mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 17/4/06 at 11:42 AM |
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THE STELLA AWARDS
The "Stella" awards rank up there with the Darwin awards. Stella Liebeck is the 81-year-old lady who spilled coffee on herself and sued
McDonalds. This case inspired an annual award, The "Stella" Award, for the most frivolous lawsuit in the U.S. The following are this
year's candidates:
1. January 2000: 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 brat
was Ms. Robertson's son.
2. June 1998: 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 neighbour's hubcaps.
3. October 1998: 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. 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 half a million dollars.
4. October 1999: 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-in 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 was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.
5. May 2000: 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. The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson threw it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.
6. December 1997: 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 the winner is:
Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City. In November 2000 Mr.Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, having
merged onto the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of
coffee. Not surprisingly, the Winnie left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the handbook that
he couldn't actually do this. He was awarded $1,750,000 plus a new Winnie. (Winnebago actually changed their handbooks on the back of this court
case, just in case there are any other complete morons buying their vehicles.) 
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quattromike
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| posted on 17/4/06 at 03:19 PM |
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there must be some real chancers out there, and even worse some complete doughballs doing jury duty.
Mike
I'm off to burger king to drop my coke then slip on it and sue them
"At the end of the day, I think it's going to get very dark"
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gazza285
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| posted on 17/4/06 at 03:49 PM |
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More internet myths.
DO NOT PUT ON KNOB OR BOLLOCKS!
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 17/4/06 at 08:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by gazza285
More internet myths.
The macdonalds one is true.........I know I was working for them at the time.........
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iank
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| posted on 17/4/06 at 10:45 PM |
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The McDonalds original is true, the others are from a post 2002 list of urban legends.
http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.asp
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steve_gus
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| posted on 20/4/06 at 06:09 PM |
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i was accused a while back of being anti american by Cita 
anyone that would believe that stuff doesnt think much of the average american intelligence.
There is some kinda sense in the md coffee.... if it was served balistically hot. The other items cited are just daft.
atb
steve
[Edited on 20/4/06 by steve_gus]
http://www.locostbuilder.co.uk
Just knock off the 's'!
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