Robin Corrente Claims Bikini Underwire Caused Third-Degree Burns

Perhaps sunburn isn't the only kind of burn that sunbathers should fear.

A New York woman claims she suffered third-degree burns when the underwire in her bikini top became superheated during a 90-degree afternoon in the sun in August 2008.

"After about an hour, I was hurting," 50-year-old Robin Corrente, of Yaphank, told The New York Post. "I went up to take a shower and I realized ... I had a lot of blisters."

Corrente reportedly went to a hospital where doctors removed a chunk of flesh about "the size of a dime" from her right breast.

She has filed a lawsuit against Swimwear Anywhere, the maker of her black Coco Reef bikini, in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Comments

[Lilybelle]

05:08 PM on 06/23/2011

... and this supposedly occurred in 2008?

[OOOOOMY]

04:44 AM on 06/23/2011

Welcome to the 'Nanny State'
Class Action anyone?
We another another mandated warning label attached?...lol

[lovemassacres]

07:40 PM on 06/22/2011

Punishment from God for being naked outdoors. Hope she learns her lesson and keeps her clothes on from now on. Where did the modesty go? Seriously and she's 50, she should be ashamed.

[f260sprint]

11:03 PM on 06/21/2011

MAYBE SHE SHOULD HAVE TOOK THE BRA OFF WHEN SHE WAS HAVING SEX ?
TOO MUCH FRICTION !

[Pete Duffy]

09:15 PM on 06/21/2011

No sense no feeling, if it burns remove it from the fire. Probally feel asleep and can't take responsibility for own actions.

[KIVPossum]

02:59 PM on 06/21/2011

Silly B.ia..., if it starts buring your bo.ob, get out of the sun

[Tiffany Madison]

01:17 PM on 06/21/2011

Ridiculous. This is exactly why we need tort reform. Bogging the system down with frivolous nonsense. Not only is this a case of first world problems, but accept some personal responsibility. Sigh.

[TMW0465]

12:14 PM on 06/21/2011

So why haven't I gotten third degrees burns from my anklet after numerous times laying out in 90+ degree weather in Florida??? Maybe some hot crack fell out of her crack pipe and down inside her top.

[Lsharp03]

10:40 AM on 06/21/2011

Seems highly unlikely. If her bathing suit preference ran to underwire support, one can surmise so does her daily bra preference. So how does her personal 98.6 not set her bra "aflame" on her flesh day in and day out?

Any underwire is INSIDE layers of fabric.

[Anne Mccormick]

04:06 AM on 06/21/2011

the woman was sunbathing in 90 degree weather for over an hour; what did she expect would happen

[8xInfinity]

05:14 AM on 06/21/2011

To not get contact burns from clothing intended to wear when it's hot outside?

[shempbat]

03:40 AM on 06/21/2011

Lawsuit? Sounds like "wire fraud" to me!

[mimsbaybay1204]

02:41 AM on 06/21/2011

50 year old women shouldn't be wearing push up bikinis. Even if they are "in shape" your 50 not 25.

[chasborg]

02:28 AM on 06/21/2011

The claim is obviously false. If it were true there would have been other incidents of women getting burned, but there aren't. She's just another wiseguy looking to make some easy, tax free money.

[gnobie01]

01:11 AM on 06/21/2011

first degree burn= redness...local pain......common sunburn
second degree burn= redness...blisters..local pain...common burn from hot surface
THIRD DEGREE BURN= BLACKENING OR CHARRING OF SKIN...BLISTER....PAIN IN VARYING INTENSITY DUE TO NERVE ENDINGS DEEP IN SKIN BURNED OR DESTROYED......
I really don't think that the wire insde a bra could do such a thing from simply being exposed to the sun

[gnobie01]

01:40 AM on 06/21/2011

http://www.chw.org/display/PPF/DocID/21911/router.asp
This is a link for children's hospital describing a third degree burn

[ladymulti]

12:59 AM on 06/21/2011

Wait. How is a wire, insulated in fabric supposed to do that? Perhaps, she's simply sensitive to the sun... You can get 3rd degree burns by the sun alone; it doesn't take a bathing suit to do it. I bet she was using tanning lotion, but since the incident occurred in 2008 there is no way for the to tell.

You assume risk to yourself when you when you go out into the sun. Even if it WERE somewhat caused by the bathing suit; her choosing to be in the sun was also a factor. Is she gonna sue the sun too? and herself for going out into the sun?