献给在WAL MART跌了一跤者

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你所不知道的美国：每年颁发最成功也最荒诞的诉讼案 人在北美

你所不知道的美国

美国有个史特拉 (stella) 奖，每年颁给最成功也最荒诞的诉讼案的原告律师和白痴陪审团。

　　史特拉奖以 stella rebecca 命名，她今年八十一岁，曾因边开车边喝热咖啡而烫了腿，成功告赢麦当劳而得到百万赔偿。
　　
　　其中2002年入选的案子有：

　　一、德州奥斯汀

　　有位叫 catherine robertson 的妇女告赢一家家具店得到七十八万美元的赔偿，原因是她在该家具店内奔跑时，被一小孩绊倒而扭伤了脚关节店员没有制止小孩在店内玩耍。该小孩不是别人，正是她的儿子。

　　二、洛衫矶

　　一位十九岁的青年 carl truman 得到七万八千元外加医疗费用的赔偿，因为他的邻居开车压过他的手。
　　为什么会发生？

　　那位邻居开车时，没有注意到这位青年正在偷他汽车轮胎上的车盖。

　　三、宾州

　　有位笨贼名叫 terence dickson，他在一家住宅行窃，当他试图从车库离开时，车库的自动开门装置坏了，门打不开，而回到房屋的门又关上锁住了。不巧屋主在外度假，于是笨贼被困在车库达八天之久，只靠一罐可乐和一袋狗食度日。义愤填膺的他怒告屋主的保险公司，赢得五十万元赔偿。

　　四、阿肯色小岩城

　　有位 jerry william 屁股被隔壁邻居家的狼狗咬伤。
　　狗为何咬他？
　　因为他拿bb枪不停地打它，激怒了它。
　　法庭判决邻居赔他一万四千五百元，再加医疗费用。

　　五、费城

　　一家餐馆输掉官司，被迫付给一位来自宾州兰卡斯特的 amber carson 十一万三千五百元，因为地上湿滑跌碎尾骨。

　　地上为何会湿滑？

　　因为大约30秒前，她因争吵而将饮料泼向男友。

　　六、德拉瓦州克雷蒙

　　一位小姐 cara walton 为了逃避三块五的门票，想从厕所的窗户爬进一家夜总会，结果摔倒跌破两颗门牙。结果她告赢了夜总会得到一万两千元，加上补牙的费用。

　　七、最后得奖的最有名的案子是俄克拉荷马的 marv gresinski 先生。

　　该天才买了一辆崭新的32?长的旅行车（有床，有厕，有厨房的 motorhome）。在回家的高速公路上，他把自动驾驶定在70英里的时速，就离开驾驶座到后面去煮咖啡了，最后当然出了大车祸。幸好该位老兄还活着，并且状告该车制造厂而得到175万元赔偿外加新车一辆,理由是车子的说明书上没有说，不可以离开驾驶座到后面去煮咖啡。案子过后，该制造厂真的把这一条加在说明书上了。

 

[小C]

那也得用英语口若悬河的让法院相信才行.多数中国人吃亏,是在语言上.打哈哈可以.来真格的可能就不行了...如果觉得自己语言不好,最好找个能说明白的,跟你特铁的朋友.帮你诉,要不然,花钱雇个律师什么的...毕竟是跟WAL-MART打交道...

 

[soldier]

Stella Awards Hoax


Description
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This email refers to an award given to the most ludicrous damage claims ever awarded by a court for that year.

Although some of the Stella Awards cases are actually true, the ones included in the email below is purely fictitious.

Trend Micro advises users to be more discriminate in sending forwarded email messages, as they unnecessarily cause confusion and spread false and unverified information.



Original Message
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It's time once again to consider the candidates for the annual Stella Awards. The Stella's are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonalds. That case inspired the Stella awards for the most frivolous successful lawsuits in the United States. The following are this year's candidates:

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 through the window in the ladies room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was 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 R.V. left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the owner's manual 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.

 

[人在天涯]

就别误导别人了,楼主贴的大部分是hoax

 

[京华倦客]

:lol:

 

[dropinto]

最初由 人在天涯 发布
就别误导别人了,楼主贴的大部分是hoax

怎么这么说？:flaming:

 

[dropinto]

And a recent addition: Jan 2002. A man was stopped by police in Vermont. After running his name, it came back that there were warrants for his arrest from Florida. Before the police could arrest him, he fled into a nearby forest (in the middle of winter). The police searched for him, but were unable to find him. Three days later, the suspect turns himself in to police and was taken to the hospital with frostbite. He ended up having several fingers and toes amputated. He is now suing the police. Why? The police didn't look for him hard enough! He stated in an interview, "If they had searched harder, they would've found me." He's accusing the police of dereliction of duty leading to his loss of limbs.

 

[人在天涯]

最初由 dropinto 发布


怎么这么说？:flaming:

嘿嘿,说错什么了?

 

[爱喝牛奶的wawdj]

 

[dropinto]

最初由 人在天涯 发布

嘿嘿,说错什么了?

冤，以后不发贴了。

 

[Kent以东首帅哥]

反正这笔钱walmart要从顾客头上开刀,羊毛出在羊身上.

 

[雨过留痕]

最初由 dropinto 发布


冤，以后不发贴了。

嘿,好久不见，哈!

怎么刚出现又要隐退了???

 

[dropinto]

最初由 雨过留痕 发布




嘿,好久不见，哈!

怎么刚出现又要隐退了???

又让你碰上了:hippie: