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<blockquote data-quote="glass" data-source="post: 2815497" data-attributes="member: 12251">A mate sent me this while the boards were down:[SBLOCK=Long email]&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2005 Stella Awards!&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Time once again to review the winners of the Annual &quot;Stella &gt; &gt; Awards.&quot; The Stella Awards are named after 81 year-old Stella &gt; &gt; Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued &gt; &gt; McDonald's (in NM). That case inspired the Stella Awards for the &gt; &gt; most frivolous, ridiculous, successful lawsuits in the United States&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Here are this year's winners:&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 5th Place (tie):&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded&gt; &gt; $80,000. by a jury of her peers after breaking her&gt; &gt; ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside&gt; &gt; a furniture store. The owners of the store were&gt; &gt; understandably surprised at the verdict, considering&gt; &gt; the misbehaving little toddler was Ms. Robertson's&gt; &gt; son.&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 5th Place (tie):&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 19-year-old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won&gt; &gt; $74,000 and medical&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand&gt; &gt; with a Honda Accord. Mr.&nbsp; Truman apparently didn't&gt; &gt; notice there was someone at the wheel of the car&gt; &gt; when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 5th Place (tie):&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was&gt; &gt; leaving a house he had just finished robbing by way&gt; &gt; of the garage. He was not able to get the garage&gt; &gt; door to go up since the automatic door opener was&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; malfunctioning. He couldn't re-enter the house&gt; &gt; because the door&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; connecting the house and garage locked when he&gt; &gt; pulled it shut. The family was on vacation, and Mr.&gt; &gt; Dickson found himself locked in the garage for eight&gt; &gt; days. He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and&gt; &gt; a large bag of dry dog food. He sued the homeowner's&gt; &gt; insurance claiming the situation caused him undue&gt; &gt; mental anguish. The jury agreed, to the tune of&gt; &gt; $500,000. In my opinion this is so outrageous that&gt; &gt; it should have been 2nd Place!&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 4th Place:&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was&gt; &gt; awarded $14,500. and&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; medical expenses after being bitten on the&gt; &gt; buttocks by his next door&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; neighbor's beagle. The beagle was on a chain in&gt; &gt; its owner's fenced&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; yard. The award was less than sought because the&gt; &gt; jury felt the dog&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; might have been just a little provoked at the&gt; &gt; time by Mr. Williams who had climbed over the fence&gt; &gt; into the yard and was shooting it&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; repeatedly with a pellet gun.&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3rd Place:&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay&gt; &gt; Amber Carson of&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $113,500. after she&gt; &gt; slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx&gt; &gt; (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor because&gt; &gt; Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds&gt; &gt; earlier during an argument.&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2ndPlace:&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully&gt; &gt; sued the owner of a night club in a neighboring city&gt; &gt; when she fell from the bathroom&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; window to the floor and knocked out her two&gt; &gt; front teeth. This occurred while Ms. Walton was&gt; &gt; trying to sneak through the window in the ladies&gt; &gt; room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge . She&gt; &gt; was awarded $12,000 and dental expenses&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1st Place:&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; This year's runaway winner was Mrs. Merv&gt; &gt; Grazinski of Oklahoma City,&nbsp; Oklahoma. Mrs.&gt; &gt; Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago&gt; &gt; motor home. On her first trip home, (from an OU&gt; &gt; football game), having driven onto the freeway, she&gt; &gt; set the cruise control at 70 mph and&nbsp; calmly left&gt; &gt; the driver's seat to go into the back &amp; make herself&gt; &gt; a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the RV left the&gt; &gt; freeway, crashed and overturned. Mrs.Grazinski sued&gt; &gt; Winnebago for not advising her in the owner's manual&gt; &gt; that she couldn't actually do this. The jury awarded&gt; &gt; her $1,750,000. plus a new motor home. The company&gt; &gt; actually changed&nbsp; their manuals on the basis of this&gt; &gt; suit, just in case there were any other complete&gt; &gt; morons around.[/SBLOCK]Then one of the other recipients emailed me about it, giving a link to <a href="http://www.stellaawards.com/bogus.html" target="_blank">this website</a>. Apparently, the email is all fake, but there are plenty of genuine cases just as daft!glass.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="glass, post: 2815497, member: 12251"] A mate sent me this while the boards were down: [SBLOCK=Long email] > > 2005 Stella Awards! > > > > Time once again to review the winners of the Annual "Stella > > Awards." The Stella Awards are named after 81 year-old Stella > > Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued > > McDonald's (in NM). That case inspired the Stella Awards for the > > most frivolous, ridiculous, successful lawsuits in the United States > > > > > > Here are this year's winners: > > > > 5th Place (tie): > > > > 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 owners of the store were > > understandably surprised at the verdict, considering > > the misbehaving little toddler was Ms. Robertson's > > son. > > > > 5th Place (tie): > > 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. In my opinion this is so outrageous that > > it should have been 2nd Place! > > > > 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. > > > > 2ndPlace: > > 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 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 driver's 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.[/SBLOCK] Then one of the other recipients emailed me about it, giving a link to [URL=http://www.stellaawards.com/bogus.html]this website[/uRL]. Apparently, the email is all fake, but there are plenty of genuine cases just as daft! glass. [/QUOTE]

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