Ok, so this isnt really a joke, but something I found to be funny and mildly disturbing at the same time. Apparently, this country rewards stupidity at an alarming rate... which begs the question, "why am I still broke all the time then?'. Now, we all remember the old woman who spilled the hot coffee in her lap and burned herself, then sued McDonalds and won. For those of us who dont remember, her name was Stella Liebeck. So I give to you, these are the Stella Awards. Kinda like the Darwin awards, but unfortunately, these dipsh*ts didnt die. Have fun!!
#7: Kathleen Robertson of Austin , Texas was awarded $80,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle trip ping 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.
#6: Carl Truman 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.
#5: Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, 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 8, count 'em, EIGHT, days 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 this anguish.
#4: 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.
#3: Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania: 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.
#2: 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.
And now, the number 1 award for stupidity goes to..............
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... $1,750,000 PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually changed their manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs. Grazinski has any relatives who might also buy a motor home.
R.I.P. JessE Gerard 7.11.87 - 1.25.08
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I hate people. I really hope these are made up. Why the hell would a jury award these people money for their own @!#$ stupidity?
Admiral Jedi wrote:I hate people. I really hope these are made up. Why the hell would a jury award these people money for their own @!#$ stupidity?
ditto
My car may run 18s, but I can do your taxes in 10 seconds flat.
JBO lube - they would never have enough in stock and we'd never see RodimusPrime again
unfortunately i know that at least 2 of those are true... and they are just as out there as the ones i dont know about, so i bet they are all true...... rediculous, we can only hope that if they try any stupid @!#$ again, they get to be on the darwin awards as well... inconsiderate, selfish, shameless scum bags
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
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why do 2 of them have to be from PA, WHY!!!
hahahahahahaha.......These are all true im sure of it, Evan wouldnt bring non true stuff in here!!
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Never thought I'd post in this region, but I saw this thread on the home page & took a look. Also, saw my hometown on the list (Lancaster) and did a little research.
Read.
Yeah they are all fakes, but with the way things are today it's possible for people to be that dumb.
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#7: Kathleen Robertson of Austin , Texas was awarded $80,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle trip ping 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.
I could see how that could happen. My gf comes home from work with stories about how ppl let their kids run wild in her store. She said one kid was running around behind the register, running thru the store pulling tags off of clothing, and even ran into the store's backroom. She said the kid's parent didn't even care. Guess parenting is everyone else's job these days.
People are so retarded sometimes.
I'm not sayin that these suits are 100% factual, but what Stargrrl posted states that there is lackin proof that they really happened. Now the reason I posted them was for 1, they're funny as hell.. and 2, I've heard similar accounts from news stories and whatnot. I mean, it looks like we're all in an agreeance that people as dumb as these exist, so I'd say it is not only within the realm of reality that these could've happened, but I'd venture to that they probably did. And may God help anyone that dumb if the jury duty I'm elected for has anything as remotely retarded as any of those stories...
R.I.P. JessE Gerard 7.11.87 - 1.25.08
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lol. the rv one was classic!
