The Stella Awards

[SDRaiderH8er]

Do any of you remember Stella, she sued McDonalds and won because the Coffee was to hot.

Well in her honor, here are some Lawsuits that stop and make you think, they make you think why did Lawyers go to School, just so they can represent these People.

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 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 could not re-enter the house because the door
connecting the house and garage 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 homeowner's 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 whilst
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.
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
tat 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 vehicles

[Shamrock]

Originally posted by: SDRaiderH8er

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
tat 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 vehicles

Ya' gotta love them OU Sooner fans .......

[SDRaiderH8er]

Originally posted by: Shamrock

Ya' gotta love them OU Sooner fans .......

Auto Pilot in an RV, whats next,

Geez hs should of known there was a Problem when that thing didnt inflate [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

[rrogers]

And you wonder what is wrong with the world today.

[ftwbolt]

Originally posted by: Shamrock

Ya' gotta love them OU Sooner fans .......

Hey, I always liked the smart coaching staff.

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[Shamrock]

Originally posted by: ftwbolt
Hey, I always liked the smart coaching staff.

So, how do you like your new Winnebago? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[Chargers]

It sounds like the Winnebego guy is well on his way to an appearance in the Darwin Awards some day...

[SDRaiderH8er]

To make the Darwin Awards, you almost have to get Killed, or do something so that you cant have Kids,

OR.................

Do something to remove yourself from the Gene pool.

[minion]

one of my fav darwin awards is this one


4 people were found dead in a well somewhere in Germany

apparentlya farmer jumped into a well after his chicken fell in beforehand the farmer didn't know there would be a sweel and he drowned. his sister then jumped in to try to save him, and she also drowned, not knowing any better an elderly couple saw the 2 people fall in and felt theyy needed to go in after them, they also drowned

the bodies were later found over 100 miles away, the chicken was alos found... it survuved

[Chargers]

Originally posted by: SDRaiderH8er
To make the Darwin Awards, you almost have to get Killed, or do something so that you cant have Kids,

OR.................

Do something to remove yourself from the Gene pool.

That is true. But what I am saying is that it only gets worse from here, and if this guy shows this kind of stupidity, there is no telling what he will do in the future, which may include removing himself from the gene pool [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]