This might not be a good news article for in class discussion, but it's so crazy I had to share: Girls sued for delivering cookies starts like this:
Cookie Delivery Sparks $900 Medical BillAnother article about the cookie incident, this one with a picture, starts like this:DURANGO, Colo. (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.
Two teenage girls decided one summer's evening to skip a dance where there might be cursing and drinking to stay home and bake cookies for their neighbors.Posted by James Trotta at February 6, 2005 3:18 PMBig mistake.
They were sued, successfully, for an unauthorized cookie drop on one porch.
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