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| Arthur Dent | posted on 09-10-2001 @ 1:39 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Nov. 00  | Only In America... 1.) January 2000: Kathleen Robertson of Austin Texas was awarded $780,000.00 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 $74,000.00 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran his hand over 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, the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He couldn't reenter 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 $14,500.00 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 coccyx. 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 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 lady's room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000.00 and dental expenses.  "When I was born I was so surprised I couldn't talk for a year and a half." - Gracie Allen A much wittier reply came to mind immediately after I clicked the 'Send' button. | ||||
| Sloatsburgh | posted on 09-10-2001 @ 2:15 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Shouldn't you be working???? 42 | ||||
| geedagreek | posted on 09-10-2001 @ 2:31 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | jesus christ, that is disturbing...maybe i should sue applebee's for waiting too long for a $7 beer and causing me mental anguish.... hey, baby, you ever get your asshole licked by a greek guy with an overcoat??? | ||||
| Lgaia | posted on 09-10-2001 @ 4:16 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | This IS disturbing!! Who the fuck do they have on these Jury's? They have to be total fuckin retards to award these people any amount of money! The dick with the hubcaps should have been seent to fucking jail, Fucking ponderous!!! "All you touch and all you see, Is all your life will ever be." | ||||
| 2 tired 2 give N F One of the Teen Tomatoe Boys is Retarted... Guess which one I am!!! | posted on 09-10-2001 @ 4:33 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | that reminds me of that scene in "Liar, Liar"...when Jim Carey's secratary says, "It's lawyers like you that got a theif who cut his hand on a knife in my friends kitchen $5,000 dollars..." and he says "that's terrible, I could have gotten him 10" And then I find you here, Through your eyes, everythings clear, And I fall, inside your arms, But I'm alone for now, alone for now... | ||||
| red rocket Secret Sex Chat | posted on 09-10-2001 @ 4:44 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01 | Brian Regan: quote: Adopted by crx girl. I am under her special tutelage. | ||||
| NY_Cracker | posted on 09-10-2001 @ 5:04 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jul. 01 | I got chronic and reoccurring pancreatitis from mixing Stacker 2 and Quervo for 6 months. How much do you think I could get? "What we got here is... failure to communicate... " | ||||
| JackDan1974 | posted on 09-10-2001 @ 6:12 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jul. 01 | quote: If that had of happened in Texas they could have come home and shot that guy dead, and not been sued  | ||||
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