A 27-year-old Michigan man was involved in a minor rear-end collision.  Four years later, he sued the man who rear-ended him, claiming the accident caused a change in his sexuality.  He no longer desired his wife and was unable to perform sexually.  He claimed that the accident actually changed his entire personality, causing him to leave his wife, move in with his parents, and begin hanging out in gay bars.  The worst part of this case?  He actually won it!  He was awarded $200,000 and his wife was awarded $25,000.

 

 

 

 

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday found that the maker of Louisville Slugger baseball bats failed to adequately warn about the dangers the product can pose, awarding a family $850,000 for the 2003 death of their son in a baseball game.Family awarded $850,000 in aluminum bat lawsuit A jury on Wednesday found that the maker of Louisville Slugger baseball bats failed to adequately warn about the dangers the product can pose, awarding a family $850,000 for the 2003 death of their son in a baseball game.The family of Brandon Patch argued that aluminum baseball bats are dangerous because they cause the baseball to travel at a greater speed. They contended that their 18-year-old son did not have enough time to react to the ball being struck before it hit him in the head while he was pitching in an American Legion baseball game in Helena in 2003. The Lewis and Clark County District Court jury awarded a total of $850,000 in damages against Louisville,-based Hillerich & Bradsby for failure to place warnings on the product.The teen’s mother, Debbie Patch, was stunned by the verdict. The family rejoiced and cried as the verdict was read. “We never expected it,” she said. “We just hoped we could get the truth out for more people to see.”Patch said she hopes the decision will make more people aware of the dangers associated with aluminum bats and that more youth leagues will switch to using wooden bats.  “We just want to save someone else’s life,” Patch said.

 

 

It’s not that I don’t have pity on some of these folks…and we all know there’s two sides to every story. The end result is that lawyers almost always end up getting paid…sometimes just to “go away” but it is your money that pays them and that’s the part I have issues with. After 48 years I sure there’s nothing I can do to change any of this…except to poke a little fun at it.

 

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