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« on: Feb 4th, 2005, 4:38pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
DURANGO, Colorado (AP) -- Two teenage girls who surprised their neighbors with homemade cookies late one night were ordered to pay nearly $900 in medical bills for a woman who says she was so startled that she had to go to the hospital.
 
Judge Doug Walker declined Thursday to award punitive damages, saying he did not believe the girls acted maliciously.
 
Taylor Ostergaard, 17, and Lindsey Jo Zellitti, 18, baked the chocolate chip and sugar cookies one night last July.
They made packages with a half-dozen cookies each and added large red or pink construction-paper hearts that carried the message, "Have a great night."
The notes were signed with their first initials: "Love, The T and L Club."
 
Then they set off to make their deliveries.
 
Wanita Renea Young, 49, said she was at her rural home south of Durango around 10:30 p.m. when she said saw "shadowy figures" outside the house banging repeatedly on her door.
 
She yelled, "Who's there?" but no one answered, and the figures ran away.
 
Frightened, she spent the night at her sister's home, then went to the hospital the next morning because she was still shaking and had an upset stomach.
The teenagers' families offered to pay Young's medical bills, but she declined and sued, saying their apologies were not sincere and were not offered in person.
The girls declined comment after the ruling. Taylor's mother said the girl "cried and cried."
 
"She felt she was being punished for doing something nice," Jill Ostergaard said.
 
Young said the teenagers showed "very poor judgment"
"The victory wasn't sweet," Young said. "I'm not gloating about it. I just hope the girls learned a lesson."
The teens said they did not answer when the woman called out because they wanted the treats to be a surprise.
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« Reply #1 on: Feb 4th, 2005, 4:39pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
this is just stupid.  I can't believe this wasn't thrown out of court.
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« Reply #2 on: Feb 4th, 2005, 5:50pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Crabby old witch!  Angry
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« Reply #3 on: Feb 4th, 2005, 5:50pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Ummm...the lady in the story.  Not you, Rhune!
 
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« Reply #4 on: Feb 4th, 2005, 6:45pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
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« Reply #5 on: Feb 4th, 2005, 10:15pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Thank god the judge was smart enough not to give this lady even more money.  They shouldn't have even had to pay medical bills.  Geez, she seems a little jumpy to me anyway, its not like she's elderly, she's 49. If she was so concerned why didn't she just call the cops?
 
I agree with Rupey.  Crabby old Witch!  (only not witch but close Smiley)
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« Reply #6 on: Feb 4th, 2005, 10:18pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too, Angel! :laff:
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« Reply #7 on: Feb 6th, 2005, 1:13pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
And what do you suppose the lesson these girls really learned was?
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« Reply #8 on: Feb 6th, 2005, 1:14pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I'm thinking the lesson is that it pays to be a crabby old witch and doesn't pay to do nice things for others...
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« Reply #9 on: Feb 6th, 2005, 2:26pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Hey, at 49, I would have scared the beegeebers outta them!  Who is this woman hiding from?
 
She needs a sense of humor transplant.  If she'd been thinking, she could have come out the back door and around to the front and scared  :yikes: the dickens out of them Grin
 
Now that is my  :twocents: on this subject  :laff:  
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Oh, I'm thinking they won't be baking cookies for anyone ever again Wink
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« Reply #11 on: Feb 7th, 2005, 10:18pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
makes you think twice about doing something nice for people doesn't it!
 
if she was really that scared she should have called the police.
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