Man Sues over Amputated Penis

Phillip Seaton, 61, went into hospital for a circumcision. When he awoke after surgery he found that his penis had been cut off. He and his wife, Deborah, have filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified compensation and also unspecified punitive damages for the removal of his penis. They claim that the penis was amputated without consulting either Phillip or Deborah Seaton, or giving them an opportunity to seek a second opinion. See the TV coverage here.

Being sued are:

• Dr. John M. Patterson, who performed the surgery


• Commonwealth Urology, where the procedure took place


• Dr. Oliver James – Anaesthesiologist for use of general anaesthesia, when Seaton had specifically asked for it not to be administered.

In the lawsuit, filed in Kentucky State Court, the couple claim "loss of service, love and affection." Phillip Seaton claims he has suffered mental anguish, pain, and has lost the enjoyment of life. The lawsuit states that Dr. Patterson received consent to perform a circumcision and only a circumcision, and that Seaton did not consent to his penis being removed.

The Seaton's lawyer, Kevin George, said Dr. Patterson amputated the organ after finding cancer, but he only had consent to remove the foreskin.

"Sometimes you have an emergency and you have to do this, but he could very easily closed him up and said, 'Here are your options. You have cancer,' and the family would have said, 'We want a second opinion. This is a big deal,'" George said.

Dr. Patterson's attorney, Clay Robinson, of Lexington said the procedure was ‘medically necessary’ and authorized by the patient. He said Dr. Patterson performed the surgery because the patient, 61-year-old Phillip Seaton, had cancer and had already given permission to perform any medical procedure deemed necessary. The doctor's post-surgical notes show the doctor thought he detected cancer and removed the penis. Attorney Kevin George said a later test did detect cancer.

The Seatons' suit is similar to one in which an Indianapolis man was awarded more than $2.3 million in damages after he claimed his penis and left testicle were removed without his consent during surgery for an infection in 1997.

Another Taser Death

Iman Morales, 35, is dead after falling 10ft headfirst onto the sidewalk in front of his Brooklyn home. This was no accident. He was tasered by a police officer, under orders from lieutenant Michael Pigott, a 21-year veteran of the force. The officer, a 10-year veteran of the force, who fired the taser, which can deliver a five-second jolt of 50,000 volts of electricity through two wires, has not been identified.

"When they Tasered him, he froze and pitched forward. He fell on his head," said witness Ernestine Croom, 40. "They didn't put out a mattress or a net or anything."

"They didn't try to brace his fall. They did nothing. I've seen a lot of things in my time. But what they did was wrong," said neighbor Kirk Giddens, 39, a mental health worker.

According to neighbors Morales, who was emotionally disturbed, had "freaked out" earlier in the day, and his mother called the police at 1:52 p.m., saying he was threatening to hurt himself and had stopped taking his medication. An Emergency Service Unit (ESU) police truck showed up around 2:05p.m. at Morales' third-floor apartment at 489 Tompkins Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

Morales refused to open the door of his apartment for the police and instead opened a window and crept naked onto the fire escape. As the police forced their way in, Morales made his way up to the 4th floor apartment, occupied by Tanya Wright.

"He tried to get into my window. He banged. He said, 'Let me in! Let me in!' But no way I'm letting a naked man into my apartment," said neighbor Tanya Wright, 40.

Unable to gain entry to Tanya's apartment, Morales crawled down the fire escape, screaming and posing for the crowd, which by now had gathered outside, as he went.

"When the police came, he was screaming, 'You're gonna kill me and I'm gonna take everyone with me. I'm gonna die and you're gonna die with me,'" said neighbor Sean Johnson, 43.

With the police close by, Morales left the fire escape and stepped onto the 2-foot-wide metal top of a roll-down security gate for a ground-floor business. He then ripped an 8-foot fluorescent light bulb from the business' sign and used it to swing at the police.

“He was naked and he kept screaming,” said Joseph Adrien, who works at a nearby dry cleaners. Another witness said Mr. Morales’s mother was kept off to the side, pleading with the police to let her calm her son’s nerves, but being told repeatedly that it was now a police matter.

It was at this point that lieutenant Michael Pigott, gave the order to an ESU officer on the ground to taser Morales. The officer complied and half an hour after his mother called the police, Morales hit the ground at 2:27 p.m. headfirst and died.

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Here is a videotaped recording of Iman Morales as he was tasered by the police.

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The police said an officer at the scene had radioed for an inflatable bag, and it was not clear why the bag had not arrived when Mr. Morales fell, or why the officers had not waited for it before using the Taser on Mr. Morales.

According to a statement by the department’s chief spokesman, Paul J. Browne:

“None of the E.S.U. officers on the scene were positioned to break his fall, nor did they devise a plan in advance to do so,” the statement said, referring to the elite police Emergency Service Unit.

Michael Pigott, the lieutenant who gave the order to use the Taser, was placed on modified assignment without his gun and badge. The 37-year-old officer who fired the weapon was put on administrative duty. An investigation by the Police Department and the Brooklyn district attorney is ongoing.

Officers in the Emergency Service Unit receive intensive training for exactly the kind of crisis depicted on the video. Their training includes how to deal with emotionally disturbed people and the use of nonlethal restraints. They are taught how to use air bags and how to deal with would-be jumpers.

Last year, members of the unit helped respond to most of the 80,000 calls the Police Department received for reports of emotionally disturbed people, the police said. Stun guns are used about 300 times on average. So far this year, stun guns have been used 180 times. No other deaths have been reported.

The use of the taser in the Iman Morales case appears to have broken departmental guidelines. The order not to use tasers in certain situations appears in a 10-page interim order issued by the Police Department in June.

The order discusses types of people the Taser should not be used on, including children, the elderly and pregnant women, and instructs officers not to use them “in situations where the subject may fall from an elevated surface.”

Spokesman Paul J. Browne said that the Brooklyn district attorney's office has asked that the NYPD not question either officer - leaving open the possibility that criminal charges may be applied later.

City Councilman Peter F. Vallone Jr., chairman of the Public Safety Committee, said in a telephone interview that the situation could have been handled better by the police.

“My first take is that while I’m sure there are no experts out there on how to handle a crazy naked man with a weapon on top of a ledge, I’m also sure this wasn’t the right way, ” Mr. Vallone said on Wednesday evening.

“A situation like that is never going to end in a good way,” Mr. Vallone said after watching the video. “The most important thing is that no innocent bystanders or police got hurt. But clearly, it could have been handled better.”

Mr. Vallone said a public hearing on the department’s use of Tasers might be needed to fine-tune its policy on using them.

One frequent critic of the Police Department, State Senator Eric L. Adams of Brooklyn, said that the death of Mr. Morales underscored its continued inability to deal with the mentally ill. Standing in front of Mr. Morales’s building, Senator Adams said, “You can give someone desk duty, you can suspend someone, you can fire someone, but these are Band-Aids.”

“His mother called 911,” said Sharonnie Perry, a community advocate who lives down the street. “She called for assistance and the assistance she got was her son being killed.”

The Nastiest Apartment

I am sure every kid has heard the phrase "Clean up your room!". Well this apartment in Houston is living proof that some people just don't get it. This is by far the nastiest apartment I have ever seen. I am pretty sure that the girl who used to live here has never had any guests come over. The landlord will have to hire a crew in has-mat gear to clean up this disaster zone.

The bathroom looks like it hasn't been used in a long, long time. The bath and the toilet are horribly stained and indescribably dirty; the floor is strewn with what looks like toxic waste; just to get near the bath tub (not that anyone would want to) definitely requires protective clothing not to mention industrial strength boots. It is obvious that personal hygiene was not a top priority!!

This person is obviously a smoker who doesn't own an ashtray and used to have a computer. She prefers takeout pizza and loves coffee and soda (both Coke and Pepsi products). She has never cooked a meal in the apartment but does own an iron. She has her own little corner on the couch and doesn't particularly care where anything else goes, especially the garbage!!

She has a bed (even though it may be difficult to find in the pictures) and does most of her eating and drinking in the bedroom and on the bed. Of course to get to the bed itself is a feat worthy of an Olympic-style obstacle course. And just like the couch, she has her own little spot on the bed that it carved out from all the rest of the junk in the room. I guess she does have to stretch out somewhere!!

You may be wondering why I keep referring to this person as "she". Well lets see if "you " can spot the clues in the pictures above. I think it goes without saying that "she" is single and is likely to remain so for a long time!

P.S. Don't let the kids see this article. They may get the idea that their room is not so bad after all!!

CEO Killed by Mob of Ex-Employees

Lalit Kishor Chaudhary, 44, CEO of Graziano India Pvt Ltd, an Italy-based multinational, was beaten to death by a mob of ex-employees in Greater Noida, India while trying to resolve a dispute between them and management. After being attacked by the mob with hammers and sticks, Chaudhary was rushed to Greater Noida's Kailash Hospital, but the doctors there declared him dead on arrival. According to Senior Superintendent of Police R K Chaturvedi as the clash erupted, a security guard opened fire in air. Click here for TV coverage.

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Six months before this incident some employees of Graziano had demanded salary hikes and permanent status and staged a sit-in at the gate of the company. During the unrest some of the protesters vandalized the company. Graziano India Pvt Ltd responded by dismissing over 250  people. The case was taken up by the Indian Labour Commissioner, who ordered the company to take them back.

On the Monday following the Commissioner's decision, some of the fired employees returned to work and got into a heated argument with the management staff. Things got out of hand and the returning employees went on a rampage. CEO Chaudhary, realizing there was a problem, went outside in order to calm things down:

Chaudhary, eyewitnesses said, tried to broker peace but some workers allegedly hit him from behind with hammers and sticks. "I was working inside when I heard a noise. I went to see what was happening. Before I could react, I was hit with sticks and rods by a mob. I have a leg fracture and head injuries," said Amarpal, a staffer. "Around 250 people barged in, snatched the stick from me and started beating me," said Hriday Anand, a security guard.

In their defense the dismissed workers claimed that they were verbally abused and made to apologize when they went to rejoin the company.

"This is false. Such behaviour was the reason for their dismissal. They did the same thing today," said K C Jain, director of the Graziano board.

Sixty-three people have been arrested. The violence left at least 50 executives and workers injured. Of the 44 staffers taken to hospital, 34 of them were yet to be discharged Monday night. Of these, 10 executives of the company remained in the intensive care unit.

Graziano officials complained about the slow response from the police. Security personnel and some other employees were forced to shut themselves up in the plant while waiting for the police to arrive. They said that hours after all the violence had subsided only about half a dozen Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel were posted outside and there was no officer with them. Which meant that, in case of an emergency, there was nobody there to order any action.

Police officers were not available for comment, until 9.45pm, when area superintendent of police, Babu Ram, claimed:

"We had sent force within 15 minutes of getting information. Later, we also arrested 63 persons for murder, rioting and other charges. We had even earlier received a note from the Italian Embassy about trouble at Graziano."

The plant, a 100% subsidiary of Graziano Italy, specializes in making gears and transmission systems for vehicles. It was set up in 1998 and commenced commercial production in 2000. The CEO L K Chaudhury had been in charge of the company for the last 10 years , he is survived by a wife and a son.

Justin Sharp - Bestiality and Child Porn

Justin Lloyd Sharp, 18, is one sick puppy. He is accused of having sex with his dog and possessing child porn. In fact, Justin was so proud of his relationship with his four-year-old male German Shepherd that he made a videotape of the encounter, which investigators found on his computer along with videos of preteen girls as young as 4 and 5 years old having sex with grown men. He was released from jail on $9,000 bond.

According to his arrest record Justin, born 4/10/1990, lives with his mother at 3197 N Meridian WY Apt C Palm Beach Gardens, FL. They owned two dogs: a 4-year-old male and a 8-year-old female both German Shepherds, and they also owned two cats. He was charged with one count of cruelty to animals, two counts of promoting sexual performance by a child and seven counts of possessing photographs of sexual performance by a child.

There is no doubt, because of the videotape, that Justin raped the 4-year-old male dog; which he has admitted to doing only once. However his own mother, during a related civil case, testified that Justin had told her that he’d had sex with that particular dog four times. Detectives said they had reason to believe that the eight-year-old German Sheppard was also abused. All the animals have since been removed from the residence and both (mother and son) have been barred for life from ever owning another pet.

Deputy Sheriff Eric Davis of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is deeply disturbed by the case:

"The animals can't speak, they can't call 911, this is case of a human being taking advantage of an animal that can't defend himself," said Davis.

In checking out Justin's online footprint it seems plausible that he used the screen name "Anubis35142." The website Truecrimereport.com posted the following:

A sexual attraction to animals is referred to as zoophilia. Searching for "Anubis35142" gave results for a message board devoted to giving users "Free Zoophilia and Animal Sex Information," and a post made by Anubis35142 on May 10, 2007. The title of the message thread was "Your First Time," and the meaning was obvious -- people were supposed to post about their first sexual experience with an animal. Anubis35142's post was succinct -- and nauseating: "Mine was with a Male German Shepherd! I Anally penetrated him." Anubis35142 tagged the statement with a pink, smiling emoticon surrounded by a cloud of hearts.