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Some people. An NYU graduate who was pushed into a kiddie-pool full of Jell-O in May 2004 is now suing the school (for $1 million) for failing "to prevent the Jell-O wrestling event" and for disregarding "its duty to maintain its premises in a safe condition." Yawn.
On the one hand, it does sound like this guy had a bum deal. There Avarm Wisnia was, well into his Junior year, hanging out on May day at an NYU "Beach Bash," looking at all the other young and nubile NYU-ers running and jumping into the mounds and mounds of squishy jiggling red Jell-O, when suddenly, without warning, he was violently pushed into the Jell-O pool, a pool which sadly "had only a thin athletic mat underneath." When he was pulled out of the red sugary gelatin, his hip was broken and he was on the way to the hospital. That does sound like a pretty bum day to us.
On the other hand, why is this guy suing NYU because someone else pushed him into a pool of Jell-O? While NYU does bear some responsibility for the presence of Jell-O at the event (it was provided by their food services) why is Wisnia not suing the school group that set up the ill-fated wrestling match? Or the person who pushed him? As distinctly not-lawyers we are positive there are good reasons for why he's suing NYU and not the others (like, uh, cash money) but we're going to choose to ignore them.
Because in the end, all that we could think about while reading this story was "Really? Jell-O? He hurt himself in a pool of red Jell-O?"
1948 poster image from the Jell-O Ad Museum
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wisnia is a fucking pussy...no wonder he was at NYU...which is a school for fucking pussies. The only thing about this story that isn't pussy is
J-E-L-L-O, which is fan-fuckin-tastic. And as far as I'm concerned...I hope J-E-L-L-o continues to physically damage whiny little NYU bitches.
NYU's got tons of money, and this guy's got the pins in his hip to prove he deserves a little bit of it. I hope he gets the payout- I just pray for the guy in charge of planning the Lawsuit Victory Party.. or the Wisnia Memorial Lawn Darts Tournament..
I don't get how this is NYU's problem, unless the pusher was an NYU employee. Would Wisnia and his lawyers still claim that NYU was at fault here if there hadn't been a pool of Jello on hand, but he'd been pushed directly onto the concrete? If anything, the presence of the Jello and "thin athletic mat" cushioned his fall and possibly prevented further injury.
The university deemed the event safe for students, and it clearly was not. The university, which hosted the event, should have put padding under the kiddie pool. The university employees who deemed the event safe should have known that jello does not provide proper padding for cement. Regardless, the incident was on university property at a university event. They are assume responsible for anything and everything that happens.
Bill Cosby is a pussy.