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The True Stella Awards: Honoring real cases of greedy opportunists, frivolous lawsuits, and the law run amok | 
 enlarge | Author: Randy Cassingham
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Category: Book
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Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 867588
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.8 x 1.4
ISBN: 0525949135
Dewey Decimal Number: 347.7353
EAN: 9780525949138
ASIN: 0525949135
Publication Date: November 3, 2005
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Product Description
Gathered from the popular Web site StellaAwards.com, The True Stella Awards is an outrageous collection of Americas most ridiculous and frivolous lawsuits. Named for Stella Liebeckthe woman who spilled hot McDonalds coffee on herself and then won a lawsuit against the fast-food chainhumorist Randy Cassinghams popular Web site chronicles the hard-to-believe and amusing claims that have been brought before U.S. courts. Now, for the first time in book form, The True Stella Awards presents some of the most outlandish and unbelievable-but-true lawsuits in America. Some of the Stella Award cases include:
-The man who legally changed his name to Jack Ass, and then sued MTV for $50 million because their TV show and movie Jackass infringed on his trademark and demeaned his "good name"
-The songwriter who left a minutes silence on his record only to be sued by the estate of another songwriter who copyrighted his own "silent" song
-The man who sued an amusement park after being the victim of the ultimate "Act of God": he was hit by lightning while standing next to his own car in the parking lot.
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I couldn't put it down November 21, 2005
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
It's a good thing this book arrived on a Saturday or I would never have made it to school!! Once I started reading the cases I couldn't stop. It's hard to believe that people would really go to court and try to get somebody else to pay for their own stupidity..I mean..if my Dad was stupid enough to use a metal pole to pull something of the electric line, I wouldn't want the whole world to know about it. Or if my Mom got locked in a storage shed and didn't bother to bang on the door or try to get out, (I know, the book says that lady had emotional problems, but still !!).
I hope everyone will pay attention to the last part of the book where the writer gives ideas about how to get people to stop filing these kind of lawsuits.
A great book that everyone should read November 23, 2005
M. Kooiman (Richardson, TX USA)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I've been a reader of the "This is True" and "The True Stella Awards" newsletters for years so I was eager to read this book by Randy Cassingham. Like the young reader said in an earlier review, it was hard to put the book down. The cases are interesting and amusing. The author gets his message across loud and clear: first with many, many cases (each getting an even bigger "eye roll" than the last) and then by bringing us back to Earth with suggestions for how we can fix the system.
Fascinating, accurate, fair and I couldn't put it down. November 24, 2005
Dave Hall (Dallas)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a collection of real lawsuits that waste court time, legal talent and, maybe more importantly waste money, money that eventually comes from consumers and taxpayers. Mr. Cassingham has referenced all of the suits to prove that no matter how outrageous the suit may seem, all in the book are true.
I could not put the book down. I read it in one day which is rare for me. I think every US citizen should read this book. All but the most unethical personal injury lawyers will enjoy it.
Accurate and funny - truly rare November 25, 2005
Melodie A. Selby (The real Washington)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Randy Cassingham is a great writer with a good sense of ethics. He actually researches what he writes (rare these days). This book is a great combination of amusing stories and concrete ideas about what we can do to reform our legal.
Buy two copies of this book - one for you and one for your local lawmaker!
The True Stella Awards November 28, 2005
B. Allen (Alberta Canada)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a great book - amazing that such frivolous lawsuits actually make it to court! And often win the cases!!!! It sometimes actually makes the reader angry, but is often so hilarious you can't help but laugh! And shake your head in wonder. Well worth buying.
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