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Author: | Seal_Point_Siamese [ Fri Oct 31, 2003 10:06 am ] |
Post subject: | The Stella Awards |
> >The Stella's are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who > >spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonalds. That case > >inspired the Stella Awards for the most frivolous successful lawsuits > >in the United States. Unfortunately the most recent lawsuit > implicating > >McDonalds, by the teens who allege that eating at McDonalds has made > >them fat, was filed after the 2002 award voting was closed. This suit > >will top the 2003 list without question. > > > >It's time once again to review the winners of the annual "Stella > >Awards". > > > >Here are this year's winners: > > > >6th Place: Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded > >$780,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping > over > >a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The owners of the > >store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the > >misbehaving little toddler was Ms. Robertson's son. > > > >5th Place (tie): A 19-year-old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 > >and medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda > >Accord. Mr. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the > >wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps. > > > >5th Place(tie): Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was > leaving > >a house he had just finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not > >able to get the garage door to go up since the automatic door opener > was > >malfunctioning. He couldn't re-enter the house because the door > >connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The > >family was on vacation, and Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the > >garage for eight days. He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and > a > >large bag of dry dog food. He sued the homeowner's insurance claiming > >the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the > >tune of $500,000. > > > >4th Place: Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded > >$14,500 and medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by his > next > >door neighbor's beagle. The beagle was on a chain in its owner's > fenced > >yard. The award was less than sought because the jury felt the dog > might > >have been just a little provoked at the time by Mr. Williams who had > >climbed over the fence into the yard and was shooting it repeatedly > with a > >pellet gun. > > > >3rd Place: A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson > >of Lancaster Pennsylvania, $113,500 after she slipped on a soft drink > and > >broke her coccyx (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor because > Ms. > >Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an > >argument. > > > > > >2nd Place: Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully sued the > >owner of a night club in a neighboring city when she fell from the > >bathroom window to the floor and knocked out her two front teeth. > This > >occurred while Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the window in > >the ladies room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was > awarded > >$12,000 and dental expenses. > > > > > >1st Place: This year's run away winner was Mr. Merv Grazinski of > >Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot > >Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, (from an Oklahoma > >University football game), having driven onto the freeway, he set the > >cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into > >the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the R. > V. > >left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago > for > >not advising him in the owner's manual that he couldn't actually do > >this. The jury awarded him $1,750,000 plus a new motor home. The > >company actually changed their manuals on the basis of this suit, just > in > >case > >there were any other complete morons buying their recreation > vehicles. > |
Author: | Jay [ Sat Nov 01, 2003 7:23 pm ] |
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the last one is GOLD! haha what an arse I think its utterly stupid though that someone can sue you for getting injured while robbing your house.... dickheads ![]() |
Author: | Nismodified [ Sat Nov 01, 2003 8:18 pm ] |
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no doubt most/all of these cases have origins in the United states of America.. Bloody morons. |
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