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One minute she was texting back a friend. The next minute she was doing a face plant into a fountain full of coins. Now she wants to sue.

Cathy Cruz Marrero  is questioning the professionalism of mall security workers after a video of her tumbling into a mall fountain while texting went viral.

The Pennsylvania woman says she both laughs and cries about her face-first flop into the fountain at the Berkshire Mall, in the town of Wyomissing.

"A friend of mine from church, she texted me and I decided to text her back," Marrero said.

"I thought I had a long distance -- I didn't. My boot hit the edge of the fountain and I fell over. I couldnt see anything that I could grab. Next thing I know I'm seeing pennies and coins in front of my face," she said.

She acknowledges the video is funny, but says the security personnel heard laughing on the recording should have been more concerned about her well-being.

Because there was no railing to protect someone from falling into the fountain her lawsuit may have some merit, lawyers say. The mall could also be in hot water over the security personnel who laughed at her rather than checking if she was ok.

Marrero has hired an attorney to look into the matter. A message left for the mall management office was not immediately returned.



yet another scathing indictment of society. where most of us would have chalked this up as a lesson learned, it seems more and more people are looking to blame others for their own stupidity.

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Well if you're dumb enough to text and walk...you have to expect stuff like that to happen.  Sounds to me like she's more "embarassed" that she got "caught" doing something stupid.  I don't understand WHY people feel the need to text and do anything else.  I mean...here it is law there is NO texting while driving...yet you still see people doing it.  I'm not sure WHO they're texting...but NOBODY is that important...honestly....if you HAVE TO TEXT...pull over and do it!

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That video cracked me up!  Lol!

This would be like the time I came to work one day and had forgotten to close my zipper.  Embarrassing...but dad-gum!  It was my fault...not my employers.  

I would imagine a judge will throw this case out.  The only thing I think she might be able to sue for is the security guards releasing the video to youtube or where ever.  I cant see how the Mall could be held responsible.

She's not gonna get much money from a security guard though.

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I heard about this on Keith Olbermann.  When I did my face plant at K-mart, I didn't even think about suing.  It was me not getting my foot off the floor enough that caused the fall.  I guess I could have sued them for having a really clean floor that the sole of my shoe stuck to it.  To me it's about someone looking for a free meal ticket.  I dislike those kind of people immensely. Plus I was always taught to "watch where you're going" when I was a kid.  Someone should have taught her that too, I guess.

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I'm hearing now that she has had trouble with the police and a pending trail over something.