Seriously?
Could someone do some research on these and get back to me?
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.
Thanks!
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.
Thanks!
3 Comments:
At 10:01 AM, Shelley said…
Check out: http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.asp
At 1:40 PM, Akasha said…
Haha, I love the last one. That's awesome.
At 4:53 PM, el walto said…
And we wonder why education has fallen so precipitously when people are rewarded for being morons. I need to fall down an escalator in Nordstrom's after being chased by mall security for shoplifting a mannequin display.
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