This week, I decided to give you all a double dose of Oops Awards. The first is a pretty crazy lawsuit over a lottery prize and a back injury. The second is so crazy, I'm going to let you read it for yourself. Here we go...
For one Ohio businessman, the odds were not in his favor when a back injury caused him to lose out on his office lottery pool winning $99 million. Now Edward Hairston is suing them over what he says should be his share of the prize. His reasoning is that he participated in the pool for the past eight years with his colleagues before a back injury put him out of work for June, July, and August. The group matched all six numbers on August 5.
Hairston's attorney told ABCNews.com that there apparently was an agreement that when one co-worker was out, the others would cover for them. The attorney added that Hairston even "covered for a co-worker who was on a leave of absence." The lawyer for the 22 co-workers told ABCNews.com that the "Plaintiff didn't play for three months and despite being invited to do so through email he chose not to put money in, therefore he can't be a winner."
The second Oops Award is ridiculous! According to Billboard.com, a 36-year-old man broke into Celine Dion's Montreal home and decided to do more than just steal things. He raided the fridge and took the time to pour himself a bath before he was nabbed by police. The man even had the audacity to eat a pastry while waiting for his bath and asked the police what they were doing at the house; almost like it was his home! Police spokesman, Franco Di Genova, said the man "had jumped a fence to get on the property and used a garage door opener that he found in an unlocked vehicle to gain access to the residence."
All I have to say about these two is...wow!
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