>> >Copyright (C) 1998 The Washington Post [Article 329232]
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>> >                          A Call Against Radio Shack
>> >                  Deaf Man Urges Boycott After Bad Experience
>> >                                By Tom Jackman
>> >                         Washington Post Staff Writer
>> >
>> > Almost totally deaf from birth, Michael Gannon was accustomed
>> > to communication troubles with clerks and cashiers when he
>> > went shopping. Still, nothing prepared him for the incident
>> > at the Radio Shack store near Tysons Corner.
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>> >     Gannon, who reads lips and speaks almost flawlessly,
>> > entered the store to buy batteries for his hearing aid. A
>> > misunderstanding, which began when Gannon was asked for his "St.
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>> > phone number and Zip code, escalated when the clerk didn't
>> > realize that Gannon couldn't hear him. Without warning,
>> > Gannon says, the clerk punched him in the face, tackled him
>> > and sent him crashing into a glass display case.
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>> >    Tandy officials declined to speak about Gannon's lawsuit
>> > or the company's service toward deaf customers. In court
>> > filings, Tandy denies liability in Gannon's claims of assault
>> > and battery and negligence.
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>I would say this was a prima facia case of assault and hearing
>aid battery. ;-)

Are you sure Gannon  was not hearing aiding and abetting??

Bobby

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>Merry Xmas.
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>Deri James
>Worse things happen in C.