Yeetle Box - Jitter Bug Off!

Lacey Hindman, a Chicago woman, has filed a lawsuit claiming "negligent dancing" by her boss's husband and seeking damages for a fractured skull. In her complaint, Ms. Hindman says that David Prange picked her up and threw her during a jitterbug.

She was at a party following a book signing at Shop Girl, a store owned by Prange's wife, Kate. Hindman said that Prange grabbed her arms without any warning and tossed her in the air.

"I was in the air, over him," she said. "I fell hard enough, you could hear the impact of me hitting the floor over the sound from the jukebox. Besides, who jitterbugs to Helen Reddy's 'Delta Dawn'?"

"Christ," said Mr. Prange. "The woman weighs nearly 300 pounds! You would have heard that crash from across the Midwest! And miss 'I'm-the-biggest-Helen-Reddy-fan-in-the-world" knows you can jitterbug to any song."

Asked what possessed him to violently throw her into a jitterbug somersault, Mr. Prange hung his head and stated, "It was just a bet. A lousy $20 bet."

Mrs. Prange stated her husband meant absolutely no harm.

"He wanted to jitterbug and grab an extra $20. What's the big deal? It's not like he coerced her into a polka! That would have been horrible."

In her lawsuit, Ms. Hindman seeks compensation for medical expenses, lost wages and future losses because of her injuries. Mr. Prange has offered to settle the matter through a dance marathon. "Oh, yeah. It's on," he said.

Ms. Prange insists the Pranges are old friends of her family still - just not dance partners.

"I've learned my lesson," she said. "And paid for it with a fractured....fractured....fractured.... What's that word?"