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Posted by: TrDcElica6thgen Jan 9, 2003 - 1:59 PM

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.

Posted by: Matthew Jan 9, 2003 - 2:24 PM

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

Posted by: Tenchi Jan 9, 2003 - 3:09 PM

Sad isn't it.

Posted by: Mizuryu Jan 9, 2003 - 3:55 PM

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

Posted by: Benevolence Jan 9, 2003 - 5:30 PM

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.

Posted by: forkee Jan 9, 2003 - 8:00 PM

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

Posted by: x_itchy_b_x Jan 9, 2003 - 8:12 PM

dude that sigs huge

Posted by: RedWuken Jan 9, 2003 - 8:25 PM

a little huger than mine.
-Red Wuken

Posted by: Matthew Jan 9, 2003 - 11:06 PM

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

dude that sigs huge

Posted by: Coomer Jan 9, 2003 - 11:55 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.

Posted by: TrDcElica6thgen Jan 10, 2003 - 2:02 AM

YES COMMANDER LOL

Posted by: TrDcElica6thgen Jan 10, 2003 - 3:08 AM

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

Posted by: forkee Jan 10, 2003 - 2:57 PM

oooo, ok

Posted by: TrDcElica6thgen Jan 10, 2003 - 3:21 PM

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

Posted by: forkee Jan 10, 2003 - 3:28 PM

cool

Posted by: 0Re0 Jan 13, 2003 - 4:00 AM

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

Posted by: jayi12-15psi Jan 18, 2003 - 1:04 PM

geez, thats pathetic

Posted by: Mage Jan 18, 2003 - 8:15 PM

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

Not everything you read is true

Posted by: RBL-Prez Jun 6, 2006 - 3:49 PM

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.

Posted by: pure_dx Jun 6, 2006 - 4:06 PM

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

Posted by: Theyellowdart084 Jun 6, 2006 - 4:15 PM

wow....that is ridiculous!

Posted by: Cutrara Jun 6, 2006 - 4:21 PM

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

Posted by: Predator Jun 6, 2006 - 4:22 PM

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

Posted by: Crzybakerdog Jun 6, 2006 - 8:58 PM

"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

Posted by: snapshotgt Jun 6, 2006 - 9:30 PM

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