• news
  • SATURDAY FEBRUARY 5 2005 12:31 PM

Neighborly Act Results in $900 Fine

Submitted by SquidProQuo

Edited by SquidProQuo

Two Colorado teenagers have been ordered to pay $900 in medical and court costs after a gift of cookies and paper hearts caused the recipient to experience anxiety and panic attacks.

Taylor Ostergaard, then 17, and Lindsey Jo Zellitte, 18, paid the judgment on Thursday after a small claims court ruling by La Plata County Court Judge Doug Walker, a court clerk said on Friday.

The girls baked cookies as a surprise for several of their rural Colorado neighbors on July 31 and dropped off small batches on their porches, accompanied by red or pink paper hearts and the message: "Have a great night."

The Denver Post newspaper reported on Friday that the girls had decided to stay home and bake the cookies rather than go to a dance where there might be cursing and drinking.


Forty-nine year old Wanita Renea Young, one of the neighbors who received the cookies, filed suit after being seen in the emergency room of a local hospital the next day. She claims that the gift, left on her doorstep at 10:30 p.m., had frightened her so badly that she thought she had experienced a heart attack.

The judge awarded Young her medical costs, but did not award punitive damages. He said he did not think the girls had acted maliciously but that 10:30 was fairly late at night for them to be out.

  • PERMALINK
  • PRINT
  • Digg This
  • Email To A Friend
 

Previous

PAGE: 

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

 ... 7

Next

Comments
Tallboy66

Tallboy66

Chicago, IL
January 2005

FEB 05, 2005 02:10 PM

welcome to W' 04 world

WaTed

WaTed

United Kingdom
September 2002

FEB 05, 2005 02:11 PM

ganzhimself said:

WaTed said:

demetrius_z said:
Wait, you missed a photo. They look FUCKING EVIL mad eeek eeek mad eeek eeek



See?

EDIT: Wait, I didn't mean "FUCKING EVIL", I meant "sweet and cute", but not in a shaggable way.



You really sure about that?

I could see them starring in a Stephen King film adaptation. surreal


I don't know, I mean they look like your every day "normal" teenage girls. And this folks, is just another demonstration of how America is going to hell in a handbasket.



Give the girl on the left a wide-eyed, yet slightly vacant, stare, then imagine the girl on the right in the same outfit but clawed by a beast with great talons causing bloody tears, then smear blood on her face and all we need is a script and a location!

photoline

photoline

Edmonton, AB
January 2005

FEB 05, 2005 02:29 PM

Maybe the cookie monster IS real after all? eeek

I can see the sequel to "THE VILLAGE" now:

A windy mid-summer's night, the smell of fresh cookie dough in the air, mysterious red symbols appearing on people's doorsteps. Cut to a sign that reads "Stay out of the woods", with another below it that reads, "Girl Guides are EVIL". Doors slam, children run hither and thither, the porch step creaks... AAAAARRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!

attn_ho

attn_ho

Brooklyn, NY
February 2004

FEB 05, 2005 02:45 PM

im a bit pissed at this lady and would like to send her a box of cookies. in fact, id like everyone to.

i snooped online, and found an address for a w. young in durango, but ive no idea if it is her. ussearch and other websites say they can find her if i pay them 10 dollars. anyone use that service regularly? id love for everyone here to send her a box of cookies. i think she might get the message after, oh say, 30 boxes.

Synnove

Synnove

SUICIDEGIRL

New Brunswick, Canada

FEB 05, 2005 02:49 PM

what the fuck?

Horrorflick

Horrorflick

Detroit, MI
February 2003

FEB 05, 2005 02:53 PM

This is especially weird for me. I am a registered nurse, and it is my job to help people stay/get healthy. (This is a weird job for me to begin with, I'm kind of antisocial.) I do my job, even though I believe that a good portion of humanity should not survive, indeed reproduce! This is a pretty good representation of the people that embody that element of humanity for me... surreal

Feild

Feild

Quakertown, PA
December 2004

FEB 05, 2005 03:06 PM

It just goes to show you that going to a party with cursing and drinking is ALWAYS the right choice.

But seriously this is pretty ridiculous. The day I have a nervous breakdown over a batch of cookies is the day I want someone to shoot me in the face with a nail gun. Oh and what is with Colorado and the SG news lately? Crazy state...

trucksandtrains

trucksandtrains

Ottawa, ON
December 2004

FEB 05, 2005 03:41 PM

holy shit. what is the world coming to. she probably had heart burn from eating something terribly unhealthy. i can't believe that. mad

NYHCx516

NYHCx516

Madison, WI
September 2002

FEB 05, 2005 04:07 PM

thats just fucked up

Remj

Remj

Seattle, WA
April 2003

FEB 05, 2005 04:13 PM

Pecans! Evil!

AceTracer

acetracer

Hollywood, FL
January 2004

FEB 05, 2005 04:21 PM

That's what you get for not cursing or drinking.

codemonkeym

codemonkeym

Colorado Springs, CO
May 2003

FEB 05, 2005 04:25 PM

Remember, no good deed goes unpunished! frown

EatMyBabies

EatMyBabies

Medway, MA
February 2003

FEB 05, 2005 05:12 PM

demetrius_z said:
Wait, you missed a photo. They look FUCKING EVIL mad eeek eeek mad eeek eeek



See?

EDIT: Wait, I didn't mean "FUCKING EVIL", I meant "sweet and cute", but not in a shaggable way.

[Edited on Feb 05, 2005 by demetrius_z]



CAREBEAR STARE!!!

crazedlunatik

crazedlunatik

Portland, OR
February 2004

FEB 05, 2005 05:37 PM

holy shit.....



well... thats what you get for being nice....

Olivia

Olivia

STAFF

Oakland, CA

FEB 05, 2005 05:42 PM

RiffProphet said:
I always wonder about the manhood about lawyers who take these cases. I mean is money more important than their manhood and their integrity as humans? smile Same for judges. Cant they get REAL jobs?? smile smile



A lot of lawyers and judges have no manhood, being women.

Previous

PAGE: 

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

 ... 7

Next

featured interviews