Subject: Want a knife with that chicken? - the newest frivilous lawsuit
Date: Fri Nov 4 12:46:52 2016
User: TNmountainman
Message:I know there's probably a thread where this could go already, but I can't seem to find a proper one.
I'll link an updated version, to show that he grew at least *part* of a brain, which will save unknown tons of plastic from going into landfills, should he have carried this through.
Link: Hope he's better in the courtroom than the dining room
Date: Mon Nov 7 04:13:19 2016
User: Katya
Message:My personal favorite ridiculous lawsuit was one filed by PETA on behalf of a monkey (actually a macaque) who took a selfie. The suit claimed that the animal,not the camera owner, owned the photo.
www.slate.com/./a_lawyer_s_delightful_response_to_peta_s_monkey_selfie_lawsuit....Nov 12, 2015
Date: Mon Nov 7 17:05:21 2016
User: hotnurse
Message:Both of those are great, but my fav is still the McD's customer, woman I suppose, who ordered a cup of coffee and proceeded to place it between her legs then squeeze her thighs causing it to burst and burn her lips. I mean her who-ha. According to my sis, (previous McD's Pres.), McD's settled out of court for enough money to get her a new who-ha AND many years of Victoria Secret lingerie to display her newly refurbished goods.
Date: Wed Nov 9 09:26:10 2016
User: The_Longhorn
Message:):o I seem to recall she got $92000000.
Date: Fri Nov 11 13:59:49 2016
User: jimmyp
Message:Sure that lady was stupid, but McDonald's used to serve their coffee scalding hot so it would stay hot longer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants
Date: Fri Nov 11 20:31:19 2016
User: hotnurse
Message:Still, I'll suffer a scalded who-ha for $92,000,000.
She wasn't *that* stupid!
Date: Sun Nov 13 01:38:51 2016
User: wildcard
Message:She received nowhere near that amount. Settled for an undisclosed amount less than 600,000. Hundreds of lawsuits against McDs for the same thing in decade preceding her's. I read jimmyp link.
Date: Tue Nov 15 05:29:56 2016
User: Katya
Message:Regardless you could buy a lot of cup holders for either amount. Nothing like being rewarded for lame behavior. A runner up for the Darwin award.
Date: Tue Nov 15 08:58:31 2016
User: TNmountainman
Message:I think technically, one must decease oneself in order to qualify for that. And she was 79 already at the time, so.....
Date: Tue Nov 15 11:34:15 2016
User: wildcard
Message:I doubt the skin grafts were cheap.
Date: Tue Nov 15 12:32:14 2016
User: Tempest
Message:Is it "frivolous" to point out that TN misspelled the word in his original post??
Date: Tue Nov 15 12:40:20 2016
User: The_Longhorn
Message:):o Technically, this is not a candidate for a Darwin Award. Or maybe it is, but most of those are given to people who did stupid things while trying to have an orgasm. I can give examples, but I'd rather not.
):o Moo.
Date: Tue Nov 15 20:59:16 2016
User: Katya
Message:I know that Darwin awards are traditionally given for more or less spectacular ways of offing oneself, but many are just plain dumb, often fueled by alcohol and not erotic. Recent Darwin awards include two intoxicated "daredevils" killed by a train in Holland, two guys taking selfies with a wild elephant as well as a few failed amorous episodes. I mentioned that the woman in question might be considered a runner up for the award because obviously actually winning it is a once-in-a lifetime achievement. A male who did the stupid ring thing was awarded a "living Darwin award" in 2014. (See all at www.DarwinAwards.com
Date: Wed Nov 16 13:19:32 2016
User: The_Longhorn
Message:):o Yeah, so was the golfer who decided to wash his balls in a ball washer. He didn't die, but was given the award, anyway, for removing himself from the gene pool. At any rate, I doubt that the woman who scalded herself with hot coffee would actually get the award. But, I'm not on the committee, so that's just my estimation.
):o Moo.
Date: Wed Nov 16 20:11:52 2016
User: Katya
Message:Actually the plaintiff in the McDonalds case was 79 yo at the time of the incident, so she had already contributed her bit to the gene pool so you're right - she couldn't take herself out of it. If it had been a younger woman the extent of injuries might have done so (it was far more than just her who-ha that got third degree burns. ) It was back in about 1992 and I think she ended up with less than 1M dollars by the end of the case.
Date: Thu Nov 17 01:16:02 2016
User: roo
Message:Margaret Whitlam, wife of former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, famously said during the 1970s "inflation is just a lot of who-ha". I never knew she was talking about *that* though!
Date: Thu Nov 17 12:42:46 2016
User: The_Longhorn
Message:¿):o Who would name their kid "Gough"?
¿):o Moo?
Date: Thu Nov 17 17:11:43 2016
User: hotnurse
Message:roo, she probably wasn't. Not sure how that phrase (in America) got started. I bet she was referring to a pile of dog crap...maybe?
Date: Fri Nov 18 22:01:51 2016
User: Katya
Message:I don't know - he sounds like a hot candidate to me - all the ingredients for an award are there.
Date: Sat Nov 19 11:35:57 2016
User: hotnurse
Message:I hate to say it, but I bet all are thinking it: he deserved to die. I have no sympathy for idiots like this.
Date: Sat Nov 19 11:48:00 2016
User: Katya
Message:But not that way - it sounds like a horrible way to go. Hopefully he passed out quickly. Many young people do stupid stuff sometimes. Fortunately it doesn't usually get them killed.
Date: Sat Nov 19 12:37:24 2016
User: hotnurse
Message:Kast, yes it was horrible. But they deliberately went into an area that was forbidden and, probably, knew that there had been others who died doing the same thing. I can think of a million other horrible, innocent, and much slower, ways to die. I'm sure you have seen your share in your practice.
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