Girls Get Donations in Colo. Cookie Case

Yahoo ^ | 2/10/05 | ROBERT WELLER

[Old Grumpy]

I have no sympathy for the Youngs either. They are mean-spirited people.

[Fierce Allegiance]

When in a hole.. stop digging... thank you.

I'd never make any money if I did that.

BTW, I hope my kids never have to deal with crank old schmucks like thes folks.

[Little Pig]

And they should drag the local TV media along for the ride, so everyone can see the girls hand over that check, and get a good look at the people who were too mean-spirited to keep such a minor incident out of the public eye. Ol' Herb seems to be unaware that any court proceeding like this is public record anyway, so it's not like no one could ever find out.

[dcnd9]

She's only 47!!!!

[DB]

How about a porch light...

[teenyelliott]

I don't think the woman is impaired. Probably the type who buys a neck brace to show up in court after a wreck, when she seemed fine at the monster truck and tractor pull the day before. Something for nothing, you know the type. She probably went to the hospital with the idea of suing in mind.

[rhc2000]

Dog years...

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Why do they need a lawyer?

Perhaps to guard their stoop. (At $300/hour.)

[taxesareforever]

"My home isn't a home any more," Young said. "We are all on pins and needles."


Kind of like the night the girls showed up with their cookies? Boo hoooooooooo.

[dfwright]

"It's horrible, nobody has heard our side,"

*sniff* *sniff* I really feel bad for you. Perhaps I should send over some cookies to assuage your pain...

[dfwright]

Why do they need a lawyer?

"My home isn't a home any more," Young said. "We are all on pins and needles."

Obviously for the follow-up suit for mental anguish caused by all the attention.

[GovernmentShrinker]

But they could have prevented it from happening if they had just shut their mouths when they came out of (small claims) court.

Uh, Herb, YOU could have prevented it from happening if YOU had just accepted the girls' generous offer to pay your messed up wife's medical bills, and NOT TAKEN THEM TO COURT!

[kingu]

How about a porch light...

The Youngs sued in small claims court for $3,000, an amount that included the cost of installing a porch light with a motion sensor. They only got the out of pocket medical expenses not covered by insurance, which the family had already offered to pay, and which the family reiterated to the judge at the small claims hearing.

My guess is that had they fought it, the woman would have won nothing at all. The judge did as both parties wanted him to do, which is pretty durn rare these days.

And again, it bears repeating; when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. (Unless that's your job, you've checked to insure that there are no high pressure lines at the site, and you've a proper permit to do so...)

[ironmaidenPR2717]

Methinks they've after even more money for the extreme "pain and suffering" they're experiencing because the girls talked to the press. I would caution these kids to be very, very careful of what they say because the Youngs are out for blood and all it takes is one (more) judge to agree with them.

[najida]

Geez,
What an Azz!

[Romad Wife]

I know these girls didn't go out seeking the newspaper or the news media. They came to the girls and the girls spoke.
this guy and his wife need to get a life.
I'm for the girls all the way!
Where do I give?

[kingu]

[...] all it takes is one (more) judge to agree with them

The judge ruled as the plaintiffs and defendants wanted; the families of the two girls wanted to pay the out of pocket expenses for going to the hospital, which was what the judgment was for.

[Williams]

This happened to me somewhat at work years ago. I had a couple of boxes of Girl Scout cookies and wanted to stop eating them. So I divided them up and sent batches via interoffice envelopes to a number of people in the office. One woman proceeded to go into a melodrama about thinking that someone was trying to poison her.

[Eaker]

Teenage girls knocking on your door scare you?