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It's time once again to review the winners of the
annual "Stella Awards." The Stella's are named after
81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled coffee on
herself and successfully sued McDonald's. That case
inspired the Stella awards for the most frivolous
successful lawsuits in the United Unfortunately, the
most recent lawsuit implicating McDonald's, the teen's
who allege that eating at McDonald's has made them
fat, was filed after the 2002 award voting was closed.
This suit will top the 2003 list without question.

This year's run away winner was Mr. Merv Grazinski of
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a
brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On his first
trip home, (from an OU football game), 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 RV 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 recreation
vehicles.

There are several more. This is the winning entry, there were about 7 more. If you want to see the others, just ask. I will be happy to post them.