Painful lap dances, Compounded interest
A New York stockbroker is suing a Manhattan gentlemen's club, claiming he was injured by a stripper while receiving a lap dance.
A New York stockbroker is suing a Manhattan gentlemen's club, claiming he was injured by a stripper while receiving a lap dance. The lawsuit from Stephen Chang, a married man in his 30s, states he was relaxing at the Hot Lap Dance Club when, “during the course of said lap dance, the employee swung around, striking him in the eye with the heel of her shoe.” The club’s manager, “Lou,” said he was unaware of the accident. “We have a first-aid kit,” said Lou, “and we would have treated the guy.”
A woman whose ancestor lent $299.58 to the City of Tampa during the Civil War wants the debt repaid, plus $22.7 million in interest. The city issued an IOU to shopkeeper Thomas Pugh Kennedy in 1861 in return for ammunition and other supplies to help in the city’s defense. The handwritten note was handed down through the generations to Joan Kennedy Biddle, who is now asking for the money back plus the interest compounded over 148 years. “The city seems like they’re trying to cut their budget,” said Biddle. It’s not right, she said, that officials are reneging on debts while spending millions on a project called “Riverwalk.”
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