Old Man Sues Bar After Tripping Over Dog AND Losing Sex Drive

Austin's, courtesy Kew Gardens Blog

This is why we can't have nice things, or dogs in bars: An elderly Queens man says his sex life was ruined (and so was his knee) after he tripped over an "unleashed and unrestrained" dog in a Kew Gardens pub in April. Irving Grossman, 81, is suing Austin's Steak and Ale House, which is popular with gamblers because it has its own Off-Track Betting window. That's exactly where Grossman was headed on that fateful spring day when his luck took a turn for the worse.

The lawsuit claims Grossman suffered "severe pain, shock, mental anguish" after he tripped over a Pomeranian. (Couldn't the dog owner just board it instead of taking it gambling?) The tumble somehow "ruined his sex life" with his wife, Jaclyn, and he tells the Daily News, "What can I say? It's the story of my life. I was in a brace for two months." A manager at Austin's insists the bar doesn't allow dogs inside, but there is one regular customer who is visually impaired and brings a Seeing Eye dog. It's unclear how much Grossman is suing for, but he tells the Post there's one silver lining in his sexless, anguished cloud: "I'm saving a fortune—I'm not gambling at all."

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By John Del Signore in News on November 12, 2009 11:06 AM

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pipsy

This is how we know our society has become too litigious; when anyone is willing to admit they were taken out by a Pomeranian.

hotstepper

i hope when i'm 81 i still have the energy for cold drinks, gambling, hot-lovin', and topping it all off with a steamy lawsuit.

John Del Signore

LOLZ

Comic Book Guy

You CAN'T board it. It gets upset. Its hair falls out.

doppelganger

I didn’t bring it bowling. I didn’t rent it shoes. I’m not buying it a fucking beer. He’s not taking your fucking turn, Dude.

John Del Signore

Man, if my fuckin' ex-wife asked me to take care of her fuckin' dog while she and her boyfriend went to Honolulu I'd tell her to go fuck herself.

youngpro

"I'm saving a fortune—I'm not gambling at all."

Right...and you were there to just see others gamble or something?

We have a pomeranian (aka- pomermaniac). Thwy will MOVE out of your way before yuo trip on it. They're scared little dogs. What a joke this guy is. It'll simply be dismissed.

leon

horse racing = murder.

i hope this guy gets his legs broken or worse ... horse racing ?!?! i hope they find him in a dumpster.

Murgus

Horse racing is not as bad as lame troll attempts.

felixthecat2

No horse racing is bad.

Wza

This story is hilarious!

Chillinoncentral

I was there. A man walked into the bar with his Pomeranian and asked for a drink. The bartender told him that he cannot bring a dog into the bar, but the guy said that it’s his seeing-eye dog. The bartender apologized and served him, but that’s when Mr Grossman questioned having a Pomeranian as a seeing eye dog… the man paused and said, "What?!?! They gave me a Pomeranian?!?" The elderly Mr Grossman laughed so hard that he fell forward… on his privates.