garetheves Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Stella Awards It's time once again to consider the candidates for the annual Stella Awards. The Stella's 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. Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully sued the owner of a nightclub 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. 2. 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. 3. A 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. 4. A. Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $113,500 a! after she slipped on a soft drink spill 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. 5. Terrence****on 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 reenter the house because the door connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on vacation, and Mr.****on 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. 6. A jury of her peers awarded Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, $780,000 after breaking her ankle by 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. 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 changed their manuals on the basis of this suit, just in case there were any other complete morons buying their recreation vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Heard of the last one a few times. Lol. The other top job was the lady dog owner who dried said pooch in the microwave. Successfully sued the manufacturer because it was not pointed out that microwave radiation would harm poochy. Anyway. On thread.. I really like the burglar one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanchan Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I really wish courts would just laugh at these morons and tell them where to shove their own stupidity! Made me smile though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 cant we just shoot the stupid f*****s instead of given them an award? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASHTHEBISHOP Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 cant we just shoot the stupid f*****s instead of given them an award? I dont mind the awards so much. But to give em large amounts of money for been a tit really isnt on:search: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Trouble is all the litigation has come over here, which means government legislation is passed as civil and statute law that makes companies insure against it. The cost of which is passed to us. Also lands us in court for a variety of reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 They are just unbleavible:blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 8) Actress Leslie Ash has won £5million in compensation after she contracted the superbug MRSA in an NHS hospital. Ash, 47, who now walks with a stick, was admitted to hospital after suffering two cracked ribs after falling off her bed on to a table during a love-making session with her husband, retired footballer Lee Chapman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 wow, laugh or cry?! :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattC Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Try this for even more stupidity... http://darwinawards.com/darwin/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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