Topic awaiting preservation: Stella Awards... (Page 1 of 1)

The Stella Awards are named after 81-year old
Stella Liebeck... who spilled coffee on herself
and successfully sued McDonald's for millions.

This years runners up are:
Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas. Won
$14,500 after being bitten on the arse by his
neighbour's beagle. Mr Williams was shooting it
repeatedly with a pellet gun at the time.

Amber Carson was paid $113,500 by a Philadelphia
restaurant after she broke her back from slipping
on a soft drink... which she had just thrown at
her boyfriend.

Kara Walton of Delaware sued a nightclub and
won $12,000 after falling from a bathroom window
and knocking 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.


But the winner is:
Mrs Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma who purchased a
brand new 32-foot Winnebago. On her first trip,
she drove on the freeway, set the cruise control
at 70 mph and went out back to make a sandwich.
She crashed. Then sued for the manual not
advising her not to do this.

The jury awarded her $1,750,000 plus a new motor
home. The company then changed their manuals
on the basis of this suit.



Right up there with the Darwin awards...
/D

{cell 260} {Blog}
-{"Theories without facts are just religions...?}-

us law system 4tw

Hahah. US is a strange place indeed.
We dont really sue eachother up here. Or well, sometimes, but not compared to US ;)


http://maticbase.com (WIP)
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
You assume all risk for your use.
// Val / Valerius / mNinjae / Erik

Unfortunately ...

And something I learned along the way. Never knew the details of that case.



(Edited by Wes on 12-02-2005 16:17)

I suggest to read Randy Casingham's (author of This Is True) True Stella Awards.

At least they're a lot more likely to be real, and he provides interesting commentary.

so long,

->Tyberius Prime

Heh, I'm not surprised if these are urban legends, they are fun anyways.
That aside, they do point at the scary fact that ridicilous lawsuits for money (and succeding) in some justice systems is considered an acceptable way to make money rather than a way to seek justice and proper retribution.
/D

{cell 260} {Blog}
-{"Theories without facts are just religions...?}-