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Jare Hares & Bears Jare Hares & Bears
Polo, IL
Posts: 983

These are pretty ridiculous so enjoy them!

It's time once again to review the winners of the Annual "Stella Awards." 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.

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 felt 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.

2nd Place:
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 run away 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 drivers seat to go into the back & 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.

Gatehouse Bears Gatehouse Gallery
Lockwood, Victoria, Australia
Posts: 227

I can't believe the fools on juries and judges who reward these people for their foolishness.....no wonder our insurance premiums have skyrocketed......but it sure is funny reading about them bear_grin  bear_grin  bear_grin

Cleathero Creations Cleathero Creations
Ripley, Queensland
Posts: 1,925

Its funny but in a really bad way... these people should not have gotten the money.

thumperantiques Newcastle, Ontario
Posts: 5,645

Man, what are people thinking!  I can't believe any of these people received money.  It's like being paid to be a fool or commit crimes.  Canadian court systems are quite different, and I don't think the verdicts would be so frivolous, had it been in Canadian courts. 

                                                 Hugs,

                                                 Brenda

Just Us Bears Just Us Bears
Australia
Posts: 940

When it comes to the internet...I am very sceptical. I can't believe this can be the real deal. I have actually heard the last one told as a blonde joke too, so who knows. Amusing but! bear_laugh

kimkc Australia
Posts: 66

bear_grin They are funny, true or not. Sure kept me amused!

Judi Luxembears
Luxemburg, Wisconsin
Posts: 7,379

LOL!  The first place winner needs to have her head examined!!! bear_laugh  bear_laugh  bear_laugh  bear_angry

Jare Hares & Bears Jare Hares & Bears
Polo, IL
Posts: 983

Somehow I find everyone of these believeable.
People do stupid things.

melissa Honeythorpe Bears
Wellington, New Zealand
Posts: 1,789
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this is definitely fake....see snopes for more details

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

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