2004 Stella awards - Verdict's in!

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It's once again time to review the winners of the Annual Stella Awards.
> >
> > > > Brief History:
> > > > The Stellas' are named after 81 year old Stella Liebeck who
> > > > spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's for
> > > > a neat retirement fund of $1 000 000. That case inspired the
> > > > Stella Awards for the most frivolous successful lawsuits in
theUnited States.
> > > > Unfortunately the most recent lawsuit implicating McDonald's,
> > > > the teens who allege that eating at McDonald's has made them
> > > > fat was filed after the 2004 award voting was closed.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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 neighbour'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 while 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.
 
sprintman,
do you remember the one that was in the press a few years ago ?

A guy, drunk at a pub won a meat raffle. Tied a pork chop to each foot, and seriously injured himself while skating around a tiled form on pork chop skates.

Pub lost.
 
IUts only a matter of time before every company/industry/hospital/doctor/individual is sued and the money redistributed. But a nation without any businesses is not going to be a very pleseant place to live.
 
I broke my tailbone a few years ago when I slipped on a wet floor and fell on my arse. tool almost two years to heal. I suppose I should have sued and retired.
 
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The one about the guy getting his hand run over while stealing hub caps is real. It's mentioned in my business law textbook.

Then you need to go to a REAL business school or at least one that uses GOOD books.


ALL fake...
http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.asp

Please stop spreading these neo-republican e-mails, which where they have been traced back to in regards of tort reform. They only make people look more dumb for believing them, let alone passing them around.
 
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Originally posted by Marlin:
Please stop spreading these neo-republican e-mails...

I am surprised you know the source of the email, which apparently goes back to the mid 1990's or even earlier with no named source that I'm aware of.

Do you have a neo-republican name to share?
 
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Originally posted by keith:

quote:

Originally posted by Marlin:
Please stop spreading these neo-republican e-mails...

I am surprised you know the source of the email, which apparently goes back to the mid 1990's or even earlier with no named source that I'm aware of.

Do you have a neo-republican name to share?


Yea sign up for the republican mailing list and you will get tons of stuff like this. And I did not say they STARTED it, but they have been sending it out like fact I guess since they know most people are to dumb to do their own research, let alone think for themselves.
I got this from one of the Republican mailing list early last year.
 
My pastor used an urban legend in a sermon one Sunday....next week he apololgized......seems I wasn't the only one that called him on it....

This crap is NOT a Republican thing!!! I don't doubt some group sends it out....but to label this with "R" is just another silly "scare the world" "D" tactic. Knock it off!!!

There are enough crazy/stupid lawsuits - but stand up for good strong judges and a LOT will be stopped cold. Also, I don't see many politicians calling for penalties to folks who bring these suits and lose......
 
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