Re: RE : Securedoc project - Additional information

Subject: Re: RE : Securedoc project - Additional information
From: Lee Hunter <lee -dot- hunter -at- hum -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:15:14 -0400


Quoting Keri Morgret <kerilists -at- morgret -dot- net>:

>
> What are the Stella awards? Is this similar to the Darwin awards, where
> people die (and remove themselves from the gene pool) by doing stupid things?


They are tongue-in-cheek awards for supposedly frivolous lawsuits, named after
Stella Liebeck who sued Mcdonalds after being scalded by their coffee. She was
awarded $2.7 million in punitive damages.

The case sounds outrageous on the surface but there are some interesting details
here:

http://www.stellaawards.com/stella.html



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References:
RE : Securedoc project - Additional information: From: Solena . LEMOIGNE
RE : Securedoc project - Additional information: From: Keri Morgret

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