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09-28-2004, 05:01 PM
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The Stella Awards
An annual ranking of the top 5 most ludicrous lawsuits
Here are this year's winners:
5th Place (tie):
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.
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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 while 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.
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4th Place:
Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded $14,500 and
medical expenses after being bitten on the rear end 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 runaway winner was Mrs. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma
City, OK. 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 explaining in
the owner's manual that cruise control isn't automatic pilot. The jury
awarded her $1,750,000 plus a new motor home.
ONLY IN AMERICA!
The Stella Awards
An annual ranking of the top 5 most ludicrous lawsuits
Here are this year's winners:
5th Place (tie):
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.
_____
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 while 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 rear end 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 runaway winner was Mrs. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma
City, OK. 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 explaining in
the owner's manual that cruise control isn't automatic pilot. The jury
awarded her $1,750,000 plus a new motor home.
ONLY IN AMERICA!