JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African woman has settled a lawsuit in
which she claimed to have developed a phobia about toilets after falling off
one at a hotel.

Antonia Hart, 59, sued the Sun International hotel chain following the
August 2003 incident, asking for 91,000 rand ($14,000) for pain, injury,
medical treatment and "loss of amenities," the South African Press Agency
(SAPA) reported.

Hart's lawyers had accused the hotel of negligence, saying their client
btoppled off the toilet when it suddenly broke "whilst in normal use for
the purposes for which it was installed," SAPA quoted court papers as
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Sun International's lawyers conceded that the toilet had broken, but said
Hart's husband had signed a liability waiver upon checking in.

"The matter was settled between the parties and the magistrate was informed
on Monday that an agreement had been reached and that the lawsuit would not
proceed," SAPA said.