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Why we Need Lawyers
- January 2000: Kathleen Robertson of
Austin Texas was awarded $780,000.00 by a jury of her
peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler
who was running amok inside a furniture store. The owners
of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict,
considering the misbehaving tyke was Ms. Robertson's son.
- June 1998: A 19 year old Carl Truman
of Los Angeles won $74,000.00 and medical expenses when
his neighbour ran his hand over with a Honda Accord. Mr.
Truman apparently didn't notice someone was at the wheel
of the car whose hubcap he was trying to steal.
- October 1998: A Terrence Dickson of
Bristol, PA, was exiting a house he finished robbing by
way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage door
to go up, 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, so 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. This
upset Mr. Dickson, so he sued the homeowner's insurance
claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish.
The jury agreed to the tune of half a million dollars
and change.
- October 1999: Jerry Williams of Little
Rock, AK was awarded $14,500.00 and medical expenses after
being bitten on the buttocks by his next door neighbour's
beagle. The beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced-in
yard, as was Mr. Williams. The award was less than sought
after because the jury felt the dog may have been provoked
by Mr. Williams who, at the time, was shooting it repeatedly
with a pellet gun.
- May 2000: A Philadelphia restaurant
was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, PA, $113,500.00
after she slipped on a spilled soft drink and broke her
coccyx. The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson
threw it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an
argument.
- December 1997: Kara Walton of Claymont,
Delaware, successfully sued the owner of a night club
in a neighbouring 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 lady's room to avoid paying the $3.50
cover charge. She was awarded $12,000.00 and dental expenses.
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