And you thought America had some frivolous lawsuits..

[Syringer]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1905689,00.html

A MOTHER who took an overdose while suffering from post-natal depression has won £2.8 million from the ambulance service which, she claims, arrived too late to save her from permanent brain damage.

 

[Phoenix86]

COMPENSATION CULTURE
# Lorraine Capener, 53, a mortuary technician, received £15,000 from an employment tribunal in October after developing a morbid fear of death

# A soldier injured when he fell from an army lorry as he ?windsurfed? on the tailgate received £75,000 from the MoD

# A Scots policeman won £2,000 after being bitten by his own dog; another got £5,000 for exposure to ?excessive? noise while on motorcycle duty

# Karl Jones, a fraudster, was awarded nearly £248,000 in 2003 after suffering from erectile dysfunction when he slipped in a jail shower

# Marvin Pomfret received £75,000 in 2002 after blaming his violent criminal career on his attendance at a school for children with learning difficulties

# The mother of an unruly teenager who suffered from anxiety after he was expelled for taking a knife to school won £11,000 from Greenwich council

 

[Howard]

lol

 

[Nick5324]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86

# Marvin Pomfret received £75,000 in 2002 after blaming his violent criminal career on his attendance at a school for children with learning difficulties

# The mother of an unruly teenager who suffered from anxiety after he was expelled for taking a knife to school won £11,000 from Greenwich council[/i]

Both of these made me shake my head is disgust/disappointment.

 

[Fenixgoon]

WTF

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86
COMPENSATION CULTURE
# Lorraine Capener, 53, a mortuary technician, received £15,000 from an employment tribunal in October after developing a morbid fear of death

# A soldier injured when he fell from an army lorry as he ?windsurfed? on the tailgate received £75,000 from the MoD

# A Scots policeman won £2,000 after being bitten by his own dog; another got £5,000 for exposure to ?excessive? noise while on motorcycle duty

# Karl Jones, a fraudster, was awarded nearly £248,000 in 2003 after suffering from erectile dysfunction when he slipped in a jail shower

# Marvin Pomfret received £75,000 in 2002 after blaming his violent criminal career on his attendance at a school for children with learning difficulties

# The mother of an unruly teenager who suffered from anxiety after he was expelled for taking a knife to school won £11,000 from Greenwich council

well played

 

[dsity]

is it me or does that italic bold the world SPIDER?

 

[ChaoZ]

What really amazes me is how the hell they manage to win.