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9.13.2002


People are just plain wack jobs. Some nut in England sued because a man wrecked into her car while having an epileptic seizure and made a contorted face. The face scared her and a judge awarded her 3500 pounds for distress. What a crock.

Here's Overlawyered's recap: "A man who suffers from epilepsy has been ordered to pay compensation to a student who was upset by his contorted face during a seizure. In a case described by an epilepsy charity as 'like something you would see on the Ally McBeal show', Edwin Young has been told to pay £3,500 to Yvonne Rennie for the mild post-traumatic stress that she suffered. Mrs Rennie sued after Mr Young suffered an epileptic fit while driving four years ago and crashed into her car at traffic lights in Perth." In addition to awarding Mrs. Rennie £1,500 for slight personal injuries and £1,000 for a fear of driving that she had developed, the magistrate accepted that she had suffered emotional injuries from observing the contorted look on Mr. Young's face during his fit, which made her think he was going to die. "Epilepsy Action Scotland described the case as 'bizarre'."

And the original story -
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/09/09/nepil09.xml

posted by JM at 11:21 AM


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