<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Man wins $400K for 10-year implant malfunctionFriday, June 23, 2006; Posted: 7:51 p.m. EDT (23:51 GMT)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.Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.</div>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/23/implant.wuit.ap/index.html
If it's a 10-year erection, then that dude isn't going to need 400k because he will probably soon learn that he will die of a fatal disease of the penis..
its not an erectiom. blood is not holding the thing up, it is steel and plastic. So he wont get a disease. but man having a stiffy for more then 5 minutes if im not using it sucks.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brooksie5 @ Jun 27 2006, 05:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Ouch.. having plastic and metal wires in your dick for 10 years? Yeah.. wow.. i'm not doing that.</div>I dont see why you guys are so skeptical about it. It feels just fine
I would take 400K anyday of the weak to have a lifelong Boner. My shit quits after 25 minutes and it pisses me off. 2 birds with one stone.
You say that now but dude... you'd be a freak of nature you can't go out in public or anything, like the guy says in the article he can't even be around family or grand children or anything.No one deserves that.
Combs, I dont think anybody really wanted to know about your bedroom issues. And yeah, If I had a 10-yr boner id want1) A mega porn-contract and 2) More then 400K
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MN Marshall @ Jul 3 2006, 02:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>A constant boner isn't a bad thing. It would be awkward going to the grocery store.</div>A constant boner is in fact a bad thing. ESPECIALLY if it's been going on for more than one day.
Why can't he be around his famiy and kids or go out in public. I'd be showin that thing off all the time.And I wonder if he had to drop trowel and prove this for a couple hours. I mean they can't just take his word for it can they?
