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Sleazy Neighbor fails to hit Jackpot against Cookie Baking Teens
 Hat Tip DRUDGETeens Fined for Giving Cookies to Neighbor
I guess ol' Wanita's treats should have been spiked with Valium The pair were ordered to pay $871.70 plus $39 in court costs after neighbor Wanita Renea Young, 49, filed a lawsuit complaining that the unsolicited cookies, left at her house after the girls knocked on her door, had triggered an anxiety attack that sent her to the hospital the next day. Or as Fred Sanford used to say "Elizabeth I'm comin' to join you. This is the big one..." Taylor Ostergaard, then 17, and Lindsey Jo Zellitte, 18, paid the judgment on Thursday after a small claims court ruling by La Plata County Court Judge Doug Walker, a court clerk said on Friday. The girls baked cookies as a surprise for several of their rural Colorado neighbors on July 31 and dropped off small batches on their porches, accompanied by red or pink paper hearts and the message: "Have a great night." The Denver Post newspaper reported on Friday that the girls had decided to stay home and bake the cookies rather than go to a dance where there might be cursing and drinking. It reported that six neighbors wrote letters entered as evidence in the case thanking the girls for the cookies. Interesting. They'd have been better off hearing the cursing, which they probably heard from ol' Wanita anyway. But Young said she was frightened because the two had knocked on her door at about 10:30 p.m. and run off after leaving the cookies. She went to a hospital emergency room the next day, fearing that she had suffered a heart attack, court records said. As I said, Fred Sanford... The judge awarded Young her medical costs, but did not award punitive damages. He said he did not think the girls had acted maliciously but that 10:30 was fairly late at night for them to be out. True, 10:30 was late, but an 18-year-old is still allowed, and I imagine that the parents were watching out... Seems like ol' Wanita is now going to be especially unpopular in the neighborhood. Looks like she was going for the Super Lotto, and got just 4 out of 6 - no mega number. Posted by: BigEd 2005-02-04 |
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