djaparz Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 ok now i know that there had to be easier ways to make money and now I have found it... Lawsuits A woman from Oklahoma City purchased a brand new 32foot 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 and make herself a sandwhich. Not surprisingly the RV left the freeway, crashed and overturned. She sued Winnebago for not advising her in the owner's manual that she couldn;t actually do this. The jury awarded her $1,750,000.00 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjets Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 this is the BULLsh*t this country is becoming.... unfriggin real.....COMMON SENCE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verde Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 The jury awarded her $1,750,000.00 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. You would think it would already have been in the manual..... per "Do not attempt" in every car commercial or "caution, hot liquid" on McDonald's coffee cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djaparz Posted March 23, 2005 Author Share Posted March 23, 2005 19 year old man won $74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. The man didn;t notice that there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hub caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatsFanTX Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 A West Virginia convenience store worker was awarded a whopping $2,699,000 in punitive damages after she injured her back opening a pickle jar, this according to a report in the Charleston Daily Mail. The 'injured' worker also received $130,066 in compensation and $170,000 for emotional distress. A State Supreme Court Justice, Spike Maynard, called this award an "outrageous sum." In his dissenting opinion, he wrote, "I know an excessive punitive damages award when I see one, and I see one here." The court, however, upheld most of the punitive damages. Net result: $2.2 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verde Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 A West Virginia convenience store worker was awarded a whopping $2,699,000 in punitive damages after she injured her back opening a pickle jar, this according to a report in the Charleston Daily Mail. The 'injured' worker also received $130,066 in compensation and $170,000 for emotional distress. A State Supreme Court Justice, Spike Maynard, called this award an "outrageous sum." In his dissenting opinion, he wrote, "I know an excessive punitive damages award when I see one, and I see one here." The court, however, upheld most of the punitive damages. Net result: $2.2 million. A pickle jar??? Oh my! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetCane Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 You would think it would already have been in the manual..... per "Do not attempt" in every car commercial or "caution, hot liquid" on McDonald's coffee cup. There's hot liquid in a coffee cup??!! No way, c'mon. You're jus messin' wid me, right? Seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verde Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 There's hot liquid in a coffee cup??!! No way, c'mon. You're jus messin' wid me, right? Seriously? You would think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smizzy Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Im suing all of you !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verde Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Im suing all of you !! And sadly, you'd probably win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smizzy Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 And sadly, you'd probably win! Unfortunately i wouldn't win much, Shane's collection of Eastern European foot fetish pornos aren't worth much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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