Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Dead Man’s Family Sues Over Two-Day Erection

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An unemployed pipefitter from Canton, Ohio died after experiencing an erection lasting a full 48 hours. Now his family is suing. The episode was brought on by a lethal combination of Viagra and Internet porn, according to a lawsuit filed against Canton’s local cable provider by the family of Daniel Garvin, who was 48 at the time of his death.

The cable company “acted in a negligent and irresponsible fashion in luring Mr. Garvin to a so-called webcam site then providing unmitigated access to it,” according to the suit, filed in the Civil Division of the Canton Municipal Court. The suit alleges that such access resulted in Garvin experiencing a “priapismic episode for a 48-hour period, resulting in Mr. Garvin experiencing a drastic drop in blood pressure and subsequent heart failure.”

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