Danustouch
October 23rd, 2001, 02:29 PM
1. January 2000: 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 amuck inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were
understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving tyke
was Ms. Robertson's son.
2. June 1998: 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 someone was at the wheel of the car
whose hubcap he was trying to steal.
3. October 1998: A Terrence Dickson of Bristol Pennsylvania was exiting
a house he finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get
the garage door to go up, because 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, so 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. This upset Mr.
Dickson, so he sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused
him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of half a million
dollars and change.
4. October 1999: 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 it's owner's fenced-in yard,
as was Mr Williams. The award was less than sought after because the jury
felt the dog may have been provoked by Mr. Williams who, at the time, was
shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.
5. May 2000: A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson
of Lancaster, Pennsylvania $113,500.00 after she slipped on a spilled soft
drink and broke her tail bone. The beverage was on the floor because Ms.
Carson threw it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.
6. December 1997: Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware successfully sued
the owner of a night club in a neighboring city when she fell from
thebathroom 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
$12,000.00 and dental expenses.
7. And just so you know that cooler heads do occasionally prevail
Kenmore Inc., the makers of Dorothy Johnson's microwave, were found not
liable for the death of Mrs. Johnson's poodle after she gave it a bath and
attempted to dry it by putting the poor creature in her microwave for, "just
a few minutes, on low." The case was quickly dismissed.
a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was
running amuck inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were
understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving tyke
was Ms. Robertson's son.
2. June 1998: 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 someone was at the wheel of the car
whose hubcap he was trying to steal.
3. October 1998: A Terrence Dickson of Bristol Pennsylvania was exiting
a house he finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get
the garage door to go up, because 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, so 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. This upset Mr.
Dickson, so he sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused
him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of half a million
dollars and change.
4. October 1999: 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 it's owner's fenced-in yard,
as was Mr Williams. The award was less than sought after because the jury
felt the dog may have been provoked by Mr. Williams who, at the time, was
shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.
5. May 2000: A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson
of Lancaster, Pennsylvania $113,500.00 after she slipped on a spilled soft
drink and broke her tail bone. The beverage was on the floor because Ms.
Carson threw it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.
6. December 1997: Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware successfully sued
the owner of a night club in a neighboring city when she fell from
thebathroom 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
$12,000.00 and dental expenses.
7. And just so you know that cooler heads do occasionally prevail
Kenmore Inc., the makers of Dorothy Johnson's microwave, were found not
liable for the death of Mrs. Johnson's poodle after she gave it a bath and
attempted to dry it by putting the poor creature in her microwave for, "just
a few minutes, on low." The case was quickly dismissed.