From: John K Clark (jonkc@att.net)
Date: Tue Aug 06 2002 - 09:44:49 MDT
>From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 3-6-2000
A Pennsylvania farmer hit the jackpot for $300,000 after he put his ladder
on top of a pile of frozen horse manure, report The Cato Review of Business
& Government. When the manure thawed, the ladder slipped, and the man sued.
The target of the lawsuit? Not the Weather Channel. And not the horse (no
deep pockets there). Instead, the farmer and his lawyers bamboozled a
blockhead jury into finding the ladder manufacturer guilty because it failed
to anticipate the circumstances of his accident, and warn him that it could
occur.
John K Clark jonkc@att.net
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