SpinnerBait_Nut
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It's time once again to consider the candidates for the 2003 <br />Stella Awards. The Stella's are named after 81-year-old Stella <br />Liebeck who spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued <br />McDonalds.<br /><br />That case inspired the Stella Awards for the most uniquely <br />successful lawsuits in the United States for last year. Actually, <br />joint awards should be given to the plaintiff attorneys and the <br />flaming idiots on the juries who awarded anything at all to these <br />morons--who deserved NOTHING!!!!<br /><br />The following is among this year's candidates:<br /><br />This year's favorite could easily be Mr. Merv Grazinski of <br />Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-<br />foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, having driven <br />onto the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly <br />left the drivers seat to go into the back and make himself a cup <br />of coffee. Not surprisingly, the RV left the freeway, crashed and <br />overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in <br />the owner's manual that he couldn't actually do this. The jury <br />awarded him $1,750,000 plus a new motor home. The company actually <br />changed their manuals on the basis of this suit, just in case <br />there were any other complete morons buying their recreation <br />vehicles