wacky US law suits

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ALL THESE ARE TRUE...

 

 

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 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 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 out without paying her check, awarded $12,000 and

 

dental

 

expenses.

 

 

 

7. This year's favorite could easily be 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 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back and

 

make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the RV left the road. The

 

owner's manual did not say 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.