[W126 Coupe] Fw: Stella Awards

[David King]

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Subject: Fw: Stella Awards



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>   Thought you might like something to lighten the day

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>   Stella Awards

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>   It's time again for the annual 'Stella Awards'! For those unfamiliar

with these awards, they are named after 81-year-old Stella

>   Liebeck, who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued the

McDonald's in New Mexico where she purchased coffee. You

>   remember, she took the lid off the coffee and put it between her knees

while she was driving. Who would ever think one could get

>   burned doing that, right? That's right; these are awards for the most

outlandish lawsuits and verdicts in the U.S. You know, the

>   kinds of cases that make you scratch your head. So keep your head

scratcher handy. Here are the Stella's for the past year:

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>   * SEVENTH PLACE*

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>   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 store owners were

understandably surprised by the verdict, considering the running toddler

>   was her own son.

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>   Start scratching!

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>   * SIXTH PLACE *

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>   Carl Truman, 19, of Los Angeles , California won $74,000 plus medical

expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda

>   Accord. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel

of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.

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>   Scratch some more....

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>   * FIFTH PLACE *

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>   Goes to Terrence Dickson, of Bristol , Pennsylvania , who was leaving a

house he had just burglarized by way of the garage.

>   Unfortunately for Dickson, the automatic garage door opener

malfunctioned and he could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he

>   couldn't re-enter the house, because the door connecting the garage to

the house locked when Dickson pulled it shut. Forced to sit

>   for eight, count 'em, EIGHT days, and survive on a case of Pepsi and a

large bag of dry dog food, he sued the homeowner's insurance

>   company, claiming undue mental anguish. Amazingly, the jury said the

insurance company must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish. We

>   should all have this kind of anguish.

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>   Keep scratching. There are more.

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>   Double hand scratching after this one..

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>   * FOURTH PLACE *

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>   Jerry Williams, of Little Rock, Arkansas, garnered 4th Place in the

Stella's when he was awarded $14,500 plus medical expenses after

>   being bitten on the butt by his next door neighbor's beagle - even

though the beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard.

>   Williams did not get as much as he asked for, because the jury believed

the beagle might have been provoked at the time of the butt

>   bite, because Williams had climbed over the fence into the yard and

repeatedly shot the dog with a pellet gun.

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>   Pick a new spot to scratch, you're getting a bald spot..

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>   * THIRD PLACE *

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>   Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania wins, because a jury ordered a

Philadelphia restaurant to pay her $113,500 after she slipped

>   on a spilled soft drink and broke her tailbone. The reason the soft

drink was on the floor: Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend

>   30 seconds earlier during an argument. What ever happened to people

being responsible for their own actions?

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>   Only two more, so ease up on the scratching....

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>   *SECOND PLACE*

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>   Kara Walton, of Claymont , Delaware sued the owner of a night club in a

nearby city because she fell from the bathroom window to the

>   floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton was

trying to sneak through the ladies room window to avoid paying

>   the $3.50 cover charge, the jury said the night club had to pay her

$12,000....oh, yeah, plus dental expenses. Go figure.

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>   OK. Here we go!!!!!

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>   * FIRST PLACE

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>   This year's runaway First Place Stella Award winner was: Mrs. Merv

Grazinski, of Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , who purchased a new

>   32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, from an OU

football game, having driven on to the freeway, she set the cruise

>   control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go to the back of

the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly,

>   the motor home left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Also not

surprisingly, Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in the

>   owner's manual that she couldn't actually leave the driver's seat while

the cruise control was set. The Oklahoma jury awarded her,

>   are you sitting down?

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>   $1,750,000 PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually changed their

manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs. Grazinski has

>   any relatives who might also buy a motor home.

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