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Jimbuna
01-09-09, 03:17 PM
Are these true :hmm: :lol:

1. Kathleen Robertson of Austin, texas was awarded $780,000 by a jury after breaking her ankle falling over a child who was running inside a furniture store. The store owners were surprised by the verdict, considering that the misbehaving little bastard was Mrs Robertson's son.

2. 19 year old Carl Truman of LA won $74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbour ran over his hand in a Honda Accord. Mr.Truman hadn't noticed that there was anyone at the wheel of the vehicle before trying to steal the hub-caps.

3. Terrence Dickinson of Bristol, Pennsylvania was leaving a house he has just finished robbing by way of the garage. He was unable to open the garage door from inside, and the door back into the house had locked shut behind him. The house owners were on vacation. Mr Dickinson found himself locked in the garage for eight days with just two bottle of Pepsi and a bag of dog biscuits to live on. He sued the homeowner, and received half a million dollars for undue mental anguish.

4. Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas was awarded $14,500 and medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by a beagle. The beagle was chained up in it's owners yard. The award was a little less than first thought, given that the jury agreed that Mr Williams had provoked the dog by shooting it repeatedly with an air gun.

5.A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster $113,000 after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx. The beverage was only on the floor because Ms Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.

6.Kara Walton of Delaware successfully sued the owner of a night club after she fell from the bathroom window and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while Ms Walton was trying to sneak out and avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12, 000 and dental expenses.

And the winner is: Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma purchased a brand new 32 foot Winnebago motor home. Upon leaving the dealership, he pulled onto the freeway, set the cruise control at 70mph and calmly made his way into the back to make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the vehicle left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the handbook that he couldn't actually do this. He was awarded $1,750,000 and a new Winnie. Winnebago actually changed their handbooks in case another complete moron decided to buy one of their vehicles.

FIREWALL
01-09-09, 03:35 PM
And all were overturned on appeal. :yep: :D

#2 The punk got a year in jail. Judge ordered no time off for good behavior.

Jimbuna
01-09-09, 03:41 PM
And all were overturned on appeal. :yep: :D

#2 The punk got a year in jail. Judge ordered no time off for good behavior.

Poetic justice :up:

Hitman
01-09-09, 04:07 PM
Wow....and people still complaint about the courts here :hmm:

FIREWALL
01-09-09, 04:11 PM
It's not the courts. It's the lawyers out of control.

Looks around to see if wife is looking :dead:

Kapitan_Phillips
01-09-09, 04:59 PM
Your wife is a lawyer?

Phwoar :lol:

Aramike
01-09-09, 05:08 PM
It's not the courts. It's the lawyers out of control.

Looks around to see if wife is looking :dead: Heh, its the idiot judges. If this kind of crap wasn't profitable, lawyers wouldn't take the cases to begin with.

A Very Super Market
01-09-09, 06:13 PM
Its a mixture of people being complete jackasses, absolutely conceited, and somewhat GLORIOUS for their ability in trying to justify it.

Digital_Trucker
01-09-09, 06:46 PM
It's not the courts. It's the lawyers out of control.

Looks around to see if wife is looking :dead: Heh, its the idiot judges. If this kind of crap wasn't profitable, lawyers wouldn't take the cases to begin with.

I'd be willing to bet these were jury trials.

Jimbuna
01-10-09, 05:41 AM
My favourite was that guy from Oklahoma who fancied a cup of coffee http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img231/1076/shockedvi8.gif

bookworm_020
01-11-09, 03:57 AM
My favourite was that guy from Oklahoma who fancied a cup of coffee

I'm afraid to say that it's an urban legend! But I'm sure someone out there has tried/ will try in the future!:doh:

UnderseaLcpl
01-11-09, 04:20 AM
So, how many of these are true? There's at least two cases there that would be totally unwinnable, as far as I'm aware, because there doesn't seem to be any way to establish the liability of the defendants.

Still, a lot of similar things have been attempted, and some even worse ones. We really need a "loser pays" system to discourage this crap.

Hitman
01-11-09, 07:34 AM
Heh, its the idiot judges

No, it's the juries :D

It's always funny to see how people who rant about decissions from proffesional Judges start themselves making polemic decissions if they are designed as part of a jury. Here in Spain the jury was again reintroduced some years ago, and it's been real fun to see them some decissions that have been a true scandal for the "rest of the citizens". As proffesional of laws, I laughed a lot when that started to happen, looks like things are not as easy as they seem when you are simply ranting during the morning coffe with some friends....taste your own medicine you morons! :D

XabbaRus
01-11-09, 10:06 AM
It's like the McDonalds coffee incident....