....gotta agree with MAC,
Although this lady is seriously whacked and I hope her neighbors remember her next time she has a flat tire and needs a hand (they obviously live out in the country, note the references to farmyard chores, etc), the girls were wrong. They didn't deserve a lawsuit though.
Wrong in the sense that beating on someone's door (especially someone that lives in the sticks) at 10:30 at night, is a little curious. Especially if the person in the house repeatedly calls "who's there" and you simply beat on the door some more and then run off.
Be honest Hog, if they had done this at your house, they would've been greeted in the driveway as they "ran off" with the barrell of a gun....yes or no?
The lady should've visited the girls the next day and bi*tch slapped both of them for their stupidity. Then let it rest at that.
The court thing was really nuts. It makes me sick.
Anyway, if I had a 17 year old kid, I don't think I'd let them be running around ringing doorbells at 10:30 at night and running off. We had a name for that when I was a kid. Cookies or no cookies, it's dangerous business.