{"id":193832337,"date":"2011-02-22T10:18:57","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T10:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=193832337"},"modified":"2011-02-22T10:18:57","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T10:18:57","slug":"bella-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=193832337","title":{"rendered":"Bella Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog<\/p>\n<p>It is time for the 2011 Bella awards.  Without further ado:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>#5: On October 10, 2010, after three days of deliberation, the jury read a verdict of $10.10 in an Atlanta, Georgia wrongful death case.  Asked later, a juror said, &#8220;We are sorry that guy died.  But the irony of awarding $10.10 was irresistible.  We actually waited a few minutes to give our verdict at 10:10 a.m.  Get it now?  $10.10.  Great, right?&#8221;  <\/li>\n<li>#4: A jury in Orlando, Florida gave a defense verdict in a rear end accident case.  The defendant claimed he put his Winnebago on cruise control and went back and made himself a sandwich.  The jury agreed that it was reasonable to assume the cruise control would drive the Winnebago to its destination.  <\/li>\n<li>#3: A Richmond, Virginia jury awards no damages to a 23 year-old pedestrian who was hit by an F-150 truck while walking on the sidewalk.  The jury found the Plaintiff contributorily negligent because she was singing while she was walking.   <\/li>\n<li>#2:  Calvert County Maryland jury finds Defendant <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/findarticles.com\/p\/articles\/mi_qn4183\/is_20090526\/ai_n31898055\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrongfully shot plaintiff<\/a>.  With a gun.  In the back.  Jury awards $1.  <\/li>\n<li>#1: Patient goes to Jackson, Mississippi hospital for gallbladder surgery.  Doctor amputates leg.   A Houston, Texas jury finds in favor of the doctor.  Afterwards, the jury told the gathered press: &#8220;Hey, anyone could make that mistake.&#8221;  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/rss.justia.com\/~r\/MarylandInjuryLawyerBlogCom\/~3\/p60ZcQrauDk\/bella_awards_1.html\">https:\/\/rss.justia.com\/~r\/MarylandInjuryLawyerBlogCom\/~3\/p60ZcQrauDk\/bella_awards_1.html<\/a>oldId.20110222101857474<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog It is time for the 2011 Bella awards. Without further ado: #5: On October 10, 2010, after three days of deliberation, the jury read a verdict of $10.10 in an Atlanta, Georgia wrongful death case. Asked later, a juror said, &#8220;We are sorry that guy died. But the irony of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=193832337\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bella Awards&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193832337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193832337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=193832337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193832337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=193832337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=193832337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=193832337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}