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title: Woman gets upset and sues epileptic
date: "2002-09-11T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1176
description: A woman sued a man with epilepsy after mistaking his seizure for a heart attack and becoming traumatized by the event. This bizarre lawsuit highlights legal challenges and public misunderstandings regarding emergency medical conditions and involuntary physical episodes.
keywords: [epilepsy, lawsuit, liability, medical emergency, emotional distress, neurological disorders]
---

Man has epilepsy. Woman thinks it's a heart attack. [Gets upset and sues epileptic](http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/09/nepil09.xml). [via Metafilter](http://www.metafilter.com)