I’m sure you remember the case of the woman who sued a fast-food store after she spilled a cup of hot coffee on her lap while seated behind the wheel of her car. The woman held the hot cup of coffee between her legs as she maneuvered her car back into traffic.

So ridiculous was the jury’s finding, that a new category of awards was named in her honor. These are the "Stella Awards," named for the woman who received a huge sum of money for making such a stupid mistake — her mistake, not the restaurant’s.

The latest winner of the Stella Awards purchased a 32-foot motor home somewhere out west. The owner of the motor home is a woman. We’re not picking on women, just reporting the facts of the case. She had been to a football game and was returning home. After getting out of heavy football fan traffic, she drives onto the freeway and heads for home.

After establishing her lane, the woman sets the motor home’s cruise control at 70 m.p.h. So far, so good. Then the driver gets up and walks to the kitchen area near the rear of the motor home. There she begins making a sandwich. Try not to get ahead of me here.

Of course, the motor home leaves the highway, runs down an embankment and overturns in a creekbed. Luckily, the woman suffers only minor cuts and bruises. After she gets out of the hospital, the woman decides to sue the manufacturer, saying "nowhere in the owner’s manual did it say you couldn’t do that." She even finds a lawyer who will plead her case.

As incredible as it may seem, the jury actually finds in favor of the woman in the motor home. She is awarded $1.75 million. That’s correct — nearly two million bucks!

Not only that, the manufacturer revises the driver’s manual to notify future owners that "it is not advisable to leave the driver’s seat while the motor home is in motion."