Suit: Child Choked on Used Condom
By: TAMARA VOSTOK
Updated 8:34 PM EST, Sun, Feb 1, 2009
A 22-month-old boy choked on a used condom in the Homewood Suites in Mount Laurel, N.J., accrding to a lawsuit filed by the little boy’s family.
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The Wolfe family of Pittsburgh, Mass. was headed home after spending the holidays in Florida and they stayed overnight in the Burlington County hotel.Â
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The morning of their departure, the toddler apparently found a used condom in the room, left behind by previous travelers, according to the lawsuit.
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The child’s mother, Amy, heard her little boy chewing and choking on the condom and tried to get it out of his mouth, but he had already “ingested the contents ” the lawsuit stated.
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The Philadelphia Daily News noted the suit contends a “life threatening” item was left in the room, which put the boy at risk of getting a “sexually transmitted disease, including HIV or AIDS, or some other, potentially life threatening, potentially fatal illness.”
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The boy had to undergo tests and faces more testing in the future, Wolfes’ attorney Norm Hobbie told the Philadelphia Daily News. Â
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The complaint also contends the Wolfe family, both parents and three children, have suffered mental distress.
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