Sometimes I get the feeling I’m not a true American because I have yet to sue anyone.
Now Michele Nations is a real American. In 1994 she was walking at a municipal park in Tucson, Arizona, when she tripped over a 5 inch deep, 10 inch diameter hole made by a gopher or squirrel. As a result Nations sprained her ankle.
The other day she was awarded $450,000 in her lawsuit against the city which claimed that park officials had not given adequate warning of possible dangers from gopher and squirrel holes.
As an attorney for the city told the Arizona Star, “You would think in a park — in a natural space — people should have to watch where they’re going.” Apparently not — we’re Americans, damn it, and asking us to take any sort of personal responsibility is simply going too far.
(Thanks to Overlawyered.Com for digging up these goofy lawsuits).