Woman sues Pa. casino after being doused in ‘fecal matter’ while playing slots - pennlive.com
A western Pa. woman claims that she was drenched in human fecal matter when a sewage pipe burst overhead while she was playing a slots machine at a Westmoreland County casino.Sean Simmers file photo | For pennlive.com
A western Pennsylvania woman has filed a lawsuit claiming that a sewage pipe burst while she was playing slots at a casino, drenching her in fecal matter and putting her in the hospital for over two weeks.
Rita Romagnoli and her husband, Robert, of Greensburg say in a civil suit filed in Westmoreland County that they were at Live! Casino at the Westmoreland Mall on July 28 when Rita Romagnoli was “drenched with human fecal matter” after an overhead pipe burst, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and KDKA-TV.
Romagnoli went home, took a shower and returned to the casino, according to her attorney Joseph Hudock Jr.
“She didn’t know what had happened,” Hudock told the Trib. “A couple days later, she ended up in the hospital with bacterial pneumonia.”
The lawsuit states that Romagnoli spent 15 days in the hospital because of the casino’s negligence.
Hudock could not address his client’s long-term health prospects with the Trib, but claimed it was a “very traumatizing” situation that could have killed Romagnoli.
The couple are demanding $30,000 in damages from Stadium Casino LLC, which operates the Live! Casino at Westmoreland Mall.
It may not be the first time questionable liquid has leaked onto a slots machine player at the Westmoreland Mall casino, according to KDKA.
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An unidentified woman told the news station that she was playing slots at a unspecified previous time when “all of a sudden water came pouring down on me” and that she and a man playing next to her were “soaking wet.”
At the time, the casino told her that the liquid was only water.
“It’s a little suspect that the same thing happened to this lady,” the woman told KDKA. “It’s very, very scary and very concerning.”
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