its the law!!!!
Feb 18, 2012 0:50:54 GMT -5
Post by popeye on Feb 18, 2012 0:50:54 GMT -5
>
> > Lawsuits?
??
> >
> > It's time again for the annual 'Stella Awards'! For
> > Those
> > unfamiliar with these awards, they are named after
> > 81-year-old
> > Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and
> > successfully sued
> > The McDonald's in New Mexico , where she
> > purchased coffee. You
> > Remember, she took the lid off the coffee and
> > put it between her knees
> > While she was driving. Who would think
> > that one could be burnt
> > doing
> > That? That's right; these are awards for the most
> > outlandish
> > Lawsuits and verdicts in the U.S. You know, the kinds of
> > cases that
> > Make you scratch your head. So keep your head scratcher
> > handy.
> >
> >
> > Here are the Stellas for this past year --
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *SEVENTH
> > PLACE*
> >
> >
> > Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas was awarded $80,000
> > By a jury
> > of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a
> > Toddler who
> > was running inside a furniture store. The store owners
> > Were
> > understandably surprised by the verdict, considering the
> > running
> > Toddler was her own
> > son
> >
> >
> > Start
> > scratching!
> >
> >
> > * SIXTH PLACE
> > *
> >
> >
> > Carl Truman, 19, of Los Angeles , California won $74,000
> > Plus
> > medical expenses when his neighbour ran over his hand with a
> > Honda
> > Accord. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at
> > the wheel
> > Of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbour's
> > hubcaps.
> >
> >
> > Scratch some
> > more...
> >
> >
> > * FIFTH PLACE
> > *
> >
> >
> > Terrence Dickson, of Bristol , Pennsylvania , who was
> > Leaving a
> > house he had just burgled via the garage.
> > Unfortunately for
> > Dickson, the automatic garage door opener
> > Malfunctioned and he
> > could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he
> > Couldn't re-enter
> > the house because the door connecting the garage to
> > The house
> > locked when Dickson pulled it shut. Forced to sit for eight,
> > Count
> > 'em, EIGHT days and survive on a case of Pepsi and a large bag
> > Of
> > dry dog food, he sued the homeowner's insurance company
> > claiming
> > Undue mental Anguish. Amazingly, the jury said the
> > insurance company
> > Must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish. We
> > should all have this
> > Kind of anguish Keep scratching. There are
> > more...
> >
> >
> > Double hand scratching after this
> > one..
> >
> >
> > *FOURTH
> > PLACE*
> >
> >
> > Jerry Williams, of Little Rock, Arkansas, garnered 4th
> > Place in the
> > Stella's when he was awarded $14,500 plus medical
> > Expenses after
> > being bitten on the bum by his next door neighbour's
> > Beagle - even
> > though the beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced
> > Yard.
> > Williams did not get as much as he asked for because the
> > jury
> > Believed the beagle might have been provoked at the time of
> > the
> > Bite because Williams had climbed over the fence into the yard
> > and
> > Repeatedly shot the dog with a pellet
> > gun.
> >
> >
> > Pick a new spot to scratch, you're getting a bald
> > spot..
> >
> >
> > * THIRD PLACE
> > *
> >
> >
> > Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania because a jury
> > Ordered a
> > Philadelphia restaurant to pay her $113,500 after she
> > Slipped on a
> > spilled soft drink and broke her tailbone. The reason the
> > Soft
> > drink was on the floor: Ms. Carson had thrown it at her
> > boyfriend
> > 30 seconds earlier during an argument. What happened to
> > people
> > Being responsible for their own
> > actions?
> >
> >
> > Only two more so ease up on the
> > scratching...
> >
> >
> > *SECOND
> > PLACE*
> >
> >
> > Kara Walton, of Claymont , Delaware sued the owner of a
> > Night club
> > in a nearby city because she fell from the toilet window
> > To the
> > floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton
> > Was
> > trying to sneak through the window to avoid paying the
> > $3.50 cover
> > charge, the jury said the night club had to pay her
> > $12,000....
> > Plus dental
> > expenses.
> >
> >
> > Here is the
> > winner!
> >
> > * FIRST PLACE
> > *
> >
> >
> > This year's First Place Stella Award winner was:
> > Mrs. Merv
> > Grazinski, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who purchased a new
> > 32-foot
> > Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, from an OU
> > Football
> > game, having driven on to the freeway, she set the cruise
> > Control
> > at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go to the back
> > Of
> > the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly,
> > the
> > Motor home left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Also
> > not
> > Surprisingly, Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in
> > the
> > Owner's' manual that she couldn't actually leave the driver's
> > seat
> > While the cruise control was set. The Oklahoma jury awarded
> > her, are
> > You sitting
> > down?
> >
> > $1,750,000 PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually
> > Changed their
> > manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs.
> > Grazinski has
> > any relatives who might also buy a motor
> > home.
> > Lawsuits?
??> >
> > It's time again for the annual 'Stella Awards'! For
> > Those
> > unfamiliar with these awards, they are named after
> > 81-year-old
> > Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and
> > successfully sued
> > The McDonald's in New Mexico , where she
> > purchased coffee. You
> > Remember, she took the lid off the coffee and
> > put it between her knees
> > While she was driving. Who would think
> > that one could be burnt
> > doing
> > That? That's right; these are awards for the most
> > outlandish
> > Lawsuits and verdicts in the U.S. You know, the kinds of
> > cases that
> > Make you scratch your head. So keep your head scratcher
> > handy.
> >
> >
> > Here are the Stellas for this past year --
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *SEVENTH
> > PLACE*
> >
> >
> > Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas was awarded $80,000
> > By a jury
> > of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a
> > Toddler who
> > was running inside a furniture store. The store owners
> > Were
> > understandably surprised by the verdict, considering the
> > running
> > Toddler was her own
> > son
> >
> >
> > Start
> > scratching!
> >
> >
> > * SIXTH PLACE
> > *
> >
> >
> > Carl Truman, 19, of Los Angeles , California won $74,000
> > Plus
> > medical expenses when his neighbour ran over his hand with a
> > Honda
> > Accord. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at
> > the wheel
> > Of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbour's
> > hubcaps.
> >
> >
> > Scratch some
> > more...
> >
> >
> > * FIFTH PLACE
> > *
> >
> >
> > Terrence Dickson, of Bristol , Pennsylvania , who was
> > Leaving a
> > house he had just burgled via the garage.
> > Unfortunately for
> > Dickson, the automatic garage door opener
> > Malfunctioned and he
> > could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he
> > Couldn't re-enter
> > the house because the door connecting the garage to
> > The house
> > locked when Dickson pulled it shut. Forced to sit for eight,
> > Count
> > 'em, EIGHT days and survive on a case of Pepsi and a large bag
> > Of
> > dry dog food, he sued the homeowner's insurance company
> > claiming
> > Undue mental Anguish. Amazingly, the jury said the
> > insurance company
> > Must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish. We
> > should all have this
> > Kind of anguish Keep scratching. There are
> > more...
> >
> >
> > Double hand scratching after this
> > one..
> >
> >
> > *FOURTH
> > PLACE*
> >
> >
> > Jerry Williams, of Little Rock, Arkansas, garnered 4th
> > Place in the
> > Stella's when he was awarded $14,500 plus medical
> > Expenses after
> > being bitten on the bum by his next door neighbour's
> > Beagle - even
> > though the beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced
> > Yard.
> > Williams did not get as much as he asked for because the
> > jury
> > Believed the beagle might have been provoked at the time of
> > the
> > Bite because Williams had climbed over the fence into the yard
> > and
> > Repeatedly shot the dog with a pellet
> > gun.
> >
> >
> > Pick a new spot to scratch, you're getting a bald
> > spot..
> >
> >
> > * THIRD PLACE
> > *
> >
> >
> > Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania because a jury
> > Ordered a
> > Philadelphia restaurant to pay her $113,500 after she
> > Slipped on a
> > spilled soft drink and broke her tailbone. The reason the
> > Soft
> > drink was on the floor: Ms. Carson had thrown it at her
> > boyfriend
> > 30 seconds earlier during an argument. What happened to
> > people
> > Being responsible for their own
> > actions?
> >
> >
> > Only two more so ease up on the
> > scratching...
> >
> >
> > *SECOND
> > PLACE*
> >
> >
> > Kara Walton, of Claymont , Delaware sued the owner of a
> > Night club
> > in a nearby city because she fell from the toilet window
> > To the
> > floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton
> > Was
> > trying to sneak through the window to avoid paying the
> > $3.50 cover
> > charge, the jury said the night club had to pay her
> > $12,000....
> > Plus dental
> > expenses.
> >
> >
> > Here is the
> > winner!
> >
> > * FIRST PLACE
> > *
> >
> >
> > This year's First Place Stella Award winner was:
> > Mrs. Merv
> > Grazinski, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who purchased a new
> > 32-foot
> > Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, from an OU
> > Football
> > game, having driven on to the freeway, she set the cruise
> > Control
> > at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go to the back
> > Of
> > the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly,
> > the
> > Motor home left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Also
> > not
> > Surprisingly, Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in
> > the
> > Owner's' manual that she couldn't actually leave the driver's
> > seat
> > While the cruise control was set. The Oklahoma jury awarded
> > her, are
> > You sitting
> > down?
> >
> > $1,750,000 PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually
> > Changed their
> > manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs.
> > Grazinski has
> > any relatives who might also buy a motor
> > home.
