Разные интересные судебные разбирательства

[seapig]

This is what's wrong with the world:

1. 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 amuck inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving tyke was Ms. Robertson's son.

2. June 1998: A 19 year old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000.00 and medical expenses when his neighbor 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.

3. October 1998: A Terrence Dickson of Bristol Pennsylvania was exiting a house he finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage door to go up, because 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.

4. October 1999: Jerry Williams of Little Rock Arkansas was awarded $14,500.00 and medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by his next door neighbor'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.

5. May 2000: A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania $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.

6. December 1997: Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware successfully sued the owner of a night club in a neighboring 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 ladies room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000.00 and dental expenses.

[Mikhail-u]

Вот мне нравится....грабитель/убийца залезает в дом через крышу...крыша давно требует ремонта, грабитель наступает на участок с дефектом и падает вниз (ломает руки, ноги и тд). Он конечно ответственнен за попытку ограбления/убийства (в случае если может быть доказанно). Но прикол в том что он может судить (по крайней мере теоретически) владельцев дома за его несоответствующее содержание и несвоевременный ремонт, что привело к тяжким телесным повреждениям. Тоже если грабитель свалится в бассейн или в яму на вашей территории.

В который раз. Исключительно потому, что Дракону не хватает денег от разумных кейсов. Больше заведомого абсурда, противоречий здравому смыслу и логике, сильнее лойерский "грип" на горле общества - мощнее индуцированные денежные потоки.

[Malishka]

Может в Израиле ето так. В америке ти не обязан оказивать помош. Но если ти оказал, а пострадавши остался в еше худшем положении от твоеи помоши то ти виновен. Мораьл понял? Неуверен- не помогаи

I am telling you, the road to hell is paved with good intentions

[Shtirliz]

Все выше приведенние кейси ето неправда. Там вердикт был НЕ исклучительно по вышеприведенним фактам.
Приведите пожалуста [citations] етих кеисов

[seapig]

Ооps, Shtirliz, вы правы это были "фальшивые дела" подделанные под Stella Awards (по типу Darwin Awards) (награды ежегодно присуждаемой за наиболее нелепые судебные дела)
http://www.stellaawards.com

Эти настоящие за 2005 год. (которые впрочем недалеко ушли от фальшивых) На их веб сайт можно посмотреть также дела за предыдущие годы.

The 2005 True Stella Awards Winners
by Randy Cassingham
Issued 31 January 2006

#7: Bob Dougherty. A prankster smeared glue on the toilet seat at the Home Depot store in Louisville, Colo., causing Dougherty to stick to it when he sat down. "This is not Home Depot's fault," he proclaimed, yet the store graciously offered him $2,000 anyway. Dougherty complained the offer is "insulting" and filed suit demanding $3 million.

#6: Barbara Connors of Medfield, Mass. Connors was riding in a car driven by her 70-year-old(!) son-in-law when they crashed into the Connecticut River, and Connors sank with the car. Rescue divers arrived within minutes and got her out alive, but Connors suffered brain damage from her near-drowning. Sue the driver? Sure, we guess that's reasonable. But she also sued the brave rescue workers who risked their lives to save hers.

#5: Michelle Knepper of Vancouver, Wash. Knepper picked a doctor out of the phone book to do her liposuction, and went ahead with the procedure even though the doctor was only a dermatologist, not a plastic surgeon. After having complications, she complained she never would have chosen that doctor had she known he wasn't Board Certified in the procedure. (She relied on the phonebook listing over asking the doctor, or looking for a certificate on his wall?!) So she sued ...the phone company! She won $1.2 million plus $375,000 for her husband for "loss of spousal services and companionship."

#4: Rhonda Nichols. She says a wild bird "attacked" her outside a home improvement store in Fairview Heights, Ill., causing head injuries. That's right: outside the store. Yet Nichols still held the Lowe's store responsible for "allowing" wild birds to fly around free in the air. She never reported the incident to the store, but still sued for "at least" $100,000 in damages. In January 2006, the case was thrown out of court.

#3: Barnard Lorence of Stuart, Fla. Lorence managed to overdraw his own bank account. When the bank charged him a service fee for the overdraft, he filed suit over his "stress and pain" and loss of sleep over the fee. A few hundred thousand bucks, he says, will only amount to a "slap on the wrist", whereas the $2 million he's suing for is more like being "paddled". Kinky!

#2: Wanita "Renea" Young of Durango, Colo. Two neighborhood teens baked cookies for their neighbors as an anonymous gesture of good will, but Young got scared when she heard them on her front porch. They apologized, in writing, but Young sued them anyway for causing her distress, demanding $3,000. When she won(!!) $900, she crowed about it in the newspaper and on national TV. Now, she's shocked (shocked!) that everyone in town hates her for her spite, and is afraid she may have to move. But hey: she won.

And the winner of the 2005 True Stella Award: Christopher Roller of Burnsville, Minn. Roller is mystified by professional magicians, so he sued David Blaine and David Copperfield to demand they reveal their secrets to him -- or else pay him 10 percent of their lifelong earnings, which he figures amounts to $50 million for Copperfield and $2 million for Blaine. The basis for his suit: Roller claims that the magicians defy the laws of physics, and thus must be using "godly powers" -- and since Roller is god (according to him), they're "somehow" stealing that power from him.

[Shtirliz]

Оопс, Штирлиз, вы правы это были "фальшивые дела" подделанные под Стелла Ащардс (по типу Дарщин Ащардс (награды ежегодно присуждаемой за наиболее нелепые судебные дела)

Большинство этих исков не идут далше клерка суда. Судья просто выкидывает. Все знают что судить в америке можно кого хочеш на что хочеш, но вииграть иск намного туднее..=)

[seapig]

Большинство этих исков не идут далше клерка суда. Судья просто выкидывает. Все знают что судить в америке можно кого хочеш на что хочеш, но вииграть иск намного туднее..=)

Ну не все сразу выкидывают на summary judgement, некоторые тащатся через судебную систему довольно долго. А потом о чем в этом разделе писать не о скучных же делах кому оно надо (за то что их читаешь на работе деньги платят).

[Shtirliz]

Ну не все сразу выкидывают на суммары юдгемент, некоторые тащатся через судебную систему довольно долго. А потом о чем в этом разделе писать не о скучных же делах кому оно надо (за то что их читаешь на работе деньги платят).

не ну я не против посмеяцца. но болшинство приведенних историй ето искажение фактов, и ето показывает адвокатов в негативном свете.:34:

[Shtirliz]

I once saw a case on Lexis, that a guy wanted to sue the Devil. The case got dissmissd. the reason: How would a Devil be served?:D :D

[kilbaska]

мне моя свекровь рассказывала,что если ,например к вам вломился вор или нападают на вас в вашем же доме,если его будете стрелять,то будьте уверены,что он упадет внутрь дома,а не скажем за порог,тогда будут за убийство судить,а если в доме ,то самозащита.не знаю правда или нет,но потрясло.:D