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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Co-workers demanding piece of the Powerball prize | ||||
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| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 08-30-2001 @ 9:56 AM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | Four co-workers of one of the winners of the $294.8 million Powerball jackpot went to court yesterday to demand a piece of the prize, contending the woman's winning ticket had been bought as part of an office pool. The lawsuit also asked that at least part of the winnings be frozen, but later yesterday a judge refused to do that, saying she does not think the plaintiffs can win their suit. Four winning tickets to the jackpot were sold for Saturday's drawing of the multi-state lottery. One of those tickets was turned in this week by Patricia and Erwin Wales of Maine. In the suit, four people who worked with Patricia Wales in Portland said the ticket had been bought as part of an office pool. They said 19 members of the pool kicked in $10 apiece to share 190 Powerball tickets. Each winning ticket is worth $73.7 million, one-quarter of the third-biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Terrence Garmey, the Waleses' lawyer, insisted the winning ticket belongs to the couple, offering as proof sales records from the convenience store in New Hampshire where the numbers were bought. He said Pat Wales bought 190 numbers for her office pool, then a few minutes later bought 20 for herself and her husband. The winning number, Garmey said, was among those 20 tickets. Garmey said Wales was devastated when told her co-workers might sue. | ||||
| Numb Nutts | posted on 08-30-2001 @ 11:05 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | Its funny that a judge determined on his(or her) own that the case could not be one. Just about a year ago a similiar case did win with basicly the same details. Anyways, isn't this the USA. I thought it was up to a jury to decide that. | ||||
| Lord Duvious | posted on 08-30-2001 @ 11:09 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jul. 01 | I'm not sure how to feel about this. If the co-workers have a legit claim, then it should be up to a jury. It still doesn't sit well with me though. Seems as though people think that the solution to any problem these days is to sue, sue, sue.  Email Me It takes a lot of work to get this cynical. | ||||
| SeeYouNextTuesday G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Elite Ninja Gaiden Infiltration Unit | posted on 08-30-2001 @ 11:58 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01 | quote: This is a civil case.
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Nay. We are but men. ROCK. The man with the plan. | posted on 08-30-2001 @ 12:04 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Hey, this is America, damnit. If you can try to win the Presidential election by lawsuit, why not try to win the lottery by suit? Frivolous suits should be fucking outlawed. IDIOTS should not receive millions of dollars for something like SPILLING COFFEE IN THEIR OWN LAP.  Me droogies: HydratedPeach is siiiiingin' in the rain. Syndra has graduated and will one day take on droogs of her own. One position available. Come and get one in the yarbles.... if you have any yarbles. | ||||
| Thrillhouse Alkey gave me my bonus points back. | posted on 08-30-2001 @ 10:22 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | i just saw on the news they threw the case out of court cause the judge ruled they probably didnt have enough evidence. it must suck to be the other people Graduate of AFDude's Academy | ||||
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