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. .ok . .just wondered . .

. .have any of you received, or know of someone that received, EASY MONEY . .? ?

. .as in those ridiculous lawsuits . . ummmm . .

. .the McDonald's " who knew that putting coffee between my legs would spill out HOT liquid " . . ?

. .or the " how was I to know that the Cruise Control wouldn't keep my Winnebego on the road while I went back to make a sandwich " . .? ?

. .I love those stories . . just wondered if any of us knew . . " first hand ". . ? ? ?

. . or maybe heard of new ones. . ? ?

My sister's husband's nephew had been dating this girl for 3 years....

Asked her to marry him on New Year's eve....

3 days later her father won the Lotto here in FL. 20 million after taxes. They are still together and have a great family...and no worries!

Not "easy," but I *found* the money that financed my 2002 road trip to Indy, Chicago and Alpine.

Don't know any personally, but here are a few good ones:

1. Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully sued the owner of a nightclub 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 and dental expenses.

2. Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded $14,500 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 yard. The award was less than sought because the jury felt the dog might have been just a little provoked at the time by Mr. Williams who was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.

3. A 19-year-old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hub caps.

4. A. Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $113,500 a! after she slipped on a soft drink spill and broke her coccyx (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.

5. Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was leaving a house he had just finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage door to go up since the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He couldn't reenter the house because the door connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on vacation, and 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. He sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of $500,000.

6. A jury of her peers awarded Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, $780,000 after breaking her ankle by tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving little toddler was Ms. Robertson's son.

7. Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, having driven onto the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the R.V. left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the owner's manual that he couldn't actually do this. The jury awarded him $1,750,000 plus a new motor home. The company actually changed their manuals on the basis of this suit, just in case there were any other complete morons buying their recreation vehicles.

What about the guy who sued and won when he broke into someone's home, stole the tv, then fell down the stairs carrying the tv, hurting himself.

AdamBomb8 wrote:Don't know any personally, but here are a few good ones:

1. Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully sued the owner of a nightclub 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 and dental expenses.

2. Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded $14,500 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 yard. The award was less than sought because the jury felt the dog might have been just a little provoked at the time by Mr. Williams who was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.

3. A 19-year-old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hub caps.

4. A. Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $113,500 a! after she slipped on a soft drink spill and broke her coccyx (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.

5. Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was leaving a house he had just finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage door to go up since the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He couldn't reenter the house because the door connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on vacation, and 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. He sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of $500,000.

6. A jury of her peers awarded Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, $780,000 after breaking her ankle by tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving little toddler was Ms. Robertson's son.

7. Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, having driven onto the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the R.V. left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the owner's manual that he couldn't actually do this. The jury awarded him $1,750,000 plus a new motor home. The company actually changed their manuals on the basis of this suit, just in case there were any other complete morons buying their recreation vehicles.

Fortunately, those ones are fake. http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.asp

Unfortunately, these one's aren't. http://www.atra.org/display/13

Wasn't aware they were fake, but no matter. They are no more bizarre than the real thing.

http://pittsburghlive.com/walmart.html

http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/philhendrie/lawsuits.html

I did see the results of a survey where kids were asked how to make money...lottery and lawsuits....

One of my high school buddies and college roomie won $50k from Nestle's when they ran a promotion for their $50,000.00 bar. He was on the way home from a gig (he plays a mean guitar) and stopped at 7-11 to fill up with gas. For some odd reason he decided to get a candy bar, something he rarely ate. He tore off the wrapper and was about to throw it away when he noticed the bright red printing on the inside of the wrapper. He read it, or the parts that he could make out and followed the instructions and got a check for $50k. He had the longest fight with the IRS over his taxes that year because they disallowed a lot of his deductions claiming that he wasn't a professional musician since it was mainly a cash and carry business. If I remember correctly he ended up paying the IRS close to $20k when all was said and done.

He's the only person I know that ever got easy money.

Easy money would be great,Id be happy to work for the good money where are all the good jobs?!!!

I would love to win or inherit some money but it ain't happened.

I have a coffee can with the top taped on, a slit in the top.... and when I am going on vacation or to MOTM or something, I start putting $5's, $10's, $20's into the slot for months in advance. Then the day we leave on a trip, I make a little ceremony of opening up the can and counting the money. Last year, my 'coffee can lottery' netted me over $600 !!!!!! WAS I SURPRISED !! Well, it was kinda like winning a prize ! just a little !

ask my ex wife

Capt.Flock wrote:ask my ex wife

she probably claims she had to put up with all sorts of odd requests.. like Corona, beach music, and playing cornhole.

RinglingRingling wrote:

Capt.Flock wrote:ask my ex wife

she probably claims she had to put up with all sorts of odd requests.. like Corona, beach music, and playing cornhole.

okay I grant you the corona and beach music is true but she never ever played cornhole

Capt.Flock wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

Capt.Flock wrote:ask my ex wife

she probably claims she had to put up with all sorts of odd requests.. like Corona, beach music, and playing cornhole.

okay I grant you the corona and beach music is true but she never ever played cornhole

no aptitude for the game?

My son picks up all the change my husband drops on the floor from his pockets....to date he's collected about $300.

RinglingRingling wrote:

Capt.Flock wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

Capt.Flock wrote:ask my ex wife

she probably claims she had to put up with all sorts of odd requests.. like Corona, beach music, and playing cornhole.

okay I grant you the corona and beach music is true but she never ever played cornhole

no aptitude for the game?

nope, plus people keep trying to thow the bags at her mouth hole to keep her quiet

Capt.Flock wrote: okay I grant you the corona and beach music is true but she never ever played cornhole

Good riddance to THAT one !!!! GAH !!!!

Capt.Flock wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

Capt.Flock wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

Capt.Flock wrote:ask my ex wife

she probably claims she had to put up with all sorts of odd requests.. like Corona, beach music, and playing cornhole.

okay I grant you the corona and beach music is true but she never ever played cornhole

no aptitude for the game?

nope, plus people keep trying to thow the bags at her mouth hole to keep her quiet

so the rumours that players would take a penalty stroke for tossing at target that big ARE true..

RinglingRingling wrote:

Capt.Flock wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

Capt.Flock wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

Capt.Flock wrote:ask my ex wife

she probably claims she had to put up with all sorts of odd requests.. like Corona, beach music, and playing cornhole.

okay I grant you the corona and beach music is true but she never ever played cornhole

no aptitude for the game?

nope, plus people keep trying to thow the bags at her mouth hole to keep her quiet

so the rumours that players would take a penalty stroke for tossing at target that big ARE true..

well yes and no the players would do this but you got bonus points if you made the target shut up