Laughable Lawsuits won in US this year... - GoFuckYourself.com

leedsfan · 09-17-2007, 02:00 PM

Stella Awards

Time once again to review the winners of the Annual "Stella Awards." T he Stella Awards are named after 81 year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's (in NM). That case inspired the Stella Awards for the most frivolous, ridiculous, successful lawsuits in the United States

Here are this year's winners:

5th Place (tie):

Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded $80,000. 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 toddler was Ms. Robertson's son.

5th Place (tie):

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.

5th Place (tie):

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, and 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 $500,000. In my opinion this is so outrageous that it should have been 2nd Place!

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.. 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 just a little provoked at the time by Mr. Williams who had climbed over the fence into the yard and 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, 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

1st Place:

This year's runaway winner was Mrs. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mrs. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, (from an OU football game), having driven >onto the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go into the back &make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the RV left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising her in the owner's manual that she couldn't actually do this. The jury awarded her $1,750,000. plus a new motor home. The company actually changed their manuals on the basis of this suit, just in case there were any other complete morons around.

Dirty F · 09-17-2007, 02:01 PM

These people deserve a big fat ass silly lawsuit against them which they will lose.

Dirty F · 09-17-2007, 02:02 PM

God, that 1st place is the most retarded shit ive heard in a long time )cept for some posts by Spacedog).

sortie · 09-17-2007, 02:04 PM

Who's the stupid one though, the suer or the jury?

Dirty F · 09-17-2007, 02:05 PM

How can this possibly happen? How can a judge reward these people with money ?? Its insane.

DaddyHalbucks · 09-17-2007, 02:06 PM

Sure there are alot of abuses, but the US legal system is still pretty darn good.

Farang · 09-17-2007, 02:06 PM

1st place is just.. wow

Snake Doctor · 09-17-2007, 02:08 PM

dayummmmmmm

aico · 09-17-2007, 02:09 PM

only in America.

rowan · 09-17-2007, 02:11 PM

Internet legends

http://www.stellaawards.com/bogus.html

billybathgate · 09-17-2007, 02:12 PM

lol at number 1

Bdiddy · 09-17-2007, 02:13 PM

The stella's rock

Dirty F · 09-17-2007, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rowan

Internet legends

http://www.stellaawards.com/bogus.html

Thats actually good to hear. Its so hard to believe a judge is this retarded. It would scare me to live a country where things like that happen.

TampaToker · 09-17-2007, 02:15 PM

this has to be a joke

JakeR · 09-17-2007, 02:16 PM

dont believe everything you read on the interwebz
http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.asp

leedsfan · 09-17-2007, 02:19 PM

totally fabricated but utterly funny...

pornguy · 09-17-2007, 02:21 PM

The stupid ones are the people ordered to pay. COUNTER SUE!!!

GrouchyAdmin · 09-17-2007, 02:24 PM

I think my favorite of these awful lawsuits is the thief trapped in the garage - all automatic garage door openers have a 'release' so you can open the door by hand. You pull that pretty little red handle hanging from the rope to disengage the clip.

SmokeyTheBear · 09-17-2007, 02:40 PM

my ex girlfirend got over 100k after suing a nightclub.

she was doing cocaine in the bathroom with her friends and they were sitting on a sink in the bathroom doing lines when the sink broke ( suprise suprise )and cut her ass. The cut was about an inch long and prob 4 or 5 stitches

Just_Dave · 09-17-2007, 02:45 PM

just amazing

D · 09-17-2007, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rowan

Internet legends

http://www.stellaawards.com/bogus.html

Thanks for that.

This was going to keep me up tonight.

Dirty F · 09-17-2007, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrouchyAdmin

I think my favorite of these awful lawsuits is the thief trapped in the garage - all automatic garage door openers have a 'release' so you can open the door by hand. You pull that pretty little red handle hanging from the rope to disengage the clip.

Try reading the thread.

NetCashJoe · 09-17-2007, 02:47 PM

Unbelievable!!

The Duck · 09-17-2007, 02:55 PM

Only in America.

DaddyHalbucks · 09-17-2007, 02:58 PM

Be careful of the spin, or of selective facts.

Lawsuits like the McDonald's coffee case have broad implications, such as changing the temperature at which beverages are served to all consumers.

Another famous case, portrayed as a windfall for a woman who injured her back while opening a pickle jar, was really a case about retaliatory discharge and disability discrimination.

Read "Why Lawsuits Are Good for America," by law professor Carl Bogus.

I've met him a few times, nice guy.

Vick! · 09-17-2007, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leedsfan

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.

Violetta · 09-17-2007, 03:02 PM

america has the dumbest people in the world

Z · 09-17-2007, 03:09 PM

Reason #8,726,371 that I don't live in the US

Kill the lawyers...

Martin3 · 09-17-2007, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockatansky

america has the dumbest people in the world

And people who can't read threads or do any research are what?

GatorB · 09-17-2007, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Z

Reason #8,726,371 that I don't live in the US

Kill the lawyers...

YOU = RETARDED

Anyways if these were real they'd be appealed and most likely would be overturned or settled for much much less. Dumbass republican will use fake lawsuits like these as an excuse for passing laws limiting damage awards.

Funny how EVRYONE that bashes lawyers wouldn't hesitate to use one if they were arrested or sued. When everyone else does they are scum. Hypocrisy at it's best.

aico · 09-17-2007, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Z

Reason #8,726,371 that I don't live in the US

Kill the lawyers...

Last time I checked, there were no laws keeping idiots who can't figure out that the stories are fake out of America. You can still live here.

_Richard_ · 09-17-2007, 04:54 PM

are any of these stories real?

Drake · 09-17-2007, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JakeR

dont believe everything you read on the interwebz
http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.asp

Phew... thanks

Fap · 09-17-2007, 05:10 PM

always need to check snopes

ProducerCashDave · 09-17-2007, 05:17 PM

That just pisses me off

ProducerCashDave · 09-17-2007, 05:17 PM

That just pisses me off

GigoloMason · 09-17-2007, 05:19 PM

That list is over 3 years old, and fake to boot. Just a thought.

Penthouse Tony · 09-17-2007, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sortie

Who's the stupid one though, the suer or the jury?

Probably the idiot that complies a list of fake stories to send around the internet thinking his emails will give him internet immortality.

Ca$h · 09-17-2007, 05:45 PM

I hurt my back sitting in my chair for over 1000 hours reading GFY, Lens I see you in court!

GrouchyAdmin · 09-17-2007, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ca$h

I hurt my back sitting in my chair for over 1000 hours reading GFY, Lens I see you in court!

Let's make a class action case. The server is too slow, and we're prematurely aging.

V_RocKs · 09-17-2007, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JakeR

dont believe everything you read on the interwebz
http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.asp

FUCK YOU! YOU RUINED MY ENTIRE DAY!!! ASSHOLE!

NOW TELL ME THE TOOTH FAIRY IS A FAKE, SANTA CLAUSE IS A FAKE, JESUS WAS NOT THE SON OF GOD.

HOW DARE YOU!

baddog · 09-17-2007, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rowan

Internet legends

http://www.stellaawards.com/bogus.html

It is more fun to bash the US

baddog · 09-17-2007, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockatansky

america has the dumbest people in the world

Looks like Norway does.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Z

Reason #8,726,371 that I don't live in the US

The difficulty in reading the English language or jumping to conclusions?

09-17-2007, 02:00 PM	#1
leedsfan leedsfan Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: purgatory Posts: 2,564	Laughable Lawsuits won in US this year... Stella Awards Time once again to review the winners of the Annual "Stella Awards." T he Stella Awards are named after 81 year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's (in NM). That case inspired the Stella Awards for the most frivolous, ridiculous, successful lawsuits in the United States Here are this year's winners: 5th Place (tie): Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded $80,000. 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 toddler was Ms. Robertson's son. 5th Place (tie): 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. 5th Place (tie): 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, and 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 $500,000. In my opinion this is so outrageous that it should have been 2nd Place! 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.. 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 just a little provoked at the time by Mr. Williams who had climbed over the fence into the yard and 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, 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 1st Place: This year's runaway winner was Mrs. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mrs. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, (from an OU football game), having driven >onto the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go into the back &make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the RV left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising her in the owner's manual that she couldn't actually do this. The jury awarded her $1,750,000. plus a new motor home. The company actually changed their manuals on the basis of this suit, just in case there were any other complete morons around. __________________ Advertise on Sex2ube.com New Tube Content Packages Save $10K +

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Dirty F Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 59,204	These people deserve a big fat ass silly lawsuit against them which they will lose.

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Dirty F Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 59,204	God, that 1st place is the most retarded shit ive heard in a long time )cept for some posts by Spacedog).

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Dirty F Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 59,204	How can this possibly happen? How can a judge reward these people with money ?? Its insane.

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