Try one of these.



Stella AwardsLiebeck 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

THIS YEARS STELLA AWARDS WINNERS:




These lawsuits could only happen in America ... !!!



Pay close attention to the last award!!!


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 c ontrol 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.


Just Get 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.












Stella AwardsLiebeck 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

THIS YEARS STELLA AWARDS WINNERS:




These lawsuits could only happen in America ... !!!



Pay close attention to the last award!!!


Time once again to review the winners of the annual "Stella Awards."

The Stella Awards are named after 81 year-old Stella
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 t he 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 c ontrol 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.


Just Get 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.