Teacher suing for fall caused by condoms

Condoms may make for safe sex, but a teacher says they made for unsafe conditions at a Manhattan high school.

Karen Hollander is suing the Department of Education over injuries she says she suffered following a nasty spill on garbage and "slippery foreign substances" that included condoms discarded by students at the High School of Art & Design.



Hollander says she suffered injuries to her head and nervous system after her Nov. 12, 2008, tumble at the Second Ave. school. The suit says school officials failed to maintain safety in the cafeteria by allowing trash that included condoms to pile up on the floor.

"They caused, allowed and permitted condoms to be distributed by school personnel to the students, many of which were opened during the school lunch period and thrown on the floor," says the suit.