Post by sandsman1 on Jan 12, 2005 7:17:26 GMT -5
now i see why the ins. co keeps trying to say im not hurt---hahaha
CHAMBER
It's once again time to review the winners of the annual Stella
Awards. The Stella's are named after 81 year old Stella Liebeck who
spilled coffee on herself and Successfully sued McDonald's. That
case inspired the 'Stella Awards' for the most frivolous successful
lawsuits in the United States.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS YEAR'S AWARDS GO TO:
> > 5th Place (Tied)
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 toddler was Ms. Robertson's son.
> > 5th Place (Tied)
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 did not notice there was someone at the wheel of
the car when he was trying to steal the hubcaps.
> > 5th Place (Tied)
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 could not 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 8 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 dog. 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 a little provoked at the time as Mr. Williams, who had climbed over
the fence into the yard, 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 sued the owner of a Night Club in a
neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window to the floor and
knocked out two of her front teeth. This occurred whilst Ms. Walton was
trying to sneak in the window of the Ladies Room to avoid paying the
$3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000 and dental expenses.
> > 1st Place!!!!!
This year's runaway winner was Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma.
Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new Winnebago Motor home. On his trip
home from an OU football game, having driven 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 RV left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr.
Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the owner's manual that
he could not actually do this. The jury awarded him $1,750,000 plus a
new Winnebago 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 recreational vehicles.
CHAMBER
It's once again time to review the winners of the annual Stella
Awards. The Stella's are named after 81 year old Stella Liebeck who
spilled coffee on herself and Successfully sued McDonald's. That
case inspired the 'Stella Awards' for the most frivolous successful
lawsuits in the United States.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS YEAR'S AWARDS GO TO:
> > 5th Place (Tied)
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 toddler was Ms. Robertson's son.
> > 5th Place (Tied)
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 did not notice there was someone at the wheel of
the car when he was trying to steal the hubcaps.
> > 5th Place (Tied)
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 could not 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 8 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 dog. 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 a little provoked at the time as Mr. Williams, who had climbed over
the fence into the yard, 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 sued the owner of a Night Club in a
neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window to the floor and
knocked out two of her front teeth. This occurred whilst Ms. Walton was
trying to sneak in the window of the Ladies Room to avoid paying the
$3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000 and dental expenses.
> > 1st Place!!!!!
This year's runaway winner was Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma.
Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new Winnebago Motor home. On his trip
home from an OU football game, having driven 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 RV left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr.
Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the owner's manual that
he could not actually do this. The jury awarded him $1,750,000 plus a
new Winnebago 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 recreational vehicles.
