Injured Man Gets $650,000 from Lapdance
 

Don't know if this has been posted.

WEST PALM BEACH — A man who sued after being struck in the face by a strip dancer's shoe at the Cheetah nightclub, seriously injuring his eye, has won a $650,000 judgment.

Personal injury litigator Lake "Trey" Lytal said Thursday that while the club's insurance company agreed to the amount, getting the money to Cheetah's patron Michael Ireland still is not a done deal and may require more litigation.

Ireland, a roofer, has experienced chronic double vision since stripper Sakeena Shageer's shoe made contact with his eye at the suburban West Palm Beach club in September 2008, Lytal said.

"When this case was first filed, many people criticized it simply because it occurred at a strip club," Lytal said. "But we feel the $650,000 settlement goes to show that this was a serious case with serious injuries."

Shageer said she was walking along the bar, with her feet near patrons' heads, when she spun around in reaction to someone touching her, Lytal said. Shageer struck Ireland accidentally, he said.

Shageer did not respond to a phone message seeking comment.

Lytal said he was not sure precisely what kind of shoe Shageer was wearing except that it was a platform with a metal heel.

The registered agent of the Cheetah's parent company, Joe Rodriguez, did not respond to a message seeking comment. A manager at the club Thursday said he could not comment whether dancers are still allowed to shimmy on the bar.

Lytal could not either. "No, no. I wouldn't know about that," he said.

He is expecting another round of litigation in the case, since he does not anticipate the nightclub's insurance carrier to just up and pay the $650,000 judgment. Lytal said they were forced to sue the Cheetah and Shageer after the insurance company wouldn't pay.

Ireland suffered broken bones around his eye and in his nose and now has permanent double vision, Lytal said. He also has dizziness - "not a good thing for a roofer."

Strip club lawsuits have centered on the hazard of sky-high platform shoes strippers frequently wear. In New York, a man sued after a stripper giving him a lap dance swiveled and smacked him in the face with her shoe. A Broward man sued after a woman's stiletto flew off during a pole dance, shattering a mirror and cutting him.

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next , hooker sues client for pink eye.

Different cases, totally.

Pink eye is a temporary infection. This is a permanent disability which will prevent him from doing his job for the rest of his life. He got it from doing nothing out of the ordinary (other than being a strip bar), and was not the cause of her kick to his head.

Seems not entirely unfair.

i bet she was wearing one of those clear, see through heels

ouch sounds more like she punted his head rather than swinging around and smacking it...

guys who stomp peoples head in a fight dont usually do damage like that

Wow, talk about bad luck! In all seriousness, if I went blind in one eye, I would probably be willing spend a lifetime's savings in order to get it to function again. I would miss 3D and depth perception. GG for badminton :(

Comparable to getting hit with a foul ball?

Sucks for the guy, it's not possible to surgically repair the area is it?