An Inclusive Litany
8/15/94
When homeless couple Maria Ramos and Darryl Johnson decided to have
sex on the tracks of a New York City subway station, their passions
were abruptly interrupted by an oncoming train. Johnson suffered a
dislocated pelvis, neck injuries and lost part of his left foot; Ramos
was unhurt. The couple sued the transit authority for $10 million,
alleging "carelessness, recklessness and negligence" because the
transit authority sent a train along a rarely used track without
warning commuters of the change. Said the couple's attorney,
"Homeless people are allowed to have sex, too."