Posted by Charlie (206.159.166.193) on January 12, 2002 at 19:23:57:
The annual "Stella" awards for the most ridiculous lawsuits Carl Truman, of Los Angeles, won $74,000 and medical expenses from a neighbor who drove his car over Truman's hand. Truman was lying on the ground, out of sight, stealing the hubcaps. Burglar Terrence Dickson, from Pennsylvania, lived for eight days on Pepsi and dry dog biscuits after a faulty electric door trapped him in the garage of the home he had just robbed. The homeowner was ordered to pay $500,000 for Dickson's mental anguish. A Philadelphia restaurant had to pay $113,500 to Amber Carson after she injured herself by slipping on a can she had thrown on the floor during an argument with her boyfriend. And, la piece de la resistance, Kara Walton, of Delaware, won $12,000 and dental expenses from a nightclub after falling from a bathroom window. The accident happened as she was trying to climb through the window to avoid paying the $3.50 entrance fee
Charlie :^)