Thats how the cookie crumbles...
This was a story in the news. Thanks to a friend for showing it to me:
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MSNBC wrote:
That’s the way the cookie crumbles
Frightened neighbor sues teens over late-night gift — and wins
DURANGO, Colo. - Two teenage girls who surprised their neighbors with homemade cookies late one night were ordered to pay nearly $900 in medical bills plus court costs for a woman who says she was so startled that she had to go to the hospital.
La Plata County Court Judge Doug Walker declined Thursday to award punitive damages, saying he did not believe the girls acted maliciously but that 10:30 was fairly late at night for them to be out.
Taylor Ostergaard, then 17, and Lindsey Jo Zellitti, then 18, baked the chocolate chip and sugar cookies one night last July. They made packages with a half-dozen cookies each and added large red or pink construction-paper hearts that carried the message, “Have a great night” and were signed with their first initials: “Love, The T and L Club.” Then they set off to make their deliveries.
The Denver Post reported 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.
‘Shadowy figures’ and no answer to ‘Who’s there?’
But Wanita Renea Young, 49, said she was at her rural home south of Durango around 10:30 p.m. when she saw “shadowy figures” outside the house banging repeatedly on her door. She yelled, “Who’s there?” but no one answered, and the figures ran away.
The teens said they did not answer when the woman called out because they wanted the treats to be a surprise.
Frightened, Young spent the night at her sister’s home, then went to the hospital the next morning because she was still shaking, had an upset stomach and feared she had had a heart attack.
Apologies called insincere
The teenagers’ families offered to pay Young’s medical bills, but she declined and sued, saying their apologies were not sincere and were not offered in person.
The girls declined comment after the ruling. Taylor’s mother said her daughter “cried and cried.”
“She felt she was being punished for doing something nice,” Jill Ostergaard said.
Young said the teenagers showed “very poor judgment”
“The victory wasn’t sweet,” Young said. “I’m not gloating about it. I just hope the girls learned a lesson.”
The two were ordered to pay $871.70 plus $39 in court costs. They paid the judgment Thursday, a court clerk said Friday.
© 2005 MSNBC Interactive
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The Vault Dweller
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MSNBC wrote:
That’s the way the cookie crumbles
Frightened neighbor sues teens over late-night gift — and wins
DURANGO, Colo. - Two teenage girls who surprised their neighbors with homemade cookies late one night were ordered to pay nearly $900 in medical bills plus court costs for a woman who says she was so startled that she had to go to the hospital.
La Plata County Court Judge Doug Walker declined Thursday to award punitive damages, saying he did not believe the girls acted maliciously but that 10:30 was fairly late at night for them to be out.
Taylor Ostergaard, then 17, and Lindsey Jo Zellitti, then 18, baked the chocolate chip and sugar cookies one night last July. They made packages with a half-dozen cookies each and added large red or pink construction-paper hearts that carried the message, “Have a great night” and were signed with their first initials: “Love, The T and L Club.” Then they set off to make their deliveries.
The Denver Post reported 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.
‘Shadowy figures’ and no answer to ‘Who’s there?’
But Wanita Renea Young, 49, said she was at her rural home south of Durango around 10:30 p.m. when she saw “shadowy figures” outside the house banging repeatedly on her door. She yelled, “Who’s there?” but no one answered, and the figures ran away.
The teens said they did not answer when the woman called out because they wanted the treats to be a surprise.
Frightened, Young spent the night at her sister’s home, then went to the hospital the next morning because she was still shaking, had an upset stomach and feared she had had a heart attack.
Apologies called insincere
The teenagers’ families offered to pay Young’s medical bills, but she declined and sued, saying their apologies were not sincere and were not offered in person.
The girls declined comment after the ruling. Taylor’s mother said her daughter “cried and cried.”
“She felt she was being punished for doing something nice,” Jill Ostergaard said.
Young said the teenagers showed “very poor judgment”
“The victory wasn’t sweet,” Young said. “I’m not gloating about it. I just hope the girls learned a lesson.”
The two were ordered to pay $871.70 plus $39 in court costs. They paid the judgment Thursday, a court clerk said Friday.
© 2005 MSNBC Interactive
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,The Vault Dweller
Yeah,I BET they learned a lesson alright.
The world is a sucky place full of sucky people and it doesn't pay to be nice. *bah*
The world is a sucky place full of sucky people and it doesn't pay to be nice. *bah*
Well, there's one lady who'll be getting a bit of a cold shoulder in town for the next few days. Assuming, or course, she works in a town small enough for people to notice.
10:30 late at night for a 17 and 18 year old girls?? Only in Colorado....jeeze
First of all, I hate these kinds of people that punish someone else for trying to do something nice. That woman'll probably die now and I'll laugh my ass off. Scared by shadowy figures my ass.
Second of all, who pays $871.70? WTF? Just make it $875 or something.
People suck.
Second of all, who pays $871.70? WTF? Just make it $875 or something.
People suck.
It seems you can sue anybody for anything these days... My mom got sued by a jackarse claiming she sexually harased him BAH...he was just frickin mad she was about to fire him... Now I have no doubt she harased him (shes just that kind of a drill sergent type person) but sexual.. people that stupid should be hanged, luckily he dropped it...
But yeah its pretty bad when you can't do anything without fear of being sued by some idiot
But yeah its pretty bad when you can't do anything without fear of being sued by some idiot
The laws in U.S is sick, i'm kinda glad I live in Norway sometimes
If she was that scared, why didn't she just blow them away with a shotgun? That is the American way, is it not?
WOOT yeah sabre if they are on your lawn and you dont want them there you can do what eva the heck you want todo to get them off, the american dream, gives me the warm fuzzies inside ya know... Makes me feel like the shotgun I have kept clean beside my bed will have its day... the rifle, and the paintball sniper will have its day also, freedom to bare arms, another "American Dream" huh sabre?
I hope people who feel sorry for the lady send her some gift baskets...filled with cookies.
Oh the horror!,
The Vault Dweller
Oh the horror!,
The Vault Dweller
