Things that make you say Hmmmmm: :shakehead: :hehe:
LATEST STELLA AWARDS
It's time once again to review the winners of
the Annual "Stella Awards."
The Stella Awards are named after 81 year-old
Stella Liebeck of New Mexico who spilled hot
coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's.
That case inspired the Stella awards for the most
frivolous,Ridiculous, successful lawsuits in the
United States.
Here are this year's winners:
7th Place: Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas,
was awarded $80,000 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 ittle
toddler was Ms. Robertson's son.
>6th Place: 19-year-old Carl Truman of Los Angeles
won $74,000 and Medical expenses when his neighbour
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
neighbour's hubcaps.
5th Place: 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 doorconnecting 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
neighbour'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
neighbouring 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.
>And this one absolutely scares me to death!!
1st Place: This year's runaway winner was Mrs. Merv
Grazinski of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mrs. Grazinski
purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home.
On her first trip home, (from an OU football Game),
having driven onto the freeway, she set the cruise
control at 70 Mph and calmly left the drivers seat
to go into the back & make herself a sandwich. Not
surprisingly, the RV left the freeway, crashed and
overturned. Mrs Grazinski sued Winnebago for not
advising her in the owner's' manual that she
couldn't actually do this. The jury awarded her
$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 around.
LATEST STELLA AWARDS
It's time once again to review the winners of
the Annual "Stella Awards."
The Stella Awards are named after 81 year-old
Stella Liebeck of New Mexico who spilled hot
coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's.
That case inspired the Stella awards for the most
frivolous,Ridiculous, successful lawsuits in the
United States.
Here are this year's winners:
7th Place: Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas,
was awarded $80,000 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 ittle
toddler was Ms. Robertson's son.
>6th Place: 19-year-old Carl Truman of Los Angeles
won $74,000 and Medical expenses when his neighbour
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
neighbour's hubcaps.
5th Place: 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 doorconnecting 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
neighbour'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
neighbouring 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.
>And this one absolutely scares me to death!!
1st Place: This year's runaway winner was Mrs. Merv
Grazinski of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mrs. Grazinski
purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home.
On her first trip home, (from an OU football Game),
having driven onto the freeway, she set the cruise
control at 70 Mph and calmly left the drivers seat
to go into the back & make herself a sandwich. Not
surprisingly, the RV left the freeway, crashed and
overturned. Mrs Grazinski sued Winnebago for not
advising her in the owner's' manual that she
couldn't actually do this. The jury awarded her
$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 around.