brickboy

Thanks to Popbitch for these. The Stella Awards are named after 81-year old Stella Liebeck... who spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's for millions because she had no idea the coffee she'd just ordered was like, hot enough to hurt her if she spilt it on herself.


This years runners up are:

Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas. Won
$14,500 after being bitten on the **** by his
neighbour's beagle. Mr Williams was shooting it
repeatedly with a pellet gun at the time.

Amber Carson was paid $113,500 by a Philadelphia
restaurant after she broke her back from slipping
on a soft drink... which she had just thrown at
her boyfriend.

Kara Walton of Delaware sued a nightclub and
won $12,000 after falling from a bathroom window
and knocking 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.

[b]But the winner is:[b/]

Mrs Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma who purchased a
brand new 32-foot Winnebago. On her first trip,
she drove on the freeway, set the cruise control
at 70 mph and then left the wheel went out back to make a sandwich.
She crashed. Then sued for the manual not
advising her not to do this.

The jury awarded her $1,750,000 plus a new motor
home. The Winnebago company then changed their manuals
on the basis of this suit.

Brendan Hughes

A lake of stella, I see...


btw not against brickboy, just that these look remarkably similar to last year's stories. Bit like the Darwin awards which don't exactly seem to evolve(!) from one year to the next.

mad_dr

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=329681

So at least 18 months old then

brickboy

I wouldn't put it beyond Popbitch to repeat itself

Although stupidity is cyclical ...