Ever heard of the Stella Awards?

No? Pity, because better than most things they give an idea of the insanity that increasingly has the legal system in its grip.

The Stella Awards were started in 1992 on behalf of ridiculous lawsuits.

They’ve sort of been taken over by Randy Cassingham whose 2005 book, The True Stella Awards, separates genuine cases from fabricated ones — sometimes difficult to figure out — the courts and juries being what they are.

The awards are named after Stella Liebeck who spilled a cup of McDonald’s coffee on her lap while in a car driven by her grandson in New Mexico and suffered third-degree burns. She sued, and the jury awarded her $2.9 million, which the judge reduced to $640,000, because she was found to be 20% responsible for her injuries.

Stella died in 2004 at age 91, but her memory lives on in the Stella Awards.

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