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 #1 Posted: 28 Jul 2009 12:40 pm Post subject: so someone won the lottery and got sued |
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(July 27) -- Michael and Amanda Stacy won 30,000 British pounds after hitting the jackpot on a lottery ticket late last year. The only problem with their good fortune was it wasn't theirs.
The ticket -- worth more than $49,000 -- had been bought by Dorothy McDonagh, who later dropped it on the floor of a supermarket, according to an Agence France-Presse report.
After McDonagh proved she was the rightful owner of the ticket, a court in Swindon, England, ordered the Stacys to return 15,000 pounds to McDonagh, plus 111 pounds in interest, in a decision announced Friday. The couple had already spent the other half of the prize money.
"It's jolly decent of them to let me have a half share of my win," McDonagh said after the court decision. The 61-year-old will have to sue Camelot Group, the operators of the UK National Lottery, if she wants to recover the remainder of her money.
The Stacys, who in April were given an 11-month suspended jail sentence for fraud in the case, claimed they thought the money was rightfully theirs, under the assumption "finders keepers." |
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| #2 Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:17 pm Post subject: |
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that is complete and under crap. The old lady lost her ticket. Someone found it and got a ray of luck. society is all screwed up.
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| #3 Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:18 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, that's unfortunate.
What kind of court would even allow that kind of appeal?
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| #4 Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Tyrael wrote: | Yeah, that's unfortunate.
What kind of court would even allow that kind of appeal? |
i dont know but they are retarded.
She had lost the property, once something is lost it is gone, she did not have posession of the winning ticket. therefore when the people bothered picking it up off the ground they became in possession of the ticket. And trust me... possession is 9/10 the law lol
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| #5 Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:30 pm Post subject: |
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Well, according to U.S. standards it is, right?
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| Tyrael wrote: | | Well, according to U.S. standards it is, right? |
ya, but lets use a hypothetical to explain it better.
say it wasnt a lottery ticket, it was a bag of drugs(insert your own drug name here)
and the people picked it up. they would go to jail because according to law it is theirs because they are in possession of it....
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| #7 Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:44 pm Post subject: |
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| the_pillo wrote: | | Tyrael wrote: | | Well, according to U.S. standards it is, right? |
ya, but lets use a hypothetical to explain it better.
say it wasnt a lottery ticket, it was a bag of drugs(insert your own drug name here)
and the people picked it up. they would go to jail because according to law it is theirs because they are in possession of it.... |
Yes, but a drug is a dangerous thing that can lead to addiction, hazardous decision-making, and death.
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| Tyrael wrote: | | the_pillo wrote: | | Tyrael wrote: | | Well, according to U.S. standards it is, right? |
ya, but lets use a hypothetical to explain it better.
say it wasnt a lottery ticket, it was a bag of drugs(insert your own drug name here)
and the people picked it up. they would go to jail because according to law it is theirs because they are in possession of it.... |
Yes, but a drug is a dangerous thing that can lead to addiction, hazardous decision-making, and death. |
well i had meant it as a hypothetical. but as for the dangerous part. let me remind that lottery is gambling which is addictive, causes hazardous decision making(spending too much money), does not cause death.... atleast i dont think it does...
but ya lol, i mean it would be a nice thing to return the ticket but if that was the case then the lady should have given them a reward, not jail time.
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| #9 Posted: 29 Jul 2009 09:00 am Post subject: |
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Well they spent half of it, and she seemed happy that they returned it. So they returned 15,111 pounds and were able to keep the rest for themselves.
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| #10 Posted: 29 Jul 2009 02:55 pm Post subject: |
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i feel as if thats not a lot of money for a jackpot
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Wow lol, you can sue anyone for anything today xD
I heard there was this lady who sued McDonalds because their coffee was too hot and she burnt herself.
If I remember correctly she even got a settlement off of this.
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| arxyn wrote: | Wow lol, you can sue anyone for anything today xD
I heard there was this lady who sued McDonalds because their coffee was too hot and she burnt herself.
If I remember correctly she even got a settlement off of this. |
i heard about that, it is such crap lol
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| arxyn wrote: | Wow lol, you can sue anyone for anything today xD
I heard there was this lady who sued McDonalds because their coffee was too hot and she burnt herself.
If I remember correctly she even got a settlement off of this. |
that woman should from now on always get ice cold coffee from all stores lol |
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| Happyguy44 wrote: | | arxyn wrote: | Wow lol, you can sue anyone for anything today xD
I heard there was this lady who sued McDonalds because their coffee was too hot and she burnt herself.
If I remember correctly she even got a settlement off of this. |
that woman should from now on always get ice cold coffee from all stores lol |
That is pretty pathetic. Of course its gonna be hot you retard. Stupid people just can't cool it down in anyway. People sue for the stupidest things! |
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| Naitto.x wrote: | | Happyguy44 wrote: | | arxyn wrote: | Wow lol, you can sue anyone for anything today xD
I heard there was this lady who sued McDonalds because their coffee was too hot and she burnt herself.
If I remember correctly she even got a settlement off of this. |
that woman should from now on always get ice cold coffee from all stores lol |
That is pretty pathetic. Of course its gonna be hot you retard. Stupid people just can't cool it down in anyway. People sue for the stupidest things! |
I say they shouldn't give the stuipd people free stuff they should just let em die |
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| #16 Posted: 15 Aug 2009 03:30 am Post subject: |
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The law in England is different that in the USA, there's special cases for when this sort of thing happens
The ticket wasn't lost, it was just misplaced by her. And if she could prove that it was hers- case closed
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Who the hell would lose his ticket in the supermrket? lol
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Lol'd thats pretty funny'
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