We have always thought of a trip to our local casino as an all fun and games experience, with your usual soar loser acting up every now and then, right? Right, but not quite! When a person almost loses an eye, things tend to take a turn for the worse.
Leander Stocks, a D.C. man is suing the Maryland Live! Casino for $300,000 following an incident which occurred at the end of 2013. Mr. Stocks was hit by a runaway roulette wheel ball during his visit at the casino in Anne Arundel County. The incident could have rendered the plaintiff blind, but instead, it rendered him unconscious. How, you ask? Well, here comes the strange part. The ball hit the man inches above his left eye and the casino security escorted him to a private room to lie down, as the high-velocity strike had caused him severe disorientation and dizziness. What happens next really puzzles me, as the suit claims that the security guard proceeded to ‘administer unidentified liquid drops directly into Plaintiff’s left eye’, despite his refusal. Stocks went on to say that he tried to get up and at that point, he fell forward and violently hit his head on the hardwood door to the room, which caused him to lose consciousness. We are just as interested are you are in the case and will follow-up on the outcome of the suit and hope Mr. Stocks gets well soon.
Well, friends, that’s why I always prefer to play it safe and simply visit some online casino in my jammies. No way for the ball to come out of the screen and hit me senseless, right?