Martha Stewart And Kmart Settle With Magician Who Lost Fingertip In Lounge Chair
It looks like a certain Des Moines magician/hand model will be able to afford a fancy new gold fingertip soon, or at least a gold-plated one, because he's settled his lawsuit against Kmart and Martha Stewart Omnimedia for an undisclosed amount.
The man's lawyer said, "I'm glad we were able to reach a satisfactory settlement... It's unusual that a man who makes his living with his fingers, particularly slight-of-hand magic tricks, would suffer this injury." The lawyer is still representing other victims of the finger-eating chairs but wouldn't provide details.
"Iowa hand model settles suit with Martha Stewart" [Associated Press] (Thanks to Tricia!)
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I saw Martha's mug on an ad as I was walking into a Walmart last week. I knew her layoff from KMart was imminent, but ... already? And another thing: I like Walmart's lack of style and dump-truck merchandizing. It was WM's Soviet aesthetic that kept me coming back. Now Martha's gonna girl it up.
They recalled these chairs, didn't they? I hope so.
*chuckle*
Goldfinger :]
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I fail.
"It's unusual that a man who makes his living with his fingers, particularly slight-of-hand magic tricks, would suffer this injury."
Well, sir, even the most gifted illusionist isn't expecting a chair to EAT HIS GODDAMN FINGERTIP.
@HogwartsAlum: They've redesigned them. Now the legs are fastened with two bolts instead of one, so there's no super-cutting hinge action taking place anymore.
Sadly:
1) Martha doesn't give a shit about those people.
2) Stupid soccer mom twats will still love her.
3) People will still buy her shit from Kame-apart.
I feel sorry for the people who lost their finger tips. I'm not even going to harrang them for buying her crap.
Glad to see they didn't.. circumvrent the law there.
Well, THAT'S good.
I don't buy Martha Stewart stuff but now I will check the legs of lawn chairs I buy because of this story.
@Russ Savage: And, as long as we're talking diction: magicians perform sleight of hand, not "slight of hand." But I guess the dude's hand was slighted, so there you go. *rimshot*
I was really hoping a picture of G.O.B. Bluth would accompany this article...no such luck I guess.
Perhaps now the ethically challenged and felonious domestic goddess will rescind her statement that her chairs did NOT cause the magician and others grievous injury.
Well, perhaps she won't consider it "grievous", because she assuredly won't be doing any grieving for the lost fingertips, only for any lost revenue caused by this unfortunate publicity...
What did John Dos Passos say? Behind every fortune lies a crime? Perhaps behind every place setting too...
@turkeyspam: LOL, what? You seem to have a lot of hate for one celeb.
Newsflash: She didn't make or design the chair.
@jpdanzig: Settling a case does not entail admitting guilt. On the other hand, the plaintiff is usually required to shut up
@nakedscience: The redesigned them, but they didn't recall the dangerous ones that were already shipped.
@nakedscience: But considering her name and brand are tied to the product, and it's pretty obvious that she knows about the problem, she should be acting responsibly and taking steps to fix the problem, rather than denying it.
illusion michael!, a trick is something a whore does for money.