check this out ... Funny

[lostinlove228 0]

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

The Stellas are named after 81 year old Stella Liebeck who spilled

coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's.

That case inspired the Stella Awards for the most frivolous successful

lawsuits in the United States.

THIS YEAR'S AWARDS GO TO...

5TH PLACE (TIED): 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 toddler was Ms. Robertson' s son.

5TH PLACE (TIED): 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 did not notice there was someone at the

wheel of the car when he was trying to steal the hubcaps.

5TH PLACE (TIED): Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was

leaving the 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 could not re-enter the house because the

door connecting the house and garage had locked when he pulled it shut.

The family was on vacation and Mr. Dickson found himself locked in

the garage for 8 days. He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found and

a large bag of dry dog food. He sued the homeowners 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 dog. 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 a little provoked at the time, as Mr. Williams,

who had climbed over the fence into the yard, 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 sued the owner of a Night

Club in a neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window to

the floor and knocked out two of her front teeth. This occurred while

Ms. Walton was trying to sneak in the window of the Ladies Room to avoid

paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000 and dental

expenses. (She can now pay her cover charge out of the 12 Grand! )

1ST PLACE: This year's runaway winner was Mr. Merv Grazinski of

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new Winnebago

Motor home. On his trip home from an OU football game, having driven

onto the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left

the driver's seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee.

Not surprisingly the RV left the freeway, crashed and overturned.

Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the owner's manual

that he could not actually do this. The jury awarded him $1,750,000

plus a new Winnebago 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 recreational vehicle.

[Mand 1]

They're funny but I know this one is an Urban Legend cos I heard it years ago....

1ST PLACE: This year's runaway winner was Mr. Merv Grazinski of

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new Winnebago

Motor home. On his trip home from an OU football game, having driven

onto the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left

the driver's seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee.

Not surprisingly the RV left the freeway, crashed and overturned.

Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the owner's manual

that he could not actually do this. The jury awarded him $1,750,000

plus a new Winnebago 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 recreational vehicle.

I know...I'm a spoil sport!!

[raymaga 25]

Ain't that just about it...... so we shouldn't wonder if they start using lawyers for scientific experiments... instead of rats..... because there's things even rats won't do!!!!!

[Canuck Carrie 1]

Still funny but... http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.asp