The Stella Awards-A Salute to Our Legal System☺
Jul 9, 2014 22:36:48 #
THE STELLA AWARDS - A SALUTE TO OUR LEGAL SYSTEM!
STELLA AWARDS:
It's time again for the annual 'Stella Awards'! For those unfamiliar with these awards, they are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued the McDonald's in New Mexico , where she purchased coffee. You remember, she took the lid off the coffee and put it between her knees while she was driving. Who would ever think one could get burned doing that, right? That's right; these are awards for the most outlandish lawsuits and verdicts in the U.S. You know, the kinds of cases that make you scratch your head. So keep your head scratcher handy.
Here are the Stellas for year -- 2013:
*SEVENTH PLACE *
Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texaswas 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 store owners were understandably surprised by the verdict, considering the running toddler was her own son.
Start scratching!
* SIXTH PLACE *
Carl Truman, 19, of Los Angeles ,California won $74,000 plus medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.
Scratch some more...
* FIFTH PLACE *
Terrence Dickson, of Bristol , Pennsylvania , who was leaving a house he had just burglarized by way of the garage. Unfortunately for Dickson, the automatic garage door opener malfunctioned and he could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he couldn't re-enter the house because the door connecting the garage to the house locked when Dickson pulled it shut. Forced to sit for eight, count 'em, EIGHT days and survive on a case of Pepsi and a large bag of dry dog food, he sued the homeowner's insurance company claiming undue mental Anguish. Amazingly, the jury said the insurance company must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish. We should all have this kind of anguish Keep scratching. There are more...
Double hand scratching after this one..
* FOURTH PLACE *
Jerry Williams, of Little Rock, Arkansas, garnered 4th Place in the Stella's when he was awarded $14,500 plus medical expenses after being bitten on the butt by his next door neighbor's beagle - even though the beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard. Williams did not get as much as he asked for because the jury believed the beagle might have been provoked at the time of the butt bite because Williams had climbed over the fence into the yard and repeatedly shot the dog with a pellet gun.
Pick a new spot to scratch, you're getting a bald spot...
* THIRD PLACE *
Amber Carson of Lancaster,Pennsylvania because a jury ordered aPhiladelphia restaurant to pay her $113,500 after she slipped on a spilled soft drink and broke her tailbone. The reason the soft drink was on the floor: Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.
Only two more so ease up on the scratching...
* SECOND PLACE*
Kara Walton, of Claymont , Delaware sued the owner of a night club in a nearby city because she fell from the bathroom window to the floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the ladies room window to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge, the jury said the night club had to pay her $12,000....oh, yeah, plus dental expenses. Go figure.
Ok. Here we go!!
* FIRST PLACE *
This year's runaway
First Place Stella Award winner was: Mrs. Merv Grazinski, of Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, who purchased new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, from an OU football game, having driven on to the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go to the back of the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the motor home left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Also not surprisingly, Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in the owner's manual that she couldn't actually leave the driver's seat while the cruise control was set. The Oklahoma jury awarded her, are you sitting down?
$1,750,000 PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually changed their manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs. Grazinski has any relatives who might also buy a motor home.
If you think the USA court system is out of control, be sure to pass this one on.
STELLA AWARDS:
It's time again for the annual 'Stella Awards'! For those unfamiliar with these awards, they are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued the McDonald's in New Mexico , where she purchased coffee. You remember, she took the lid off the coffee and put it between her knees while she was driving. Who would ever think one could get burned doing that, right? That's right; these are awards for the most outlandish lawsuits and verdicts in the U.S. You know, the kinds of cases that make you scratch your head. So keep your head scratcher handy.
Here are the Stellas for year -- 2013:
*SEVENTH PLACE *
Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texaswas 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 store owners were understandably surprised by the verdict, considering the running toddler was her own son.
Start scratching!
* SIXTH PLACE *
Carl Truman, 19, of Los Angeles ,California won $74,000 plus medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.
Scratch some more...
* FIFTH PLACE *
Terrence Dickson, of Bristol , Pennsylvania , who was leaving a house he had just burglarized by way of the garage. Unfortunately for Dickson, the automatic garage door opener malfunctioned and he could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he couldn't re-enter the house because the door connecting the garage to the house locked when Dickson pulled it shut. Forced to sit for eight, count 'em, EIGHT days and survive on a case of Pepsi and a large bag of dry dog food, he sued the homeowner's insurance company claiming undue mental Anguish. Amazingly, the jury said the insurance company must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish. We should all have this kind of anguish Keep scratching. There are more...
Double hand scratching after this one..
* FOURTH PLACE *
Jerry Williams, of Little Rock, Arkansas, garnered 4th Place in the Stella's when he was awarded $14,500 plus medical expenses after being bitten on the butt by his next door neighbor's beagle - even though the beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard. Williams did not get as much as he asked for because the jury believed the beagle might have been provoked at the time of the butt bite because Williams had climbed over the fence into the yard and repeatedly shot the dog with a pellet gun.
Pick a new spot to scratch, you're getting a bald spot...
* THIRD PLACE *
Amber Carson of Lancaster,Pennsylvania because a jury ordered aPhiladelphia restaurant to pay her $113,500 after she slipped on a spilled soft drink and broke her tailbone. The reason the soft drink was on the floor: Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.
Only two more so ease up on the scratching...
* SECOND PLACE*
Kara Walton, of Claymont , Delaware sued the owner of a night club in a nearby city because she fell from the bathroom window to the floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the ladies room window to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge, the jury said the night club had to pay her $12,000....oh, yeah, plus dental expenses. Go figure.
Ok. Here we go!!
* FIRST PLACE *
This year's runaway
First Place Stella Award winner was: Mrs. Merv Grazinski, of Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, who purchased new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, from an OU football game, having driven on to the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go to the back of the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the motor home left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Also not surprisingly, Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in the owner's manual that she couldn't actually leave the driver's seat while the cruise control was set. The Oklahoma jury awarded her, are you sitting down?
$1,750,000 PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually changed their manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs. Grazinski has any relatives who might also buy a motor home.
If you think the USA court system is out of control, be sure to pass this one on.
Jul 9, 2014 23:23:02 #
Jakebrake,
Rarely do I read to the end posts on the hog that are not somehow photography related, but this is priceless! Thanks for sharing.
Rarely do I read to the end posts on the hog that are not somehow photography related, but this is priceless! Thanks for sharing.
Jul 9, 2014 23:53:34 #
SnappyHappy wrote:
Jakebrake,
Rarely do I read to the end posts on the hog that are not somehow photography related, but this is priceless! Thanks for sharing.
Rarely do I read to the end posts on the hog that are not somehow photography related, but this is priceless! Thanks for sharing.
U Betcha! :thumbup:
Jul 10, 2014 08:15:40 #
There is something very wrong with our legal system. It's hard to believe that some of these cases actually made it to court. Thanks for sharing this.
Jul 10, 2014 08:39:59 #
They're all bad but the first one is really something. They all seem like candidates for the Darwin Awards coming up. A judge who would allow any one of these to go through is crazy.
This is the best thread you've ever posted, thank you.
This is the best thread you've ever posted, thank you.
Jul 10, 2014 09:08:57 #
PhotoPhred wrote:
There is something very wrong with our legal system. It's hard to believe that some of these cases actually made it to court. Thanks for sharing this.
So true, but to make it to court in the first place these people needed a retarded shyster to take the case before idiot judges and juries.
As Steven Wright opines;
99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name! :-)
Jul 10, 2014 09:21:56 #
Jul 10, 2014 09:27:50 #
Jakebrake wrote:
THE STELLA AWARDS - A SALUTE TO OUR LEGAL SYSTEM! ... (show quote)
You do know, I hope, that these stories are false and have been floating around the internet for years.
It may be that they're funny to think about, but none of them actually happened.
Jul 10, 2014 09:58:26 #
PrairieSeasons wrote:
You do know, I hope, that these stories are false and have been floating around the internet for years.
It may be that they're funny to think about, but none of them actually happened.
It may be that they're funny to think about, but none of them actually happened.
Who cares? Except maybe you. This is indeed a true reflection of our convoluted legal system...Duh... ;-)
Jul 10, 2014 10:41:40 #
Jakebrake wrote:
Who cares? Except maybe you. This is indeed a true reflection of our convoluted legal system...Duh... ;-)
So I could make up stories about something else and call them a true reflection of that? You're damaging your credibility when you pass off an illustrative story as a true fact.
Jul 10, 2014 10:48:47 #
PrairieSeasons wrote:
So I could make up stories about something else and call them a true reflection of that? You're damaging your credibility when you pass off an illustrative story as a true fact.
Thank you for telling it's false, I didn't look it up and believed it, PS.
Jul 10, 2014 11:04:51 #
PrairieSeasons wrote:
So I could make up stories about something else and call them a true reflection of that? You're damaging your credibility when you pass off an illustrative story as a true fact.
Aw come on.......It was merely posted for humorous purposes, where indeed did I state the article was verified fact? It's simply an example of our judicial system in action. These events may be fictitious, but I'm sure there are many truthful examples, much like the idiot woman who spilled coffee in her crotch, then sued McDonalds. You libbies need to get a life!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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