Posted on 02/05/2005 12:46:24 PM PST by Valin
DURANGO, Colo. (Feb. 4) - A Colorado judge ordered two teen-age girls to pay about $900 for the distress a neighbor said they caused by giving her home-made cookies adorned with paper hearts.
The pair were ordered to pay $871.70 plus $39 in court costs after neighbor Wanita Renea Young, 49, filed a lawsuit complaining that the unsolicited cookies, left at her house after the girls knocked on her door, had triggered an anxiety attack that sent her to the hospital the next day.
Taylor Ostergaard, then 17, and Lindsey Jo Zellitte, 18, paid the judgment on Thursday after a small claims court ruling by La Plata County Court Judge Doug Walker, a court clerk said on Friday.
The girls baked cookies as a surprise for several of their rural Colorado neighbors on July 31 and dropped off small batches on their porches, accompanied by red or pink paper hearts and the message: "Have a great night."
The Denver Post newspaper reported on Friday that the girls had decided to stay home and bake the cookies rather than go to a dance where there might be cursing and drinking.
It reported that six neighbors wrote letters entered as evidence in the case thanking the girls for the cookies.
But Young said she was frightened because the two had knocked on her door at about 10:30 p.m. and run off after leaving the cookies.
She went to a hospital emergency room the next day, fearing that she had suffered a heart attack, court records said.
The judge awarded Young her medical costs, but did not award punitive damages. He said he did not think the girls had acted maliciously but that 10:30 was fairly late at night for them to be out.
Paying the judgement was just caving in. What would the raven-robed dumb-ass judge have done if the girls simply didn't get around to paying the money?
Plenty of time for that later.....
The crabbass is now complaining that her phone is ringing off the hook and she'll probably have to move out of town.
GOOD RIDDANCE YOU NASTY WITCH.
Auction off their parent's house to settle the judgement.
But yes, that woman is a first class Clymer.
Already up.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1336800/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1336480/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1336120/posts
The good news is....
After a crumby ending, donated dough rolls in for 2 cookie deliverers......offers to help the girls
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1336745/posts
Hopefully the old lady will have "the real deal" very soon.
Yike! I see women like that every day; by the hundreds. Of course, that's because I work in Vermont.
"The judge awarded Young her medical costs, but did not award punitive damages. He said he did not think the girls had acted maliciously but that 10:30 was fairly late at night for them to be out."
Someone must have forgotten to explain to these young ladies they have a right to trial by jury. Not taking that route was probably their first mistake.
Oops, that won't work, then there wouldn't be any.
You did good, catching that pix. I tried once and just let it go. Gives additional information, tho, don't you think? (Probably not a Republican).
Yes, I bet you do see them in Vermont. I see them around here, too (Los Angeles) in certain areas.
Husband? You gotta wonder ...
I have been to both Colorado and New Jersey - people in Colorado gave me a bit of the creeps - their reactions seem to be delayed and a bit off-the-nut; in New Jersey - I just held on to my wallet and tried not to pi$$ anyone off!
The female version of Wan. ......Wan Williams (the political commentator), Wan Valdez (the coffee grower), etc.
I'm a million mile flyer, all domestically, so I've had a chance to see a lot of this country. My take is that it is all the same everywhere with a slight difference in accents and architecture.
Basically, though, people are the same. I just thought I would tweak him for singling us out...
Torricelli. McGreevey. Coptic Christians. Peter Singer. I rest my case. : )
Wan Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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