Terrence Dickson, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, who was leaving a house he had just burglarized by way of the garage. Unfortunately for Dickson, the automatic garage door opener malfunctioned and he could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he couldn't re-enter the house because the door connecting the garage to the house locked when Dickson pulled it shut. Forced to sit for eight, count 'em, EIGHT, days on a case of Pepsi and a large bag of dry dog food, he sued the homeowner's insurance company claiming undue mental Anguish.
Amazingly, the jury said the insurance company must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish. We should all have this kind of anguish.
yeah i hate pepsi too
2007-09-12 07:12:06 · 18 answers · asked by doggonehandsome 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
This year's runaway First Place Stella Award winner was Mrs. Merv Grazinski, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who purchased a new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, from an OU football game, having driven on to the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go to the back of the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the motor home left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Also not surprisingly, Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in the owner's manual that she couldn't actually leave the driver's seat while the cruise control was set. The Oklahoma jury awarded her, are you sitting down, $1,750,000 PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually changed their manuals as a result of this suit, just incase Mrs. Grazinski has any relatives who might also buy a motor home.
2007-09-12 07:22:03 · update #1
LOL, and I hate pepsi too.
2007-09-12 07:15:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may want to let people in on the fact that these are long running urban legends and are absolutely not true. And I don't like Pepsi either.
Edit: Though the "Stella" case is true, most of the "Stella Award" cases you hear are made up.
2007-09-12 14:24:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is bullsquat. If I ever found someone in my house for 8 days, I'll make sure I'll kick the living crap out of them so I can have some kind of satisfaction. Sue me? I'll drain my bank accounts, and refuse to pay, even if I had to quit my job!
2007-09-12 14:33:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wish someone would pay me a million dollars for spilling a cup of McDonalds hot coffee in my lap!
Maybe I should sue the City for building the sidewalk too close to my A**!
2007-09-12 14:18:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it a great country we live in. That is total Bulls*it, and that would be why our insurance rate continue to rise. If I could only be so lucky and dishonest. This isn't the first time this has happened and unfortunately it will continue to happen.
2007-09-12 14:18:28 · answer #5 · answered by BahijahDances 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poor dogs...no food for 8 days!
As for the motor home suit...I'm not surprised. These folks vote, too!!!
2007-09-12 14:16:28 · answer #6 · answered by Mommymonster 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding me? Then the house owner should kick his butt bad enough to give the man a $500k medical bill!
2007-09-12 14:16:02 · answer #7 · answered by joyfulndiva 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OMG! Some people! Where did you find those? We have something on the radio in the mornings here called "stupid crooks". I should sooo send those to them! That's crazy!
2007-09-12 14:37:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
THAT IS RIDICULOUS!!! The guy is going to get $500,000 for burglarizing a home? Sometimes I wonder about our government...
2007-09-12 14:16:32 · answer #9 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
aaahh! the Justice system at work
I'd incarcerate Mr.Dickson for burglary and convict the jury for extortion
2007-09-12 14:17:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
you're s*itting me right? so basically I should go to rob someones house, pull some stupid azz move, sue them and then all my financial worries would be over? only in America.
2007-09-12 14:15:23 · answer #11 · answered by Jersey Style 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋