pyramid head Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Blame Stella Liebeck. It was her ridiculous lawsuit against McDonald's that started the avalanche. Back in 1992, 79-year-old Stella spilled a cup of McDonald's coffee on her lap and burned herself. Everyone laughed when she declared she was suing McDonald's, until a jury awarded her $2.9m. Now outrageous lawsuits are a fact of life no matter how farcical. The latest involves ex-con Dawud Yaduallah, who is suing a prison nurse in the US after she sent him to his cell even though medication had given him a painful 55-hour erection that wouldn't go away. It seems that particular dose of "hard" time was just too much for Yaduallah. But even his legal action isn't so harebrained when compared to the Ten Most Ridiculous Lawsuits Of All Time. 1. Beers 'n' babes During the 1990s Budweiser ran a series of adverts where two beautiful women appeared in front of two truck drivers drinking the brew. Michigan man Richard Overton promptly bought a case of the beer, drank it and waited -- but no hot babes appeared. Cue lawsuit. Overton cited emotional distress and mental injury due to false advertising and wanted over $10,000 in damages. Thankfully, the court realised it would take a hell of a lot more than a case of Budweiser to get this loser a date and they decided to dismiss the case. 2. When all else fails, sue yourself In 1995 Robert Lee Brock, a prison inmate in Virginia, claimed the crime he committed while drunk had violated his civil liberties and religious beliefs. The penniless prisoner sued himself for $5m in the hope the state would be forced to pay on his behalf. The case was dismissed and proved prisoners serving 23-year-sentences have far too much time on their hands. 3. The $65m pants When Roy Pearson's neighbourhood dry cleaner misplaced his trousers he demanded compensation -- $65m worth to be exact. He not only claimed "mental suffering, inconvenience and discomfort" but that the Satisfaction Guaranteed and Same Day Service signs in the dry cleaners represented fraud. Luckily Pearson, himself a judge, was not presiding over his own case and not only lost his pants and the case, but, eventually, his job as a judge. 4. Batman sues Batman The mayor of Batman, a city in Turkey, is currently trying to sue Warner Brothers claiming the makers of the latest Caped Crusader movie The Dark Knight used his city's name without permission. Mayor Huseyin Kalkan is also blaming the moviemakers for a number of unsolved murders and a high female suicide rate, which he claims are due to the psychological impact the film's success has had on the city's inhabitants. As Robin would say, "Holy lame lawsuit Batman!" 5. The playboy pensioner German playboy pensioner Rolf Eden (77) tried to sue 19-year-old Katharina Weiss in 2007 after she refused to sleep with him. His problem? Ageism. Eden claimed the teenager told him he was too old for her when the two arrived back in his place after a night out on the tiles. Well, if Hugh Hefner can get away with it ... 6. Hit and sue Spanish businessman Tomas Delgado tried to take the family of the 17-year-old boy he had killed when driving his Audi to court in 2004 over the dents left on his car. Even though speeding, Delgado was not prosecuted because the victim had been cycling at night without reflectors. Pubic pressure eventually forced him to drop the case. Unfortunately, being an asshole is not a crime under Spanish law. 7. You're too famous! Michael Jordan lookalike Allen Heckard tried to sue Nike for $832m for making Jordan so recognisable it caused him permanent injury, emotional pain and suffering. CBS called the legal action "so outrageous that it actually gives frivolous lawsuits a bad name". 8. Natural born suers In 1996 the parents of Patsy Ann Byers sued Oliver Stone, claiming his movie Natural Born Killers resulted in the shooting of their daughter. Byers was left paralysed after two thugs went on a crime spree after watching the movie. Their case was eventually shot to pieces by Stone's lawyers and dismissed in 2001. 9. Give me my kidney back! Richard Batista decided enough was enough when his cheating wife presented him with divorce papers. He promptly decided to force her to return the kidney he had given her eight years previously to save her life or pay $1.5m. She had ripped out his heart and now he wanted her to rip out his kidney. 10. The sound of silence Music publishers for the late avant-garde composer John Cage sued Mike Batt for plagiarism in 2002. They claimed Batt's song, 'A Minute's Silence,' ripped off Cage's '4'33,' which also contained absolutely no music or vocals. Even though copyrighting silence would seem to be impossible, Batt agreed to settle the case out of court by paying a six-figure amount. Silence, it seems, is not only golden but it is also potentially worth millions. 1,2,3,4 6 and 9 are my favourites, anyone else got any ridiculous lawsuits they would like to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
860 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 i was going to say "only in america" but then i read the ones from Germany, Spain and Batman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. H. Hunter III Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 (edited) I personally think that number 9 while not really logical for giving the kidney back, seems only fair that he gets money out of the situation. I mean I really you give your wife, your luv, a kidney to save their life and they end up divorcing you.....what a stab in the back honestly. So money seems logical to close that wound to me. Edited August 31, 2009 by Master Headhunter La famiglia è tutto The strength of a family, like the strength of an army is in its loyalty to each other.~ Mario Puzo ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyramid head Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 I read about a woman who is suing a supermarket chain probably tesco's or sainsbury's because a pineapple fell on her head There is also the endless lawsuits jk rowling has to put with from other authors claiming that she stole their stuff, in reality they are just pissed because her books are more successful than anything they have come up with and they just want to take advantage of the popularity of her books to make a quick buck The church of england threatening to sue sony over the use of manchester cathedral in Resistance Fall Of Man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_o...ce:_Fall_of_Man And jack thompson's pathetic attempts at lawsuits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage1120 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Any lawsuit that involves fat people and fast food restaurants Honestly, don't sue because your fat ass couldn't stop eating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geomy Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 The McDonald's coffee lawsuit was far from frivolous. On the surface it seems, "duh, coffee is hot," but she was justified for numerous reasons, as agreed by a jury. Stella originally asked for $20,000 to cover medical expenses (3rd degree burns on 6% of her body, lesser burns covering 16%). McDonald's counter-offered $800. She hired a lawyer and he sued for "gross negligence" citing an "unreasonably dangerous" and "defectively manufactured" product. Instead of settling, McDonald's decided to fight in court - the same thing they had done over 700 times from 1982 to 1992, while selling coffee 40 degrees hotter than it's fast food competitors. Liebeck's lawyers used those 700+ complaints to build a case that McDonald's sold unreasonably hot coffee and didn't care about its customers. The jury found McDonald's 80% responsible, and awarded her, not millions, but $160,000. Her lawyers then asked for punitive damages equal to two days worth of coffee sales: $2.9 million which the jury awarded. The judge reduced it to $480,000, but they finally settled out of court for an even $600,000. McDonald's reduced the temperature by about 20 degrees, but slowly has been raising it back to the scalding 180 degrees that caused a little old lady to burn a quarter of her body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScratchCard Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I once heard someone sued god, that sounded kinda ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okei Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I once heard someone sued god, that sounded kinda ridiculous. Godfrey C. Danchimah, Jr.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mister Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I read about a woman who is suing a supermarket chain probably tesco's or sainsbury's because a pineapple fell on her head There is also the endless lawsuits jk rowling has to put with from other authors claiming that she stole their stuff, in reality they are just pissed because her books are more successful than anything they have come up with and they just want to take advantage of the popularity of her books to make a quick buck The church of england threatening to sue sony over the use of manchester cathedral in Resistance Fall Of Man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_o...ce:_Fall_of_Man And jack thompson's pathetic attempts at lawsuits That church one is just stupid. It's like someone suing a video game company for using the planet earth as a location in the game. Those lawsuits are pretty retarted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VCRules86 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I once heard about a chick who sued a store because a kid tripped her and caused injury. She blamed the store for not keeping control of the kid and actually won in court. BTW- The kid was HERS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trip Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 The Plaintiff: Tom Morgan, a Portland, Oregon grocery cashier. The Defendant: Randy Maresh, a cashier at the same store. The Lawsuit: Apparently Morgan believed that Maresh lived to torment him. He sued Maresh for $100,000, claiming that his co-worker "willfully and maliciously inflicted severe mental strees and humiliation by continually, intentionally, and repeatedly passing gas directed at the plaintiff." Maresh's lawyer didn't sit quietly - he argued that farting is a form of free speech and protected by the First Amendment. The Verdict: Case dismissed. The judge called the defendant's behavior "juvenile and boorish" but concluded that there was no law against farting. The Plaintiff: Coca-Cola Co. The Defendant: Frederick Coke-Is-It of Brattleboro, Vt. The Lawsuit: Born Frederick Koch, he pronounced his name "kotch," but got fed up with people pronouncing it "Coke." Out of frustration he had his name legally changed to Frederick "Coke-Is-It." When the Coca-Cola Company leard about Mr. Coke-Is-It, they sued him on the grounds that he changed his name specifically to "infrige on their rights." The Verdict: They settled out of court...and amazingly, Koch, er, Coke-Is-It, is still it - he won the right to keep his new name. These are from "The Bathroom Reader". My crappy games at MyCrappyGames.com Free copy of Save The Puppies and Kittens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalosoulj4h20 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 A lady sued Captain Crunch because there weren't any real berries in the cereal. She really did wanted to sue the cartoon...not the company the cartoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthYENIK Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 These all remind me of when my friend used to work at a movie theater, and when he'd kick people out for theater hoping, they'd threaten with all sorts of ridiculous stuff. Lawsuits were the favorite. But then they'd say they were going to bomb the place, or shoot it up, or drive their car through the entrance. And this was a nightly occurrence. Just a bunch of poor wannabe gangstas that are pissed because they got caught. Anyway, I know a city that has a law against eating a sandwich wrapped in aluminum foil near the streets, because someone sued another person when they were blinded by the foil reflecting the sun's light, and then got into a minor fender bender. At least that's the myth, I'm not sure if it's really true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star-Lord Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 An old woman had a cat. After dinner, she gave her cat a bath. The cat was all wet and a towel wouldn't do, so the frustrated old woman decided to put the cat in the microwave. Of course, the cat got toasted and died. After a month, she filed a lawsuit against the microwave manufacturer. The old lady was like "The microwave manual didn't say that i cant put live animal in there" Haha. I don't know what happened next, LOL I don't know if this is true but this is soooooo! ridiculous. Only in America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalosoulj4h20 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 (edited) It reminds me of the Weird Al song, Sue ya : Edited September 1, 2009 by buffalosoulj4h20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John The Grudge Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I recall once reading that a man once successfully sued a wealthy woman when, during his burglary attempt, he fell through a skylight in her roof and broke his leg. Regarding the McDonald's coffee case, why on earth is their coffee so hot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I recall once reading that a man once successfully sued a wealthy woman when, during his burglary attempt, he fell through a skylight in her roof and broke his leg. Isnt that what happens in the film Liar Liar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John The Grudge Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I recall once reading that a man once successfully sued a wealthy woman when, during his burglary attempt, he fell through a skylight in her roof and broke his leg. Isnt that what happens in the film Liar Liar? I don't know. My story predates that movie though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Horror Is Alive Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 "He sued my friend, Mr. Reed, and because of that she had to pay the burglar $6,000. Now, is that justice, Mr. Reed?" "No... I woulda got him ten!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freakorama Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I think the real story was the guy fell onto some knives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John The Grudge Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 http://overlawyered.com/2006/09/the-burgla...king-that-isnt/ Apparently the burglar and the skylight story is over twenty years old. On the page I've linked to somebody posts a story about a guy breaking into a house in the Netherlands, stepping on a skateboard and breaking his ankle. The owner of the house was wakened by the noise and called the police. When they arrived the owner was "promptly arrested and charged with illegally restraining a person and causing bodily harm." The burglar was apparently treated for his injuries and released. Presumably he went back to finish the job because the poor owner, upon being released after several months in the can, returned home to find the place emptied of his belongings. lolsigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star-Lord Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 30 Craziest Lawsuits Published on 12/7/2006 Sued Michael Jordan, because he looks like him Allen Heckard sued Michael Jordan and Phil Knight on July 2006. Heckard claims he has suffered emotional trauma because he looks like Michael Jordan. Heckard has filed his look-alike case at the Washington County Court in Oregon and with a $832 million dollar head. Allen Heckard believes his life has been rough since people continually think he is Michael Jordan. Heckard says when he plays basketball, people are constantly telling him he plays like Michael Jordan and this has been difficult for him. Heckard is only six feet tall, so obviously those who assume he is Michael Jordan have little regard for height. Heckard even wears Air Jordan shoes, he says that they're the most comfortable. Sued after getting stuck on the house he was robbing In October 1998, A Terrence Dickson of Bristol Pennsylvania was exiting a house he finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage door to go up, because the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He couldn't re- enter the house because the door connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on vacation, so Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for eight days. He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and a large bag of dry dog food. This upset Mr. Dickson, so he sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of half a million dollars and change. Sued the school for being called "GAY" A small-town teenager who was bullied for years by classmates because they believed he was gay was awarded $440,000 in a settlement. The settlement ended a longrunning battle between the Tonganoxie School District and 18-year-old Dylan Theno, who sued in May 2004 claiming he was harassed with homophobic slurs from seventh grade until he quit school his junior year. Theno, who testified that he isn't gay, recently earned his GED and attends a vocational technical school in Kansas City. Sued after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler In January 2000, Kathleen Robertson of Austin Texas was awarded $780,000.00 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running amuck inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving tyke was Ms. Robertson's son. Sued a after being bitten for a beagle he provoked In October 1999, Jerry Williams of Little Rock Arkansas was awarded $14,500.00 and medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by his next door neighbor's beagle. The beagle was on a chain in it's owner's fenced-in yard, as was Mr. Williams. The jury felt the dog may have been provoked by Mr. Williams who, at the time, was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun. Sued a restaurant after she slipped on a spilled drink In May 2000, a Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania $113,500.00 after she slipped on a spilled soft drink and broke her coccyx. The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson threw it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument. Sued a nightclub after she felt while sneaking out In December 1997, Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware successfully sued the owner of a night club in a neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window to the floor and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the window in the ladies room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000.00 and dental expenses. Sued Winnebago after crashing it In November 2000 Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32 foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, having joined the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly the Winnie left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the handbook that he couldn't actually do this. He was awarded $1,750,000 plus a new Winnie. (Winnebago actually changed their handbooks on the back of this court case, just in case there are any other complete morons buying their vehicles.) Sued amusement park for not warning him to be careful of thunderstorms Shawn Perkins of Laurel, Ind. Perkins was hit by lightning in the parking lot Paramount's Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio. A classic "act of God", right? No, says Perkins' lawyer. "That would be a lot of people's knee-jerk reaction in these types of situations." The lawyer has filed suit against the amusement park asking unspecified damages, arguing the park should have "warned" people not to be outside during a thunderstorm. Sued against fast-good giants for being fat Caesar Barber, 56, of New York City. Barber, who is 5-foot-10 and 270 pounds, says he is obese, diabetic, and suffers from heart disease because fast food restaurants forced him to eat their fatty food four to five times per week. He filed suit against McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and KFC, who "profited enormously" and asked for unspecified damages because the eateries didn't warn him that junk food isn't good for him. The judge threw the case out twice, and barred it from being filed a third time. Is that the end of such McCases? No way: lawyers will just find another plaintiff and start over, legal scholars say. Sued his old school for being kicked off the school's baseball team Cole Bartiromo, 18, of Mission Viejo, Calif. After making over $1 million in the stock market, the feds made Bartiromo pay it all back: he gained his profits, they said, using fraud. Bartiromo played baseball at school, but after his fraud case broke he was no longer allowed to participate in extracurricular sports. Bartiromo clearly learned a lot while sitting in federal court: he wrote and filed his own lawsuit against his high school, reasoning that he had planned on a pro baseball career but, because he was kicked off the school's team, pro scouts wouldn't be able to discover him. His suit demands the school reimburse him for the great salary he would have made in the majors, which he figures is $50 million. Pedo priest sued his victim for warning others about him Priest David Hanser, 70. Hanser was one of the first Catholic priests to be caught up in the sex abuse scandal. In 1990, he settled a suit filed by one of his victims for $65,000. In the settlement, Hanser agreed not to work with children anymore, but the victim learned that Hanser was ignoring that part of the agreement. The victim appealed to the church, asking it to stop Hanser from working near children, but the church would not intervene. "It's up to the church to decide where he works," argued the priest's lawyer. When the outraged victim went to the press to warn the public that a pedo priest was near children, Hanser sued him for the same $65,000 because he violated his own part of the deal -- to keep the settlement secret. The message is clear: shut up about outrageous abuse, or we'll sue you for catching us. Sued the neighbor he was trying to steal from In June 1998, a 19 year old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000.00 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran his hand over with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman apparently didn't notice someone was at the wheel of the car whose hubcap he was trying to steal. Moved to a storage unit, then sued the storage yard Wanda Hudson, 44, of Mobile, Ala. After Hudson lost her home to foreclosure, she moved her belongings to a storage unit. She says she was inside her unit one night "looking for some papers" when the storage yard manager found the door to her unit ajar -- and locked it. She denies that she was sleeping inside, but incredibly did not call for help or bang on the door to be let out! She was not found for 63 days and barely survived; the formerly "plump" 150-pound woman lived on food she just happened to have in the unit, and was a mere 83 pounds when she was found. She sued the storage yard for $10 million claiming negligence. Even though the jury was not allowed to learn that Hudson had previously diagnosed mental problems, it found Hudson was nearly 100 percent responsible for her own predicament -- but still awarded her $100,000. Sued his dog-sitter after the dog escaped Doug Baker, 45, of Portland, Ore. Baker says God "steered" him to a stray dog. He admits "People thought I was crazy" to spend $4,000 in vet bills to bring the injured mutt back to health, but hey, it was God's dog! But $4,000 was nothing: he couldn't even take his girlfriend out to dinner without getting a dog-sitter to watch him. When the skittish dog escaped the sitter, Baker didn't just put an ad in the paper, he bought display ads so he could include a photo. His business collapsed since he devoted full time to the search for the dog. He didn't propose to his girlfriend because he wanted the dog to deliver the ring to her. He hired four "animal psychics" to give him clues to the animal's whereabouts, and hired a witch to cast spells. He even spread his own urine around to "mark his territory" to try to lure the dog home! And, he said, he cried every day. Two months in to the search, he went looking for the dog where it got lost -- and quickly found it. His first task: he put a collar on the mutt. (He hadn't done that before for a dog that was so "valuable"?!) After finding the dog, he sued the dog sitter, demanding $20,000 for the cost of his search, $30,000 for the income he lost by letting his business collapse, $10,000 for "the temporary loss of the special value" of the dog, and $100,000 in "emotional damages" -- $160,000 total. God has not been named as a defendant. Policeman confused a Taser with a gun, killed a suspect, then sued Taser The City of Madera, Calif. Madera police officer Marcy Noriega had the suspect from a minor disturbance handcuffed in the back of her patrol car. When the suspect started to kick at the car's windows, Officer Noriega decided to subdue him with her Taser. Incredibly, instead of pulling her stun gun from her belt, she pulled her service sidearm and shot the man in the chest, killing him instantly. The city, however, says the killing is not the officer's fault; it argues that "any reasonable police officer" could "mistakenly draw and fire a handgun instead of the Taser device" and has filed suit against Taser, arguing the company should pay for any award from the wrongful death lawsuit the man's family has filed. What a slur against every professionally trained police officer who knows the difference between a real gun and a stun gun! And what a cowardly attempt to escape responsibility for the actions of its own under-trained officer. Sued the school over 10-day suspension Kids across America are warned to stay away from "nose candy" in anti-drug campaigns. But a Kanawha County student is fighting his suspension for pretending to put actual candy up his nose. According to a lawsuit filed in Kanawha Circuit Court on December 2006, a student-athlete at Sissonville High School was given Smarties candy as a reward for good academic performance. In front of his teacher and fellow classmates, the student pretended to put one of the small candy discs up his nose. Sued him for having the same name The Tribune Co. of Chicago, Ill. The newspaper chain owns several newspapers, as well as the Chicago Cubs baseball team. One of its newspaper carriers was Mark Guthrie, 43, of Connecticut. One of its ball players was Mark Guthrie, 38, of Illinois. The company's payroll department mixed the two up, putting the ballplayer's paycheck into the paper carrier's bank account. The carrier allowed them to take back 90 percent of the improperly paid salary, and said they could have the rest after they gave him a full accounting to ensure he not only got his own pay, but wouldn't have any tax problems for being paid $300,000(!) extra. The Tribune Co., rather than provide that reasonable assurance, instead sued him for the rest of the money. Sued Consumer Reports magazine after bad review "High Tech" retailer Sharper Image sells a lot of its "Ionic Breeze" air filters. As part of a comparative review of many air filters, Consumer Reports magazine found the "Ionic" unit was the worst performer. SI complained, saying it didn't do a "fair" test. CU asked what sort of test should be done, but SI never replied -- until it sued CU. A federal judge ruled the suit not only had no merit, but was actually an illegal attempt to squelch public discussion. SI was ordered to pay CU $400,000 to cover its legal defense costs. Sued GM because of roof standards after accident Edith Morgan, mother of Kansas City Chiefs football star Derrick Thomas, who died after being thrown from his SUV in a crash while speeding in a snowstorm. Morgan said Thomas's neck was broken because the SUV's roof collapsed a few inches -- not from rolling down the highway because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt -- and sued General Motors. Her lawyer begged jurors to award more than $100 million in damages, perhaps more -- he "did not want to put an upper limit on it." GM pointed out that Thomas's oversize SUV was exempt from federal roof crush standards, yet it met them anyway. The jury sent a message: of that $100 million, it awarded Morgan ...nothing. Sued Radio Shack for misspelling her town Tanisha Torres of Wyndanch, N.Y. The woman sued Radio Shack for misspelling her town as "Crimedanch" on her cell phone bill. She didn't even ask them to change it; she just sued. "I'm not a criminal," she whined. "My son plays on the high school football team." Yeah, that makes sense. The name "Crimedanch" is a common joke; police in the area confirm it's a high-crime area. Still, Torres claimed she suffered "outrage" and "embarrassment" at having to see that spelling on her private phone bill. The suit seeks unspecified damages. Sued Mazda because it failed to provide instructions about the seatbelt Mary Ubaudi of Madison County, Ill. Ubaudi was a passenger in a car that got into a wreck. She put most of the blame on the deepest pocket available: Mazda Motors, who made the car she was riding in. Ubaudi demands "in excess of $150,000" from the automaker, claiming it "failed to provide instructions regarding the safe and proper use of a seatbelt." One hopes Mazda's attorneys make her swear in court that she has never before worn a seatbelt, has never flown on an airliner, and that she's too stupid to figure out how to fasten a seatbelt. Sued Blain and Copperfield to demand they reveal their secrets to him Christopher Roller of Burnsville, Minn. Roller is mystified by professional magicians, so he sued David Blaine and David Copperfield to demand they reveal their secrets to him -- or else pay him 10 percent of their lifelong earnings, which he figures amounts to $50 million for Copperfield and $2 million for Blaine. The basis for his suit: Roller claims that the magicians defy the laws of physics, and thus must be using "godly powers" -- and since Roller is god (according to him), they're "somehow" stealing that power from him. Sued neighbors after being scared of them walking on her front porch Wanita "Renea" Young of Durango, Colo. Two neighborhood teens baked cookies for their neighbors as an anonymous gesture of good will, but Young got scared when she heard them on her front porch. They apologized, in writing, but Young sued them anyway for causing her distress, demanding $3,000. When she won(!!) $900, she crowed about it in the newspaper and on national TV. Now, she's shocked (shocked!) that everyone in town hates her for her spite, and is afraid she may have to move. But hey: she won. Sued the bank for loss of sleep over fee Barnard Lorence of Stuart, Fla. Lorence managed to overdraw his own bank account. When the bank charged him a service fee for the overdraft, he filed suit over his "stress and pain" and loss of sleep over the fee. A few hundred thousand bucks, he says, will only amount to a "slap on the wrist", whereas the $2 million he's suing for is more like being "paddled". Sued a store for "allowing" wild birds to fly around in the air Rhonda Nichols. She says a wild bird "attacked" her outside a home improvement store in Fairview Heights, Ill., causing head injuries. That's right: outside the store. Yet Nichols still held the Lowe's store responsible for "allowing" wild birds to fly around free in the air. She never reported the incident to the store, but still sued for "at least" $100,000 in damages. In January 2006, the case was thrown out of court. Sued the phone company after having complications with the doctor Michelle Knepper of Vancouver, Wash. Knepper picked a doctor out of the phone book to do her liposuction, and went ahead with the procedure even though the doctor was only a dermatologist, not a plastic surgeon. After having complications, she complained she never would have chosen that doctor had she known he wasn't Board Certified in the procedure. (She relied on the phonebook listing over asking the doctor, or looking for a certificate on his wall?!) So she sued ...the phone company! She won $1.2 million plus $375,000 for her husband for "loss of spousal services and companionship." Sued the rescue workers who saved her Barbara Connors of Medfield, Mass. Connors was riding in a car driven by her 70-year-old(!) son-in-law when they crashed into the Connecticut River, and Connors sank with the car. Rescue divers arrived within minutes and got her out alive, but Connors suffered brain damage from her near-drowning. Sue the driver? Sure, we guess that's reasonable. But she also sued the brave rescue workers who risked their lives to save hers. Sued Home Depot after a prankster smeared glue on the toilet seat Bob Dougherty. A prankster smeared glue on the toilet seat at the Home Depot store in Louisville, Colo., causing Dougherty to stick to it when he sat down. "This is not Home Depot's fault," he proclaimed, yet the store graciously offered him $2,000 anyway. Dougherty complained the offer is "insulting" and filed suit demanding $3 million. Sued hospital for having to see the doctors rushing to help their mother Sisters Janice Bird, Dayle Bird Edgmon and Kim Bird Moran sued their mother's doctors and a hospital after Janice accompanied her mother, Nita Bird, to a minor medical procedure. When something went wrong, Janice and Dayle witnessed doctors rushing their mother to emergency surgery. Rather than malpractice, their legal fight centered on the "negligent infliction of emotional distress" -- not for causing distress to their mother, but for causing distress to them for having to see the doctors rushing to help their mother. The case was fought all the way to the California Supreme Court, which finally ruled against the women. Which is a good thing, since if they had prevailed doctors and hospitals would have had no choice but to keep you from being anywhere near your family members during medical procedures just in case something goes wrong. In their greed, the Bird sisters risked everyone's right to have family members with them in emergencies. I guess you can get sued for anything. SOURCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VCRules86 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I hate humanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeperRed Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I dont understand who the f*ck is in the jury for some of these cases but for christ sake there needs to be some sort of quality control so a bunch of retards arn't left to make big decsions. Sueng for slipping over your own drink. f*cking stupid. Also the Judges need to be fired asap aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star-Lord Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Sued-Sued-Sued I got some apples Sued-Sued-Sued you got some too Sued-Sued-Sued let’s get together have ourselves a Sued-Sued-Sued......yeah! Just Ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuff_luv_capo Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 The funniest one is definitely the winnebago story. You'd think someone who has the money to pay for a freaking winnebago is smart enough to understand basic mechanics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargr Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 (edited) I once heard someone sued god, that sounded kinda ridiculous. Haha, I saw it though, came out 2 years ago on the News. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20827350/?GT1=10357 Nebraska state senator sues God LINCOLN, Neb. - The defendant in a state senator’s lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and threatening to cause more still. He can be sued in Douglas County, the legislator claims, because He’s everywhere. State Sen. Ernie Chambers sued God last week. Angered by another lawsuit he considers frivolous, Chambers says he’s trying to make the point that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody. Chambers says in his lawsuit that God has made terrorist threats against the senator and his constituents, inspired fear and caused “widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth’s inhabitants.” Edited September 2, 2009 by Chargr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin2006rhs Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 The latest involves ex-con Dawud Yaduallah, who is suing a prison nurse in the US after she sent him to his cell even though medication had given him a painful 55-hour erection that wouldn't go away. I dunno if you are old enough to understand the ups and the downs of having a hard on, but having a raging boner for more than an hour can be very discomforting let alone over two days of it. Hell, in all the ED commercials they warn of priapism. In jail or not, I would sue the f*ck out of any person or establishment that left me in that much pain. And, damn it, I would win. You know why? Because, given the 85% chance of the judge being male, therefore, scared sh*tless of the pain of having to deal with a 55 hour raging hard on. You can't lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08LasVenturas Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I dunno if you are old enough to understand the ups and the downs of having a hard on, but having a raging boner for more than an hour can be very discomforting let alone over two days of it. Hell, in all the ED commercials they warn of priapism. In jail or not, I would sue the f*ck out of any person or establishment that left me in that much pain. And, damn it, I would win. You know why? Because, given the 85% chance of the judge being male, therefore, scared sh*tless of the pain of having to deal with a 55 hour raging hard on. You can't lose. But still, claiming malpractice for something like that is stupid. It will just cause health insurance to go up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XAF226 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I guess you can get sued for anything. SOURCE I had to read all that... I am suing you for fear, anguish, and loss of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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