Teen whose heart stopped after attaching electrified clamp to his nipple sues teacher, school
BY Sean Alfano
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, August 31st 2010, 1:32 PM
Teenage pranks can be shockingly painful.
The family of a teen whose heart stopped after clamping an electrical cord to his nipple in shop class is suing the school and the teacher, saying the boy suffered brain damage.
They also say the teacher egged the boy to shock himself by enticing him with a Mountain Dew.
Last March, Kyle Dubois, 18, put an alligator clamp on one of his nipples, with a classmate placing the clamp on his other nipple, while a third classmate plugged the cord into the wall.
For three seconds, Dubois endured the electrical shock, dropping him to the floor and stopping his heart, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported.
The teacher, Thomas Kelley, said he was talking with another student when Dubois shocked himself.
"I was talking up my fantasy baseball team with one student and the next thing I know there was a commotion," Kelley said. "I look and I hear an ‘Ouch.' I look and there's Kyle going to the ground."
Dubois parents say Kelley failed to warn the class about the dangers of playing with the electrical cords. The teacher denied he offered up a soda to Dubois and no charges were filed against him.
In the lawsuit, Dubois is described as suffering from "short-term memory loss" and "brain damage."
The suit also alleges Kelley frequently left his students alone "for up to 20 minutes at a time."
Kelley resigned from his job in April.
BY Sean Alfano
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, August 31st 2010, 1:32 PM
Teenage pranks can be shockingly painful.
The family of a teen whose heart stopped after clamping an electrical cord to his nipple in shop class is suing the school and the teacher, saying the boy suffered brain damage.
They also say the teacher egged the boy to shock himself by enticing him with a Mountain Dew.
Last March, Kyle Dubois, 18, put an alligator clamp on one of his nipples, with a classmate placing the clamp on his other nipple, while a third classmate plugged the cord into the wall.
For three seconds, Dubois endured the electrical shock, dropping him to the floor and stopping his heart, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported.
The teacher, Thomas Kelley, said he was talking with another student when Dubois shocked himself.
"I was talking up my fantasy baseball team with one student and the next thing I know there was a commotion," Kelley said. "I look and I hear an ‘Ouch.' I look and there's Kyle going to the ground."
Dubois parents say Kelley failed to warn the class about the dangers of playing with the electrical cords. The teacher denied he offered up a soda to Dubois and no charges were filed against him.
In the lawsuit, Dubois is described as suffering from "short-term memory loss" and "brain damage."
The suit also alleges Kelley frequently left his students alone "for up to 20 minutes at a time."
Kelley resigned from his job in April.
Seriously who doesn't know "electricity bad" by age 18? I think this kid had drain bamage before this incident. Lets see I have two aligator clips attached to a wall plug... Billy just bet me a Mountain Dew I wont clamp them to my nipples.... yeah this is a great idea!
The world is full of morons... I seriously believe that there should be no lawsuits allowed for common knowledge things. Even if the teacher did egg him on, what moron electrifies his nipples?
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