Posted on 12/28/2010 6:19:01 PM PST by Lmo56
Jeanette French wasn't at the Golf Shop the day her co-workers hit the jackpot, winning $16 million in the Florida lottery.
For nine years, French, 72, has been part of the group of employees at the Villages' Hacienda Hills Country Club that pools money each week to buy lottery tickets, each putting in a dollar.
In the past, when group members were unavailable to put their dollar in the pot, a fellow member would spot them, her lawyer, Tom Culmo, told ABC News.
Culmo said that was the case with his client.
"She had communication with one of the other employees who said he would put in a dollar for her," he said. "Employees would routinely cover for each other. She paid back the dollar Thursday morning, and she was given the ticket to check to see if they had won.
"After she realized the group won, she gave back the ticket. She wasn't worried if she handed back the ticket she wouldn't be part of the group," Culmo said.
But the group refused to split the winnings with her, claiming that French did not contribute to the pot. French has filed a lawsuit against them.
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Can’t lose if you don’t play.
or
Gotta play to lose.
State run Lottery is a tax on poverty.
Just my opinion, but.....
Why would a person in his/her 70s, 80s, or 90s give a hoot about getting a case of herpes? I would think that they are just happy to still be alive and still getting laid.
We have a lottery club at work, some pay in advance and when a coworker is on disability their contribution is covered, no one in our group will be left out, any small win is saved to cover extra tickets when the pot is high. The book with names, ,wins and tickets are available for viewing to all participants.
Now that French and lawyers are involved, each group member will receive $800,000 {before taxes} and the lawyers will get the rest.
Since there are no state income taxes involved, each member will end up with about $ 480,000 instead of about $ 700,000.
Oh well, lawyers need to share the wealth.
With all due respect, that's not true.
Agreements are generally not required to be in writing. Without going into all of the exceptions, the types of contracts that are required to be in writing are specified in a state's "Statute of Frauds" or other statutes or regulations requiring a written agreement for particular types of agreements.
Even if an oral agreement doesn't meet the Statute of Frauds, there are often common-law equitable rules that override the Statute of Frauds.
The other folks need to play fair and see that she gets her share. No good comes from greed.
Now I hope that we are getting the whole story. One never knows.
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