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Guess what happens in Durango, Colorado when teenagers want to surprise neighbors with nighttime deliveries of home-baked treats? They end up losing a lawsuit. You've got to be kidding me, right? Wrong! Here's the story. Two teenage girls decided one
evening last summer to skip a dance to stay home and bake cookies for
their neighbors, then deliver the tasty treats to their neighbor's homes. On that summer night, just as dusk arrived a little
after 9 p.m., the girls began their deliveries. They didn't stop at houses
that were dark. But where lights shone, the girls figured people were
awake and in need of cookies. Like getting sued? Long story short, the woman ended up in the hospital emergency room the next day after suffering a severe anxiety attack she thought might be a heart attack. The girls wrote letters of apology to the woman, one of the letters stating, in part: "I didn't realize this would cause trouble for you. ... I just wanted you to know that someone cared about you and your family." One of the girls' parents wrote a letter to the court that stated, "We feel that knocking on a door and leaving cookies is a gesture of kindness and would not create an anxiety attack in the general public." Court records contained half a dozen letters from
neighbors who said that they enjoyed the unexpected treats. The cookies
were good. It was a nice surprise. They weren't scared. The woman also sought money for her "pain and
suffering," but the judge awarded nothing on that count. Oh well, I guess
one out of two isn't bad. You bet they did. And what lesson did they learn:
That no good deed goes unpunished. Return to You've Got To Be Kidding Me page. Or check out our Stupid Lawsuit Collection by clicking here.
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