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Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:04:42 -0500 >From: "Richard Pisacreta, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [tips] FW: Stella Awards >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > > >Richard Pisacreta, Ph.D. >parolled Psychology professor >Feris State University >Dept. of Social Sciences > > > > > >> >>It's time once again to review the winners of the Annual "Stella >>Awards."? The "Stella Awards" are named after 81 year-old Stella >>Liebeck of New Mexico who spilled hot coffee on herself and >>successfully sued McDonald's.? That case inspired the "Stella Awards" >>for the most frivolous, ridiculous, successful lawsuits in the United >>States. >> >>Here are this year's winners: >> >>7th Place: >>Kathleen Robertson of >>Austin:State Texas, was awarded $80,000 by a jury of her peers after >>breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running around >>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. >> >>6th Place: >>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 hubcaps. >> >>5th Place: >>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 >>arge 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 >>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 had?climbed over the fence into the >>yard and was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun. >> >>3rd Place: >>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. >> >>2nd Place: >>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. >> >>And in : (Drum roll please....) >>This year's runaway winner was Mrs. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma >>City,Oklahoma. Mrs. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor >>home. On her first trip home, (from an OU football game), having driven >>onto the freeway, >>she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat >>to go into the back & make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the RV >>left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago >>for not advising her in the owner's manual that she couldn't actually >>do this. The jury awarded her $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 around. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> View other groups in this category. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it >>arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. >> >> >> Need help? If you've forgotten your password, >> please go >>to Passport Member Services. >> >> For other questions or feedback, go to our >> Contact Us >>page. >> >> >> If you do not want to receive future e-mail >> from this >>MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the >>"Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply >>click "Send". 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