Indian Larry
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I think i would of done the same thing as he did. read this tell me your thoughts.........
Lotto woe in win-ville
Hosp workers sue as colleague
in pool says jackpot tix is his alone
John Piccolo (above), who won $175,000 Mega Million prize, refuses to share his winnings with co-worker Veronica Edmondson (below).
Beware the office lottery pool.
Three hospital employees who thought they were about to split a second-place Mega Millions jackpot worth $175,000 are suing a co-worker who insists he bought the winning ticket for himself.
"I felt betrayed," said Veronica Edmondson, who is among the trio of Mount Sinai Medical Center office workers suing John Piccolo, the office's regular designated lottery ticket buyer. "We trusted him with our money."
Edmondson, 30, of the Bronx, said joy turned to anger when Piccolo called in late for work on Nov. 3 - a day after the drawing.
"Don't be mad at me, but I just won the Mega Million second prize," he told her, according to court papers.
"I exclaimed: 'We won, John!' to which Mr. Piccolo responded: 'No, I won,'" Edmondson said in an affidavit.
Edmondson told the Daily News yesterday that Piccolo offered to give her a Mega Millions umbrella that officials handed him when he picked up his check.
"He said, 'There is nothing you can do. The courts won't take it.' He even had the nerve to come to work and show us the receipt for the money with the taxes taken out of it," she added.
Piccolo, 34, bought $3 worth of tickets for the Nov. 2, 2004 drawing. And while he admits taking part in the office pool, he insists the winning ticket he purchased at a Queens supermarket was bought for himself.
"I was happy, I was excited, I thought we could pay off all of our bills," the Queens man told the Daily News.
But his lottery dream quickly became a nightmare.
Piccolo said office tension caused his blood pressure to skyrocket and give him panic attacks. He's now out of work with a back problem.
"It was a very, very stressful win," Piccolo said.
Now he's facing more stress: In a decision made public yesterday, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Marylin Diamond said his co-workers have a convincing case.
She refused to throw out the lawsuit and froze $81,750 of the $109,000 Piccolo collected after taxes.
Piccolo offered each person in the pool $1,000 - but later halved it to $500 saying he needed money for a down payment on a house. "He offered some money because he thought it was the right thing to do," said his lawyer, Thomas Weiss.
Piccolo used some of his winnings for a Honda Accord, to pay off credit card debt, and pay tuition for online studies at the University of Phoenix.
Edmondson, Denise Beaulieu and Joan Pitcan plan to press on with their case. Two other co-workers who were in on the regular lottery pool decided not to fight.
"I guess he got amnesia when he got the money," said attorney Joey Jackson, who represents Edmondson, Beaulieu and Pitcan.
Lotto woe in win-ville
Hosp workers sue as colleague
in pool says jackpot tix is his alone
John Piccolo (above), who won $175,000 Mega Million prize, refuses to share his winnings with co-worker Veronica Edmondson (below).
Beware the office lottery pool.
Three hospital employees who thought they were about to split a second-place Mega Millions jackpot worth $175,000 are suing a co-worker who insists he bought the winning ticket for himself.
"I felt betrayed," said Veronica Edmondson, who is among the trio of Mount Sinai Medical Center office workers suing John Piccolo, the office's regular designated lottery ticket buyer. "We trusted him with our money."
Edmondson, 30, of the Bronx, said joy turned to anger when Piccolo called in late for work on Nov. 3 - a day after the drawing.
"Don't be mad at me, but I just won the Mega Million second prize," he told her, according to court papers.
"I exclaimed: 'We won, John!' to which Mr. Piccolo responded: 'No, I won,'" Edmondson said in an affidavit.
Edmondson told the Daily News yesterday that Piccolo offered to give her a Mega Millions umbrella that officials handed him when he picked up his check.
"He said, 'There is nothing you can do. The courts won't take it.' He even had the nerve to come to work and show us the receipt for the money with the taxes taken out of it," she added.
Piccolo, 34, bought $3 worth of tickets for the Nov. 2, 2004 drawing. And while he admits taking part in the office pool, he insists the winning ticket he purchased at a Queens supermarket was bought for himself.
"I was happy, I was excited, I thought we could pay off all of our bills," the Queens man told the Daily News.
But his lottery dream quickly became a nightmare.
Piccolo said office tension caused his blood pressure to skyrocket and give him panic attacks. He's now out of work with a back problem.
"It was a very, very stressful win," Piccolo said.
Now he's facing more stress: In a decision made public yesterday, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Marylin Diamond said his co-workers have a convincing case.
She refused to throw out the lawsuit and froze $81,750 of the $109,000 Piccolo collected after taxes.
Piccolo offered each person in the pool $1,000 - but later halved it to $500 saying he needed money for a down payment on a house. "He offered some money because he thought it was the right thing to do," said his lawyer, Thomas Weiss.
Piccolo used some of his winnings for a Honda Accord, to pay off credit card debt, and pay tuition for online studies at the University of Phoenix.
Edmondson, Denise Beaulieu and Joan Pitcan plan to press on with their case. Two other co-workers who were in on the regular lottery pool decided not to fight.
"I guess he got amnesia when he got the money," said attorney Joey Jackson, who represents Edmondson, Beaulieu and Pitcan.
Thats what i say get your own damm ticket.Or at least get a copy of the tickets.So there is no complaints, but in any case i would of said i bought the ticket for my self t
r for that matter i would not of showed up for work at all.$100,000.00 that alot of money for me to say "see ya"..
