No I didn't Judy, but he obviously didn't tell the judge he was breaking in the house. I would guess you either have the facts wrong, or there's more to the story. Or we should all move to California and start a gang.
Me? Have the facts wrong? Not a chance!
OK, maybe a small possibility .
I'll do a teeny tiny bit of googling to see if I can find the story and I'll post back. If I find it, I'll post it here and I'll do it today. BTW, I thought the judge knew he was on the roof to break in! Hence my reason for posting.
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Judy...Sorry to interrupt the thread but I tried to send you a PM and it said you're over your private topic limit and wouldn't let me. You must be sooooo popular!
OK, this may be it. I was hoping to find the actual news article but I guess that would take more time than I have.
I think the comments below confirm the judge/jury knew what he was there to do (steal) because they use the words, "intended victim":
The stories with which Reagan regaled the ATRA conference represented two-thirds of a trilogy of California cases that gained particular favor with reformers during the mid-1980s. The third was Bodine, the tale of the young burglar who received a substantial settlement after falling through his intended victim’s skylight. Together, these three cases helped California to gain a reputation as a land of rampant litigation abuse, and during the politically conservative 1980s, they provided the rhetorical force behind a number of state tort reform efforts.
Toni:
I would get specific legal advice for your specific city/county/state. Having said that a good lawyer would probably tell you not owning a dog is the only way to avoid a law suit to the 95% mark.
I spoke with my homeowner's insurance company and perused the laws pertaining to my area (ain't the web great). Here in AZ the words reasonable person get used a lot in the law and having your dog well trained (not necessarily PPD) will go a long way to show due dilligence.
My dog is currently in PPD training so I can say he's not trained to bite, he's specifically trained when not to bite.
Katherine
Not sure if you are aware............but in the case of McDonalds and the old woman spilling her coffee, McDonalds was found to be culpable because they were super heating the coffee. It was not their fault the the old lady was driving the car and trying to drink at the same time, but it was reasonable for them to understand that a customer could get injured due to the extremely high temperature at which they were serving the coffee.
I am not sure of the final award, but a company spokesman from McD's said that it amounted to less than one days coffee sales.
Now back to training.
A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $113,500 after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx (tailbone)...
Hmmm.... Guess the drink wasn't SOFT enough, eh? Ba-da-Ching!
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I don't think any of those stories is true. I searched on a legal database I have access to, and none of the names came up matching the stories.
The Stella story is true, but I'm sure she didn't tell the judge she spilled her coffee. Says there was a 12 person suit claiming product defect and they were awarded:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Judgment is entered solely against McDonald's Corporation and to Plaintiff in the amount of $160,000.00 for compensatory damages, and $2,700,000.00 to Plaintiff for punitive damages.
Sorry. Heard too many BS stories to believe anything without seeing it on paper
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