A former teacher from Michigan is suing a casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip claiming he suffered an electric shock from a faulty lamp in a hotel room.
David Van Horn, of Newaygo County, Mich., filed a lawsuit in the 8th Judicial District Circuit Court of Nevada against the Luxor casino-hotel alleging negligence and breach of duty for failing to maintain its hotel room.
Van Horn’s lawsuit claims that in addition to the “severe pain and shock” he felt from the electrocution, he also “sustained a traumatic brain injury, a concussion, aggravation of his post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic headaches.” According to the complaint, Van Horn now suffers from “memory and hearing issues, imbalance, dizziness, and speech impediments including stuttering,” all of which ultimately forced him to retire as a public school teacher four years before his pension eligibility.
