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Reasons why have no faith in our judicial system...
Got this email today. Thought I would share it with you guys.
I think some laws need to be changed and some lawyers lynched... ---------------------------------- Can you believe these people? Subject: Stella Awards It's time once again to consider the candidates for the annual Stella Awards. The Stella's are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonalds. That case inspired the Stella Awards for the most frivolous successful lawsuits in the United States. The following are this year's candidates: 1. Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded $780,000 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. 2. A 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 hub caps. 3.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. 4.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 was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun. 5.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. 6.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. 7.This year's favorite could easily be Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, having driven onto the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the R.V. left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the owner's manual that he couldn't actually do this. The jury awarded him $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 buying their recreation vehicles. |
My No. 1 reason why I have no faith in our judical system...
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I'll tell you why I have no faith. I know someone who ran over their girlfriend a time or two, didn't kill her, just left her in intensive care for a while, all while drunk and taking vicotin. At his trial, every time he threw the lawyer another $1000, they took more time off his sentence. He ended up doing 6 months in county. He said if he had $3000 more, he never would have seen the inside of the jail house. He ended up spending something to the tune of $13,000 in "lawyer fees" to get off that easy.
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Yeah I seen that list a few weeks ago, Made me sick:rolleyes:
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I've seen this before as well. #5 makes me laugh.. Friday night I fell on my butt at the bar cause I slipped on a spilled beer. I was laughing so hard I couldn't get up. I wasn't laughing so hard when I saw the big bruise I have on my butt the next day. :( Man I should sue them!! I might get lots of money!
Do you think it'll matter that I was drunk??? :p |
The thing we need to ask ourselves is how we can change this kind of crap. There has to be a way. Make your voice heard in elections and demonstrations....
I mean, WE the public are eventually paying for the stupid accidents of the idiotic and criminal. I for one am sick of it... I mean come on... Sueing McDonalds because your fat is like sueing the Army if you get shot in a war. Sure they didn't say you'd DEFINATELY get hurt, but did you really think it wasn't possible? Right now in our society, the 2 things that pay are stupidity and criminal acts.... its turns my stomach :mad: |
WTF is wrong with these judges and juries? God that makes me sick that people get legally robbed by criminals. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
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ummm here... haha that's it... that's all you get! :D |
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I read an article one time that showed that a majority of these get thrown out or greatly reduced on appeal. It's kindof like the smokers that get awarded millions by suing the tobacco companies, but have yet to collect a dime.
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one word----- Liberals :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
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Hmm... I wonder I drive my Mustang into a wall at full speed and get hurt if I can sue cause it doesn't say I will. Some people shouldn't breed honestly....
As for you MissBlondie.... well ;) lol :D I think we need more pictures from different angles to really asses the situation. lol :D :D :D §am. |
i agree america is stupid, if you are to dumb to hold a cup of cofee, you get a million, give me a break, your kid is fat, because your too lazy to cook, b.s. im headed to spain.:D :D :D :D :D :cool:
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That's the best looking bruised rearend I have ever seen!
Our Judicial system is full of crap! Look at Halle "hit and run" Berry; she crashes into a lady and flees the scene. A day later she turns herself in and says she was impaired by a head injury. She had the frame of mind to get the hell out of there. If that was you or myself? We would be on trial for Felony hit and run. Did you ever hear of the guy that got off of a murder conviction, because he claimed temp. insanity from eating twinkies. |
MissBlondie, ouch!!!......wedgie with a thong, that's gonna hurt.
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