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 reenter 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 is 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 70mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back
and
make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the RV 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.
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 reenter 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 is 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 70mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back
and
make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the RV 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.
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