I'm so glad someone noticed.
Keep that pattern recognition oiled, my friend. It's appears to be one of the
good ones.
Walter
Dr Sebby wrote:
> ...like some darwin awards...i suspect about 70% of these are urban myths or
> just fun little, "what if" stories. one only has to look at the
> implausability of the scenarios...not the lawsuits.
>
> drsebby.
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "David McFadzean" <david@lucifer.com>
> Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
> To: "virus" <virus@lucifer.com>
> Subject: virus: Fw: TCList: The Stella's (fwd)
> Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:50:09 -0600
>
> > The Stella Award
> >
> > In 1994, a New Mexico jury awarded $ 29 million U.S. in
> > damages to 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who suffered third-
> > degree burns to her legs, groin and buttocks after spilling
> > a cup of McDonald's coffee on herself. This case inspired
> > an annual award - The "Stella" Award - for the most
> > frivolous lawsuit in the U.S. The ones listed below are the
> > 2000 Stella Award candidates.
> >
> > January 2000: 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 amuck inside
> > a furniture store. The owners of the store were
> > understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the
> > misbehaving little brat was Ms. Robertson's son.
> >
> > June 1998: 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.
> >
> > October 1998: 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, because 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. 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. Mr. Dickson sued
> > the homeowner's insurance, claiming the situation caused
> > him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of
> > half a million dollars.
> >
> > October 1999: 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, as was Mr.
> > Williams. The award was less than sought because the jury
> > felt the dog may have been provoked by Mr. Williams who, at
> > the time, was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.
> >
> > May 2000: A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay
> > Amber C Larson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania $113,500 after
> > she slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx. The beverage
> > was on the floor because Ms. Carson threw it at her
> > boyfriend a moment earlier during an argument.
> >
> > December 1997: 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.
> >
> > A man, was stopped by police in Vermont. After running
> > his name, it came back that there were warrants for his
> > arrest from Florida. Before the police could arrest him, he
> > fled into a nearby forest (in the middle of winter). The
> > police searched for him, but were unable to find him. Three
> > days later, the suspect turns himself in to the police and
> > was taken to the hospital with frostbite. He ended up
> > having several fingers and toes amputated. He is now suing
> > the police. Why? The police didn't look for him hard
> > enough!
> > He stated in an interview, 'If they had searched harder,
> > they would've found me'. He's accusing the police of
> > dereliction of duty leading to his loss of limbs.
> >
> > Mr Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City. In November 2000 Mr
> > Grazinski purchased a brand new 32 foot Winnebago motor
> > home. On his first trip home, having joined 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 Winnie left the freeway,
> > crashed and overturned. Mr Grazinski sued Winnebago for
> > not advising him in the handbook that he couldn't actually
> > do this. He was awarded $1,750,000 plus a new Winnie.
> > (Winniebago actually changed their handbooks on the back
> > of this court case, just in case there are any other
> > complete morons buying their vehicles.)
> >
>
> DrSebby.
> "Courage...and shuffle the cards".
>
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