Mate, you've just tipped me over the edge! Stop the world, I want to get off!!!!!!
> 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 thought 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 and 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. > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > oh alright then :-) > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
