PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) -- A former handyman has won more than $400,000 in a lawsuit over a penile implant that gave him a 10-year erection.
Charles "Chick" Lennon, 68, received the steel and plastic implant in 1996, about two years before Viagra went on the market. The Dura-II is designed to allow impotent men to position the penis upward for sex, then lower it.
But Lennon could not position his penis downward. He said he could no longer hug people, ride a bike, swim or wear bathing trunks because of the pain and embarrassment. He has become a recluse and is uncomfortable being around his grandchildren, his lawyer said.
In 2004, a jury awarded him $750,000. A judge called that excessive and reduced it to $400,000. On Friday, the Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed that award in a ruling that turned on a procedural matter.
"I don't know any man who for any amount of money would want to trade and take my client's life," said Jules D'Alessandro, Lennon's attorney. "He's not a whole person."
A lawyer representing both Dura-II manufacturer Dacomed Corp. and the company's insurer declined to comment. Dacomed maintained that nothing was wrong with the implant.
The implant consists of a series of plastic plates strung together with steel surgical wire, almost like a roll of wrapped coins. Springs press against the plates, creating enough surface tension to simulate an erection, D'Alessandro said.
Lennon cannot get the implant removed because of health problems, including open-heart surgery, his lawyer said. Impotence drugs could not help Lennon even if he were able to have the device taken out, because tissue had be to removed for it to be implanted.
Dacomed was later acquired by a California company whose sales dropped when Viagra was introduced on the market. The company filed for bankruptcy the following year.
------------------------------------------------My my god.
9 comments:
68-year-olds should not bang. Just no.
I kind of like the idea of having a cyborg penis, though.
If I were impotent, I think I would just do something else, that device doesn't even sound pleasurable.
RoboPenis! ha ha...
"Drop your pants, creep."
Sorry, see Robocop the movie for you youngens.
My opinion, the guy's got $400,000 and a rock hard erection and he's over sixty... sounds like he made a wish and found out that he needed to word it better.
Dr. Murk has had the same implant and the same malfunction for ten years as well.
No one has noticed.
Okay, we get it. You're facinated by my body and my sex life. That and you vote like an emotional drama queen.
What's next? Are you going to start making jokes about my wife and mother?
At least when I bashed you, it was relevant political discussion.
But if you want to trade cock jokes, fine.
You have a very small penis and that's why you are angry. You're angry at your tiny penis.
My penis is only 3" long but as wide as a soup can
Mine has the dimensions of a cinnamon roll.
Mine tastes like a cinnamon roll.
Which is why all the cakes I bake by hand are so delicious.
uhhh I don't have a penis.
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