More signs America is getting Weirder

[callistra]

Basic story:

Two girls decided to stay home and bake cookies for some of their neighbours. One of the neighbours got so scared of the girls knocking on her door at 10:30ish at night, she rang the cops. The cops said there was no danger. The next day, she suffered an anxiety attack and went to hospital because of it. The girls apologized, and offered to pay costs. She refused, and took them to court *anyway*. And won.

My skin crawls. The woman should be beaten to death with a stick. If someone does something nice, you do NOT act like a total ... total... total.... I can't think of a word strong enough. I don't get why she would refuse to allow the girls to pay for everything, or apologize, and then TAKE THEM TO COURT OVER IT. I also can NOT believe the judge allowed this to happen. Apparently the half a dozen or so other neighbours who recieved the cookies all sent in letters saying how great they were. :-) Talk about a kick in the teeth for kind acts. Why do people want to live like this?

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%7E53%7E2691638,00.html

Comments

It's not just in American that greedy litigious people live.

[anysia.livejournal.com]

But the good news is, even though she 'won' she only got what the kids and their parents offered to pay in the first place.

The judge said the same thing by his findings, for them to pay her medical bills, but no punitive damages, no court costs, nada (thereby saying but NOT say outloud) he didn't think she was as all shook up as she claimed to be, and the kids did nothing wrong.

I think the stupid harridan should be flogged for her penurious litigious actions. And then shunned.

[numbat.livejournal.com]

Just another reminder that no matter how bad it becomes here it's still better than living in the USA.

[kremmen.livejournal.com]

Don't worry. Colorado is a pretty good place generally, despite one evil old woman. The girls are going on Good Morning America, possibly even Leno. Individuals and a cookie company are offering them money and other presents.

See the followup article here (http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E53%257E2693647,00.html).