The Severed Finger Lady
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:thm:Got 2 instances here that are funny as hell(if not stupid):
1. Lady I worked with went into Hardee's one morning with mom & dad to get breakfast. The workers were mopping the floor. You know those bright yellow buckets companies use when they are mopping floors? Well, this lady stepped into one of those, it rolled(as they do since they have wheels) and down she went. She sued & won about $50,000 for pain/suffering. She didn't slip & fall because of water on the floor but because the bucket she stepped in rolled and caused her to fall. Now, forgive me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't you have to kind of high-step it to step into one of these buckets? :huh:
2. Guy worked with brother-in-law and they were all talking about insurance and how it paid $1500 for a severed digit(this was back in late 70's). guy kind of mentioned that wasn't too bad of a deal for something like a finger and even mentioned that losing a little finger wouldn't be a problem since we really don't use that finger(unless typing). A couple of days later, he had an accident and cut off one of his little fingers.
And here's one that really will make your day:
My wife worked for charcoal company(big red bag) who also makes charcoal starter fluid. A guy sued because he suffered 2nd & 3rd degree burns over his arms and chest because he sprayed fluid on hot burning coals and it blew up on him. Now, he admitted in court he had read the instructions about not doing this and understood the instructions. But he did it anyway. The jury awarded him a large sum of money. Again, for pain and suffering.
1. Lady I worked with went into Hardee's one morning with mom & dad to get breakfast. The workers were mopping the floor. You know those bright yellow buckets companies use when they are mopping floors? Well, this lady stepped into one of those, it rolled(as they do since they have wheels) and down she went. She sued & won about $50,000 for pain/suffering. She didn't slip & fall because of water on the floor but because the bucket she stepped in rolled and caused her to fall. Now, forgive me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't you have to kind of high-step it to step into one of these buckets? :huh:
2. Guy worked with brother-in-law and they were all talking about insurance and how it paid $1500 for a severed digit(this was back in late 70's). guy kind of mentioned that wasn't too bad of a deal for something like a finger and even mentioned that losing a little finger wouldn't be a problem since we really don't use that finger(unless typing). A couple of days later, he had an accident and cut off one of his little fingers.
And here's one that really will make your day:
My wife worked for charcoal company(big red bag) who also makes charcoal starter fluid. A guy sued because he suffered 2nd & 3rd degree burns over his arms and chest because he sprayed fluid on hot burning coals and it blew up on him. Now, he admitted in court he had read the instructions about not doing this and understood the instructions. But he did it anyway. The jury awarded him a large sum of money. Again, for pain and suffering.
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I lost my finger in a car accident. Story is I was giving the driver of the car that hit me "the finger" because he was driving in our lane. He hit us headon on a New Year's Eve night. You bet I sued!!!!
skippy2 said:
So........did you loose the middle one??? :joke:
I used to work with a guy that cut off 3 fingers on his left hand using a carpet knife with his right one. They are all cut on an angle too. He used to thumb the chest of the person he was talking to with his index "STUMP" to get his point across better. That used to freak me out !! :laugh:
Police search home of woman who claimed she found severed finger in chili
Link: http://courttv.com/news/2005/0408/finger_ap.html#continue
It will be interesting to know the outcome of this case....
Link: http://courttv.com/news/2005/0408/finger_ap.html#continue
It will be interesting to know the outcome of this case....
Update: The Wendy's finger lady was arrested
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/22/finger22.TMP
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/22/wendys.finger.ap/index.html
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/22/finger22.TMP
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/22/wendys.finger.ap/index.html
