How's your blood pressure today? I want to read you some very interesting results from some extraordinary legal cases.
In 1964 a California woman was driving a Porsche after having had several drinks. While driving 60 in a 25-mph zone, she had an accident in which her passenger was killed. Porsche was ordered to pay $2.5 million for having designed a car that was too high-performance for the average driver.
In 1985 an overweight man with a heart condition bought a lawnmower from Sears. Later he had a heart attack while starting the mower. He was awarded $1.8 million.
While in the process of attempting to burglarize a school, a man fell through a skylight. The company that insured the school was ordered to pay $260,000 in damages and to give the would-be burglar $1,500 a month for life…