Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:17:28 PM
Of course, none of these examples are frivolous.
It's time once again to consider the candidates for the annual Stella
> >> Awards.
> >>
> >> The Stella's are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled coffee
> >> on herself and successfully sued McDonalds.
> >>
> >> That case inspired the Stella awards for the most frivolous successful
> >> lawsuits in the United States. The following are this year's candidates:
> >>
> >> 1. 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 toddler was
> Ms.
> >> Robertson's son.
> >>
> >> 2. A 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 hub caps.
> >>
> >> 3. 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.
> >>
> >> 4. 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 was shooting it repeatedly with a
> >> pellet gun.
> >>
> >> 5. 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.
> >>
> >> 6. 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.
> >>
> >> 7. This year's favorite could easily be Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma
> >> City, Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago
> motor
> >> home. On his first trip home, having driven onto the freeway, he set the
> >> cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the
> >> back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the R.V. left the
> >> freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not
> >> advising him in the owner's manual that he couldn't actually do this. The
> >> jury awarded him $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 buying their
> >> recreation vehicles.
> >
>
>
> trkyhntr
It's time once again to consider the candidates for the annual Stella
> >> Awards.
> >>
> >> The Stella's are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled coffee
> >> on herself and successfully sued McDonalds.
> >>
> >> That case inspired the Stella awards for the most frivolous successful
> >> lawsuits in the United States. The following are this year's candidates:
> >>
> >> 1. 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 toddler was
> Ms.
> >> Robertson's son.
> >>
> >> 2. A 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 hub caps.
> >>
> >> 3. 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.
> >>
> >> 4. 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 was shooting it repeatedly with a
> >> pellet gun.
> >>
> >> 5. 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.
> >>
> >> 6. 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.
> >>
> >> 7. This year's favorite could easily be Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma
> >> City, Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago
> motor
> >> home. On his first trip home, having driven onto the freeway, he set the
> >> cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the
> >> back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the R.V. left the
> >> freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not
> >> advising him in the owner's manual that he couldn't actually do this. The
> >> jury awarded him $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 buying their
> >> recreation vehicles.
> >
>
>
> trkyhntr
trkyhntr
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--Mark Twain (1866)
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