonder if he got the number from one of those Mexican dudes with the handful of fliers that they tap twice on their free hand before shoving them in your face?

Ya'think?

State Sen. James Alesi suing over fall at unfinished home

Gary Craig • Staff writer • January 22, 2011

In January 2008, a Perinton couple decided not to prosecute state Sen. James Alesi after Alesi entered their under-construction house, tried to scale a ladder from the basement to the first floor, then fell and broke his leg.

Now, John and Janet Hecker might be rethinking their choice not to have Alesi charged with trespassing.

This week, Alesi, a Perinton Republican, sued the Heckers and the home builders, DiRisio Builders Inc., claiming that they did not take steps to ensure the safety of the unfinished house.

There was no negligence on Alesi's part, who suffered "permanent injuries" from his fall, the lawsuit contends.

Hecker said he could not comment Thursday because he had yet to be served with the papers. Alesi also declined to comment.

But Louis DiRisio, owner of DiRisio Builders, had been hit with the legal papers — and he was fuming Thursday.

The Sheriff's Office in January 2008 gave the Heckers the option to prosecute Alesi but "the homeowners said 'Let's not add insult to injury here and press charges,'" DiRisio said.

In the lawsuit, Alesi maintains that Trolley Brooks Estates was advertised as a new housing development open to the public.

DiRisio and the Heckers should have foreseen that prospective homebuyers would enter open houses, the papers state.

The house should have been kept "in a reasonably safe condition," according to the lawsuit.

In 2008, Alesi told the Democrat and Chronicle that he was looking at several houses, including models, in the Trolley Brook Estates community and found the door open to the nearly-complete structure which, unbeknownst to him, was owned by the Heckers.

He went in, he said, and the only access to an upper floor was with a ladder.

He fell while climbing, he said then.

The 2008 Sheriff's Office report said Alesi and another individual were looking at houses and found the one at Conover Crossing with "the rear door unsecure" with no locks.

"They both decided to enter to check on the construction inside," the report stated.

DiRisio said there was nothing indicating the house was a model available for viewing.

"That was private property that he entered into," he said.

A stairwell was still unfinished, so the ladder was the contractor's access from a basement to the first floor, DiRisio said. Why, he said, would anyone else other than the house's owner or builder think they had a right to scale a ladder within a structure?

"I guess anybody can sue anybody," DiRisio said.

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HILLSBORO, Ore. - A 15-year-old boy is suing a local golf course for $3 million after he was hit in the eye by his own golf ball.

Alex Good was a member of the Liberty High Golf Team and was practicing last April at the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club when the accident happened. His lawyer, Terrance Lee Hogan, said Good has had several surgeries and may have lifelong problems with his vision.

Good is suing the golf course for negligence.

According to court documents, Good and his teammates were using the practice range. It was raining and the staff at Pumpkin Ridge put up an awning. When Good teed off his ball hit a metal post that was holding up the awning just inches in front of his driving mat. The ball ricocheted off and hit him in the left eye.

Good’s lawyer is claiming Pumpkin Ridge should have known that metal pole was a danger and is therefore liable.

At the request of KATU News, another lawyer, Geordie Duckler, looked at the case and said Good’s lawyer has an uphill battle and most cases like this are settled out of court.

“As a person goes up to address the ball with their golf club and strike the ball, what are the known dangers around them? If they see a known and obvious danger and yet they go ahead and strike the ball anyway, then they’ve assumed the risk – what a lawyer would call an assumption of risk,” Duckler said. “Even if it’s a 15-year-old, we hold 15-year-olds to certain levels of responsibility.”

But he said his age could come into play.

“If this were the same facts, but the plaintiff was an experienced golfer in a tournament and knew all sorts of things about golf courses, and the risk of balls being hit, (there) probably would be no claim,” he said.

Duckler said the word “accident” is not a legal term. Something can be an accident but still caused by negligence. That’s why some supermarkets put warnings on pumpkins that say, “Please lift carefully.”

Representatives at Pumpkin Ridge said they can’t comment on the case until the lawsuit is over. The course has hosted high-profiled events like LPGA tournaments.