Brenda Nelson needed to have CRP training in order to be a licensed day-care center operator. So she went down to her local American Red Cross in September 1999 at their Merriville office. After climbing off the CRP dummy after the second day of courses she noticed a tingling sensation in her mouth. She went to her doctor, who diagnosed her with a case of oral herpes; a disease she claims in her lawsuit came from an improperly sanitized teaching mannequin.

Apparently, this incident has caused a great deal of problems for her happy marriage as well. "It strained her marital relationship entirely," her lawyer said. "Obviously, you want to believe your spouse is faithful, but when you have a situation like this, there is always an issue of doubt, a cloud hanging over the relationship."

And with that as a lead in let it be known that Brenda's husband, James, also is named as a plaintiff in the suit, alleging a loss of affection and love.

Man, this doesn’t make sense to me. If you believe your wife when she says that she got this shit from the CPR dummy and not someone else’s dick, then were is the loss of love? And if you don’t believe her and you do think she was doing tricks with the children’s fathers once you left the house for work then what the fuck is your name doing listed as a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit? Why should the American Red Cross pay because she has a fragile marriage?

Brenda Nelson is alleging along with the herpes, "extreme pain, emotional distress, humiliation, ridicule and fear" and has asked for her medical and attorney bills to be paid along with any compensation for physical and emotional suffering. Is that all she is asking for? How about coming up with some evidence?

According to the American Social Health Association, the chance of contracting herpes from an inanimate object "is vanishingly small."

The virus that causes herpes is easily killed by chlorine or simply by soap and water with a clean cloth. The lawsuit claims that the Red Cross was lax in its sanitary procedures in cleaning the mannequins after each use.

The Nelson’s lawyer said he has not examined the mannequin used by Nelson, nor does he expect to. "It's probably gone by now and even if it's not thrown away, it's been sterilized," he said, noting the incident was more than a year ago.

You see why we need some control over lawsuits? She can't prove she got herpes from the fucking dummy but she doesn't give a fuck, she will settle out of court and get paid any which way you cut it. The reason people are so sue happy in this country is because it is almost guaranteed money.

Red Cross officials had no immediate comment on the suit, saying they wanted to discuss it with attorneys.