From: cryofan@mylinuxisp.com
Date: Wed Jul 10 2002 - 08:51:09 MDT
Giu1i0 Pri5c0 <g2002@prisco.info> said:
> <<<Damien: A clear win to Dr More>>>
> Of course from our point of view it is a clear win for Max, but I wonder
> about the reaction of others. Unfortunately simple, uninformed BS like "we
> are not meant to live forever" can stick to the mind of the casual reader
> very fast.
Maybe the average person is an idiot? Take a look at these:
>>>
The "Stella" awards rank up there with the Darwin awards.
Stella Liebeck is the 81 year old lady who spilled coffee on herself and
sued McDonalds - and won. (And lawyers want to know why everyone dislikes
them.) This case inspired an annual award - The "Stella" Award for the most
frivolous lawsuit in the U.S. The following are this year's candidates:
7. 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.
6. 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.
5. A 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 since 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. He sued the homeowner's insurance
claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to
the tune of half a million dollars.
4. 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 it's owner's fenced-in 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. 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 little bastard was Ms
Robertson's son.
2. 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. The beverage was on the floor because Ms Carson threw it at her
boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.
AND THE WINNER IS :
1. 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.
(Winnebago actually changed their handbooks on the back of this court case,
just in case there are any other complete morons buying their vehicles.)
>>>
And we wonder what we are missing?
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