Who Does Stupid stuff..., AND GETS AWAY WITH IT Options

[TrDcElica6thgen]

And people wonder why insurance rates are high!!!

It's time once again to consider the candidates for the annual Stella Awards. These prizes should rank right up there with the Beagle Awards as prime examples that Darwin might have been wrong. The Stella Awards 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. 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 mal- functioning. 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 all 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 change their manuals on the basis of this suit, just in case there were any other complete morons out there who might want to buy a recreation vehicle.

[Guest_Matthew_*]

what kind of dumba*s jurors AND judges let this go on. I bet there are counter-suits like a mother fo.

[Tenchi]

Sad isn't it.

[Mizuryu]

yeah this is really sad...people are just gettin' plain dumb now...

[Benevolence]

I have the urge to kick each persons ass who won those stupid ass lawsuits, hell I wanna kick the judges and jurors asses too, pricks I hate people that sue for stupid sheet.

[forkee]

hey who's that chick on ur sig.? (not the one passed out) is that ur gf? she's pretty cute

[x_itchy_b_x]

dude that sigs huge

[RedWuken]

a little huger than mine.
-Red Wuken

[Guest_Matthew_*]

QUOTE (x_itchy_b_x @ Jan 9 2003, 06:12 PM)

dude that sigs huge

lol

[Coomer]

It's sad that people can actually be so stupid and get lots of money because of their stupidity. I'll have to share some of these with my business law class tomorrow.

And to TrDcElica6thgen and RedWuken: Would you mind resizing the sigs so that they're a bit smaller? It'd be nice for people like me who still have to suffer with a 28.8k dial-up internet connection.

[TrDcElica6thgen]

YES COMMANDER LOL

[TrDcElica6thgen]

QUOTE (forkee @ Jan 9 2003, 06:00 PM)

hey who's that chick on ur sig.? (not the one passed out) is that ur gf? she's pretty cute

lol that girl who passed out is the same girl as the one above it. and no she aint my gf

[forkee]

oooo, ok

[TrDcElica6thgen]

lol when der a celica meet in cali imma bring her for u to holla at LOL

[forkee]

cool

This post has been edited by forkee: Jan 10, 2003 - 3:30 PM

[0Re0]

QUOTE (Coomer @ Jan 9 2003, 09:55 PM)

It's sad that people can actually be so stupid and get lots of money because of their stupidity. I'll have to share some of these with my business law class tomorrow. And to TrDcElica6thgen and RedWuken: Would you mind resizing the sigs so that they're a bit smaller? It'd be nice for people like me who still have to suffer with a 28.8k dial-up internet connection.

LOL! Sorry coomer for all those celica pics I've posted

[jayi12-15psi]

geez, thats pathetic

[Mage]

http://www.atla.org/homepage/debunk.aspx

Not everything you read is true

[RBL-Prez]

I'm here in Austin, TX and the local sports radio station reads the "stupid news" items each day at about 4:40 PM. I heard about that stunt with the fool in the RV that crashed when he went to make a sandwich in the back.

Warning: inspite of the fact that we in here are all smart, get yourself a lawyer. I know of a way to save loads of money on attorney fees. If you are interested, email me.

[pure_dx]

LOL!!! thats all i can say, lol....

[Theyellowdart084]

wow....that is ridiculous!

[Cutrara]

wow, back from the dead, and this isnt even gen discussion

[Predator]

no offense but, woot for the american legal system!, follow the laws and rules to 100% and put all feelings and traces of common sense aside. the problem is that the verdict might be right according to the rules but they can't really cover all situations

[Crzybakerdog]

"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 all dental expenses. "

that alone there is priceless. the nightclub must be mad, maybe they put in a sign that says falling in from the window will not allow you to sue us anymore lol. thats my vote

[snapshotgt]

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 change their manuals on the basis of this suit, just in case there were any other complete morons out there who might want to buy a recreation vehicle.

^

for bring stuff back from the dead!

~snap

[njccmd2002]

wow