The Annual Stella Awards

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Words fail me at how daft some juries can be - but here goes:

 

ANNUAL STELLA AWARDS

 

It's once again time to review the winners of the annual Stella Awards. The Stella's are named after 81 year old Stella Liebeck who spilled coffee on herself and Successfully sued McDonald's. That case inspired the 'Stella Awards' for the most frivolous successful lawsuits in the United States.

  

THIS YEAR'S AWARDS GO TO:

 

5th Place(Tied)

 

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 toddler was Ms. Robertson's son.

 

5th Place (Tied)

 

19 year old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical Expenses when his neighbour ran over his hand with a Honda Accord.

 

Mr. Truman apparently did not notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he

was trying to steal the hubcaps.

 

 

5th Place(Tied)

 

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 could not 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 8 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.

  

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 neighbour's Beagle dog. 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 a little provoked at the time as Mr. Williams, who had climbed over the fence into the yard, was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.

 

3rd Place

 

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