15 Crazy Lawsuits that Make You Want to Sue Someone
Posted by D Mar 19th 2009, 09:23In this increasingly litigious society, it takes an astounding mix of talent and gall to make headlines with a lawsuit, but here are 15 examples of frivolous lawsuits that will make you mad enough to sue.
1. Man Sues Family of Boy He Ran Over
January 2008: Spanish businessman Tomas Delgado sued the family of the 17-year-old boy he'd hit and killed for the damage that the boy's body did to his Audi. Delgado was speeding at the time, but since the boy was cycling alone at night without reflectors or a helmet, the driver wasn't charged with anything other than being a complete jerk. Under public pressure, he later dropped his lawsuit.
2. Sleeping Student Sues Teacher for Waking Him Up
March 2008: In Danbury, Connecticut, 15-year-old Vinicios Robacher sued his teacher for slamming her palm on his desk to wake him up during class -- an action that he claimed caused him ear damage.
3. Man Sues Michael Jordan for Looking Like Him
July 2006: Portland, Oregon resident Allen Heckard sued former basketball star Michael Jordan and Nike founder Phil Knight for $832 million, claiming that they have made Jordan such a recognizable figure that he has suffered personal harm from being repeatedly mistaken for the basketball player. Within a month, Heckard had dropped the suit.
4. Mayor of Batman, Turkey Sues Batman
November 2008: The mayor of a city in Turkey called Batman sued Warner Brothers and The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan for using the name without permission. Either it took the town's residents 70 years to realize the superhero's existence or they just wanted to cash in on The Dark Knight's billion-dollar box office take. You be the judge.
5. Man Sues Homeless for $1 Million
January 2007: Karl Kemp, owner of a ritzy antiques store on Manhattan's Madison Avenue, sued four homeless people who congregate in front of his shop because they scare off potential customers. The amount of the suit: $1 million, payable apparently in shopping carts full of aluminum cans.
6. Inmate Sues Himself
April 1995: Chesapeake, Virginia prison inmate Robert Lee Brock was upset at himself for getting arrested for breaking and entering and grand larceny, so he decided to make himself pay -- by suing himself for $5 million. Stating that he violated his own religious beliefs by committing the crime, he sought payment for a civil rights offense. Of course, since he didn't have $5 million to pay himself, he asked that the state pay on his behalf. His suit was thrown out.
7. Magicians Sued for Stealing God's Powers
June 2005: Reality-challenged Minnesota resident Christopher Roller sued magicians David Copperfield and David Blaine for using Roller's "godly powers" without his permission to perform their acts. Roller, by the way, claimed to be a god. He also claimed that the movie The Truman Show was based on his life and that he was married to both Katie Couric and Celine Dion, with whom he planned to father 1 million babies.
8. Shooter's Mom Seeks Workman's Comp
October 2003: After Jonathon Russell went on a shooting spree at the manufacturing plant where he worked, leaving three dead and five injured, his mother filed for workman's compensation benefits on his behalf, citing his "death by gunfire while on company clock." She was denied.
9. Man Sues Wife for Donated Kidney
January 2009: After Long Island doctor Richard Batista was slapped with divorce papers from his cheating wife, he decided he'd had enough and sued her for the return of a gift he'd give her eight years prior: a kidney. If that wasn't feasible, he'd "settle" for $1.5 million. You're welcome.
10. Insurance Company Sues 81-Year-Old Woman for Icy Driveway
February 2007: A "meals on wheels" program was delivering food to 81-year-old Anne Keipper in Brookfield, Wisconsin when the delivery woman -- who wasn't wearing boots -- slipped on a patch of ice in the driveway and fell. Three years later, Keipper was notified that she was being sued by Sentry Insurance for the medical expenses it paid related to the delivery woman's fall. The moral: senior citizens too frail to leave their house to get food should diligently shovel ice off their driveway.
11. Girls Sued for Baking Cookies
July 2005: Two well-meaning teenage girls in Durango, Colorado decided one summer night to bake cookies for their neighbors. They packaged the baked treats in plastic wrap with a heart-shaped message wishing the recipients a good night. When they knocked at the door of Wanita Renea Young, however, the woman became so terrified that someone was outside her house at 10:30 PM that she suffered an anxiety attack and successfully sued the girls for $930 to cover a trip to the emergency room. Her request for money to cover pain and suffering was denied.
12. Student Sues to Get A+
March 2003: High school senior Brian Delekta was so distraught that he got an A in one of his courses that he sued the school system. He felt he deserved an A+. Delekta, who had the highest GPA in his class at the time, felt that a "mere" A would hurt his chances of becoming the valedictorian. The course in question, incidentally, was a work-study program at a law firm. His supervisor in the position lobbied for him to get an A+, but maybe that's because she's his mother.
13. Musician Sued for Copying Silence
September 2002: Music publishers for the late avant-garde composer John Cage sued musician Mike Batt for plagiarism after he included a silent song on his album. That's right: silence. No music or vocals whatsoever. The publishers claimed that Batt's song, entitled "A Minute's Silence," ripped off Cage's "4'33", which also contained no music or vocals. Despite the seeming insanity of copyrighting silence, Batt agreed to settle out of court by paying a six-figure amount.
14. Man Sues to Inherit the Money of the Mother He Killed
January 2008: In 1999, schizophrenic Joshua Hoge stabbed his mother and half-brother to death but was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Nine years later, as he sat in a mental hospital, he sued to inherit his mother's estate, which included a $800,000 payment received from the state when a court ruled that a public-health clinic that failed to give Hoge his medication was partly responsible for the murders.
15. Mr. Frivolous Lawsuit
January 2006 - present: South Carolina inmate Jonathan Lee Riches has become a celebrity of sorts by filing more than 1,000 frivolous lawsuits while in jail. Some highlights:
- August 2007: Sued baseball player Barry Bonds for $42 million for, amongst other things, selling steroids to nuns, giving mustard gas to Saddam Hussien and bench-pressing Riches "to show off in front of his ball park buddies." Hank Aaron's bat, which Riches claimed Bonds used to crack the Liberty Bell, was also named as a defendant in the suit.
- September 2007: Sued Elvis Presley for stealing his sideburns, selling him tainted poultry and being in cahoots with Osama Bin Laden. Riches also claims that rap producer Suge Knight hung him from a Econo Lodge balcony with Vanilla Ice and that Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch harbors Hitler's army.
- September 2007: Claiming that he is a model and actor who's starred in movies like The Karate Kid, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure and the Paris Hilton sex tape, Riches sued rapper 50 Cent for $35 billion, charging that the musician stole his lyrics and forced him to harass '80s groups Bananarama and Tears for Fears.
- And the piece de resistance: in March 2006, Riches sued 57 pages' worth of defendants -- including President George W. Bush, Pope Benedict XVI, Bill Gates, Queen Elizabeth, the Gambino crime family, Three Mile Island, Burt Reynolds, Google, the Salvation Army, the Wu-Tang Clan, the Magna Carta, "tsunami victims," the Kremlin, Nostradamus, the Lincoln Memorial, Nordic gods, Pizza Hut, the European Union, the Methodist Church, Viagra, "ninja samurai fighters" and the planet Pluto -- for an unspecified dollar amount for an unspecified civil rights offense.
In March 2008, the Northern District of Georgia made it difficult for Riches to file such frivolous lawsuits by requiring him to agree to be prosecuted for false statements before he submits, but that hasn't stopped him from filing wacky suits in other districts across the country.
Posted by Peter on 19/3/09
I have to say I back John Cage on number 13. You just don’t bunk on the Cage.
Posted by Fergus on 19/3/09
Dude that last guy sued “tsunami victims”. What did they do wrong? That they happened to be in a tropical region?
Posted by Peter on 19/3/09
@Fergus: Well yeah, if you’re negligent enough to be in a tsunami zone and cause unnecessary worry to a guy in jail in South Carolina, you better pay up.
Posted by Ethan on 19/3/09
Numbers 1 and 2 seem justified. The rest are ridiculous.
Posted by Larry on 19/3/09
They’re ALL ridiculous, except maybe Number 11.
Posted by pongscript on 19/3/09
They are all ridiculous. nuff said.
Posted by poopsmith on 19/3/09
1 and 2 are justfified?
Along with number 11?
You guys are idiots.
Posted by bob on 19/3/09
How could you leave out the guy that sued a mom & pop drycleaner shop for $54 million because they allegedly lost a pair of his pants?
Posted by DSE901 on 19/3/09
Who would think to sue the homeless? I mean do you really want stinky bum clothes and a bottle of bourbon?
Posted by rickjames on 19/3/09
I have to say that I don’t think 14 is bad. The man was very sick, and his mother KNEW that he thought she was an impostor and stuck with him anyway. She would have wanted him to have anything she would have otherwise left for him. #1 is not nice at all, but unfortunately has logic backing it. Good thing humans aren’t solely logical.
Posted by bob smith on 19/3/09
This is just more right-wing corporate propaganda to convince the masses that anyone who files a lawsuit is either a psycho or a freeloader. And judging by the comments so far, the public is quick to lap it up. There is no shortage of ignorant, gullible, sheep.
The truth is, it is very, very difficult for average people to get justice in this country. The “justice” system is owned and operated by the elite. Average people are viewed as a nuisance by the system.
The anecdotes in this article present a deliberately dishonest assessment of what the justice system really is in this country. The author should be ashamed.
Posted by Kirin on 19/3/09
It isn’t intended to dishonestly represent the judicial system. This article is merely meant to be entertaining, perhaps humorous in a “Good-grief, I can’t believe it” kind of way.
Try relaxing and not getting so infuriated by an entertainment piece on the internet.
Posted by Bob Benson on 19/3/09
You feel good getting that off your chest bob? Thanks for looking out for me in the face of “right-wing corporate propoganda.” The author should be ashamed? Why do some people find it so difficult to laugh sometimes?
Posted by Anonomous on 20/3/09
This just proves once again how stupid the American people are. Suing people for no apparent reason other than your own self importance, its no wonder the rest of the world cant take you seriously! And Bob… get a life, go outside and look up into the sky, see those chemtrails, they’re just for you!
Posted by anonymous on 20/3/09
all hail the Anonymous
Posted by bocefus on 20/3/09
@BOB hey this post is made for funnies about like spilling bananas and hot mama chainsaw babies so lighten up ok?
Posted by Justin on 20/3/09
@anonymous
#2 is from Spain, and #4 is from Turkey. But please, continue your over generalization about my country. The fact is the author is no doubt American so he is more likely to hear about a frivolous lawsuit in the US than say the UK.
Posted by Turkey on 20/3/09
Great article, really made me laugh, equally entertaining were all the comments. I actually laughed out loud.
A message to Bob: FIGHT THE SYSTEM
Posted by Peter on 20/3/09
At first I thought this article was funny. Now I think it’s ok, and the comment section is freaking hilarious!
Posted by Fergus on 20/3/09
Wow. Way to get fired up Bob!! I like the enthusiasm! Like others peeps have said, this is a comedy piece. No one should take this article and use it as a proof for their Supreme Court arguments against the legal system…
On an aside, my captcha word is PUPPY. +1 awesome. If it can shoot laser beams out of its eyes, +2.
Posted by Wally on 20/3/09
Geez Bob, lighten up. Paranoid much? What a stupid rant.
Posted by Tekky on 20/3/09
I think Ernie Chambers suing god should be on that list..
http://www.ketv.com/news/14133442/detail.html
Posted by Henry on 20/3/09
@Bob your just planning your own nutty lawsuit. Most of these shouldn’t get passed the paper they are written on. There are millions out there with real lawsuits and these Clowns are slowing the process. Number 11 that lady should have been put in the nut house, not the appropriate time but getting sued over it. Crazy!
Posted by Fergus on 20/3/09
The Ernie Chambers article is hilarious. He was doing it to illustrate how ridiculous some of these other lawsuits are/were. This is classic though:
“Plaintiff, despite reasonable efforts to effectuate personal service upon defendant ‘Come out, come out, wherever you are,’ has been unable to do so,’” Chambers said.
Posted by Lesley on 20/3/09
Bob Smith must be an attorney or a judge because he obviously cannot see the humor in this post that I am sure was intended to entertain not to frighten. I would have said more but I am afraid I’ll get sued :-)
Posted by Lesley on 20/3/09
It never ceases to amaze me the lengths that people will go to to make a buck, all the more reason to protect yourself wherever and whenever you can. It’s a shame it’s come to this but there is is!
Posted by Art on 20/3/09
Re: #10: From a legal point of view, this is not as crazy as it seems. The delivery woman was either an employer or a volunteer. She was there to deliver a benefit to the owner and was injured. Presumably she made a medical claim against her insurance carrier. They paid and, pursuant to a subrogation clause in the contract, sued the owner to get their money back. In all likelyhood, the suit was settled by the owners insurance company.
Posted by Gem on 20/3/09
I almost get where 9 was coming from. Sounds like the wife is a real piece of work. Poor guy donates his kidney and she repays him by cheating.
Posted by Snuzz on 20/3/09
Who gives their neighbours cookies at 10:30 PM?
Posted by Ul on 20/3/09
XOXO who pays the cost of these lawsuits? the taxpayers! people should be fined for wasting the court time and taxpayers money!
Posted by Jessica on 20/3/09
#9 is completely legitimate. The bitch repays his selflessness by cheating on him. Return the kidney or cough up 1.5 mil sounds fair to me.
Posted by Snake Oil baron on 20/3/09
DSE901 Said:
“Who would think to sue the homeless? I mean do you really want stinky bum clothes and a bottle of bourbon?”
Uh yeah!?
You burn the cloths while drinking the bourbon. Throw in some marshmallows on coat hangers and you have a really fun evening.
I am from Canada and while people here whine about Americans being too quick to sue we have the opposite problem here in that if you are seriously wronged or mutilated because of a company’s incompetence or government’s maliciousness or criminal fraud and you manage to navigate the legal system and win the case you are likely to get a hundred bucks and a pat on the head, leaving the perpetrator better off than they were before they screwed you. That being said, even here we get frivolous lawsuits and miscarriages of justice. America’s system is far from ideal but it is better than most. In America morons are allowed to sue. In other nations the morons are protected from being sued.
Now as for case one, the kids safety violations may have given the cops reason to not charge the putz with more than speeding but he was speeding at night! You shouldn’t get to sue for damages which your own negligence directly contributed. You don’t want you car scratched? Don’t run down kids in the dark at high speeds.
Number two? Ear damage from a hand slammed on the desk? If it is true (right!) no sane person could anticipate that outcome. And to have their ear right against the desk the student did not just nod off but willfully decided to show disrespect by laying down for a nap. Teachers have a duty to maintain some discipline in the class and since they can’t hit the brats they have to resort to drama sometimes. No merit to that one.
#11. It is sad that they scared old crazy lady but unless they knocked for several hours and she didn’t have a phone to call the cops she completely over reacted. If she is prone to anxiety attacks over ridiculous things like a knock at the door at 10:30 she should be seeking medical attention but it should not be the girls who pay for it.
Posted by Snake Oil baron on 20/3/09
re: #10, I think think that as a charity, Meals on Wheels and their insurer should assume the risk or else what is the point of not just saying that old people should get their own meals? The goal of the organization is not to increase the risk, expense and inconvenience of old people but to reduce it. If the insurance company wants to reduce pay outs they should demand that the MOW workers use proper footwear and leave the oldies alone.
#9 – The guy must have thought that the relationship was still going somewhere when he gave her his organ so it is no different than other gifts given in marriage. Judge Judy wouldn’t give him squat for it. I don’t know about American law but in Canada it is illegal to buy or sell organs so no monetary value can be be assigned to the organ itself and related medical expenses were kind of a joint thing at the time. Sorry about the organ but given what most guys get taken for in a divorce he should count himself luck.
Posted by OCG on 20/3/09
Well, The lawsuit article was mildly amusing and the comments by the humor impaired persons were hilarious. Now, however I’ve come to the horrible realization that I’ve lost 5 minutes of my life that I’ll never get back. SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY FOR THAT! I’M CALLING MY ATTORNEY!!! Hey Bob, you with me!?
Posted by Aaron on 20/3/09
The people in this post just prove to me that there is something wrong with the human race. And BOB, they really are out to get you, seriously they’re going to.
Posted by EvilGod on 20/3/09
In reference to the Silence copyright infringement you have missed the best bit. After Batt paid Cage for using 1 minute of silence apparently identical to a portion of Cage’s 4 minutes a 33 seconds of silence Cage was sued by a French nutter that had previously released an entire album, over an hour, of silence. I never did find out whether he won though.
Posted by Randy Singer on 20/3/09
>Who would think to sue the homeless? I mean do you really want stinky bum clothes and a bottle of bourbon?<
My guess is that, since it states that he was losing business by having them outside his shop, that rather than monetary damages, he wanted an injunction to keep them away from his shop.
Which makes sense, doesn’t it?
Posted by Diner on 21/3/09
My captcha word is “TRAMP”. Since I had to go through the emotional distress of typing the word, I must sue that guy I had wild drunken sex with sometime in the early 80’s. And that other guy. And those two guys. And the Harlem Globetrotters, Kevin Kostner, the entire cast of MASH, and the Borg. Well, I didn’t really have sex with Kevin Kostner. I just thought about it.
Posted by Diner on 21/3/09
And the captcha for this one is “SWANG”, so I obviously need to sue Brangelina, Milli Vanilli, Carl Sagan, Popeye, Ted Haggart, and Shirley Temple Black for defamation of character.
Posted by poida on 21/3/09
great post!
@poopsmith you are retarded.
Posted by Kris on 21/3/09
“They’re ALL ridiculous, except maybe Number 11.”
“Numbers 1 and 2 seem justified. The rest are ridiculous.”
Ok, In the interest of reality, I can see number 2 (it doesn’t take much of that sort of thing to damage hearing and the teacher should have known better). But number 1 and 11?? A speeding driver suing the family of the kid he killed?? A couple girls being sued for doing something nice for their neighbors? These are what you call reasonable? You people are insane.
Posted by Thor on 21/3/09
Only in america. So much idiots live there.
Posted by Brandon M. Sergent on 21/3/09
@Thor
I think you mean so “many” idiots live here. snicker
Posted by Brandon M. Sergent on 21/3/09
#2, #12, #13 (if you have a problem with this one, become a patent law reformer) #14 (what part of not guilty is unclear?) and possibly even #9 are valid in my opinion.
Why is it so hard for you people to understand that we have to tolerate these suits to insure our right to redress of grievances.
It’s like freedom of speech, if you want to say what you want you have to put up with morons running their mouth. Because news flash, not everyone is going to agree with your definition of what is frivolous and what isn’t that’s why we employ judges.
Posted by american on 21/3/09
america is better then the uk. get over it. if you can’t, why don’t you try to conquer us? you can’t? well then it’s understandable why you talk so much shit on the internet. kthanxbai.
Posted by Roverthedamndog on 21/3/09
Re #13. Batt brought it on himself as he credited the song to ‘Batt/Cage’ on his album.
Oh and ‘american’. If America was really better than the UK, then you might have an education system that teaches you to use capital letters.
Posted by Keith on 21/3/09
In Clark County Washington, a man is being sued for helping another man by buying his condemned house that had no heat (made for wonderful winters) and helping him move into nice house. The buyer actually LOST almost $40k on the deal, but the lawyers are saying he took advantage of the seller. What a system we have!
Posted by tedly on 21/3/09
to all of those generalizing countries or peoples and one upping:
I am from the future. In the future BOTH America and the U.K. suck. Only Tedlandia is worth a dick. In Tedlandia, everyone who whines about right-wing/left-wing bullshit is exiled to San Francisco, which is now a 7×7 mile prison for bitches.
Also in the future, God exists. He uses his special powers to force John Cage’s publishers to suck on everything they see. So everyone knows just how much they suck.
kudos to snake oil baron
Posted by Me on 21/3/09
I’m suing all of you who posted a reply.
Posted by Gordon Ring on 21/3/09
Are any of these supposed lawsuits real? Someone please provide the citations for the lawsuits – not some dumb newspaper article – so we can see if these are just more urban myths
Posted by margot on 21/3/09
@Brandon M. Sergent
best thing anyone has said so far.
but also. americans are dumb. america is dumb. theres no denying that!
Posted by Ben on 21/3/09
1. The article was funny, the comments were funnier. (The comments making fun of america based on what is in the article were the funniest)
2. My captcha was ‘unzip’ so I think I have grounds for a sexual harassment suit. Are you reading this admin? Expect to hear from my lawyers soon.
3. Props to #15 for the creativity required to come up with that many ridiculous and frivilous lawsuits. If he wasn’t a con I bet he’d make a good cartoon show writer or something; his lawsuits have great stories behind them.
4. I find organizing what I have to say in my comments by including a numbered list is helpful.
5. Peter is a funny guy, Fergus needs a sense of humor, and Ethan, Larry, Bob, and Anonymous would be doing the world a favor by moving onto a remote island together and making each other miserable. Bocefus is the man. Brandon’s cool too.
Posted by Kevin on 21/3/09
Haven’t heard from Bob in a while…..guess “they” got him after all….and my captcha word is “plank” often made from wood…Hey Ben, wanna make that sexual harassment suit a class action?
Posted by Raven on 22/3/09
Yeah, right wing aliens posing as politicians got Bob. He couldn’t hide under his tinfoil hat since they upped the power to their search ray…
@Margot
best thing anyone has said so far.
but also. americans are dumb. america is dumb. theres no denying that!
Ever heard of a caps key or did they leave that out of your foreign education?
My captcha word us Spend…Go figure…
Posted by Dread on 22/3/09
The planet Pluto…
Nostradamus…
The Magna Carta?
The only name on this preposterous list that makes any sense is the Nordic Gods.
Why, I once sued that puckish god of fire they call Loki, for he turned into a shrew & chewed through my internet cord in the midst of a direly important download of raucous porn.
I got $37.00 & the enchanted cloak of Frigga he used to turn into the shrew.
I magically turned a gopher into a new ethernet cable with the cloak & used the $37.00 to buy additional porn.
Posted by antialias on 22/3/09
A jeweller in Copenhagen got robbed by two gun-armed robbers. He had a gun at his shop too. When the robbersof his shop were on their way out he shoot one of the robbers in the arm. The jeweller ended in jail for illegal possesion of weapon and then got sued by robber for injured arm.
Posted by Joe on 22/3/09
I was so angry at Bob Smith’s tirade about right-wing corporate propoganda that I jumped out of my chair, stubbed my toe on the coffee table and broke it in three places.I’m filing suit against Bob first thing tomorrow. I deserve justice.
Posted by Peretz on 22/3/09
I’ve just filed suit against BOB, and the entire planet Jupiter, with whom he is obviously in cahoots, for spoiling a good laugh.
Posted by Mike Workman on 22/3/09
My guess it that the “Bob” posting here is, in fact, Robert Lee Brock from #6.
Nice to know you’re still trying to make people understand you, Bob. Good luck with that. Remember, the voices you are hearing may not have your best interest in mind. Try to check in with reality from time to time.
Posted by Kendal on 22/3/09
another one for BOB: part of the reason it’s so hard “for average people to get justice in this country” is because our court systems are so cluttered with these kinds of pointless BS cases, which someone has to sort through and take the time to toss out… or worse yet, actually send to court. “right-wing propoganda…” thanks for the comic relief, as if the actual article wasn’t entertaining enough… :)
Posted by Jon on 22/3/09
i wonder why the judges actually put up with some of these.
Posted by Kat on 22/3/09
When I hear of these lawsuits it reminds me of the scene in Liar Liar when Jim Carrey’s secratary tells the story about how her friend was being robbed, but the robber fell through a skylight on the roof and onto a knife, seriously injuring himself, then sued the owner of the house and won 10 grand. Of course, Jim Carrey would have got him 20 but regardless….THAT is a ridiculous lawsuit. It’s in a Jim Carrey movie for godsake.
Posted by conrad on 22/3/09
only in america
Posted by Dzzz on 22/3/09
LOL. That last dude tried to sue the cast of Lost.
Posted by iunonis on 22/3/09
what I want to know is how Mr. Frivolous Lawsuit plans to sue Pluto, the Magna Carta, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Nordic Gods as they are either inanimate or fictitious.
Posted by Jim on 22/3/09
number 9 is definitely justified, like what if some bitch married you just to get in the country you’d be pissed to. Now divorcing you after taking a body part is just waaayy out there.
Posted by no name on 22/3/09
ha ha ha ha
Posted by MSG on 23/3/09
Anybody that agrees with any of these is a moron. What happened to working for your money? We have achieved idiocracy!
Posted by Harry on 23/3/09
Were any of these filed using a Lawyer? Especially in #15. This Lawyer if there is one in this case should be disbarred. They are just mucking up the system.
As far as #11 goes. I can understand the womans thinking in this case. She is probably on medication far some mental disorder and can’t afford the bill. But they were kids just trying to be friendly. They can’t help it you suffer from mental condition that makes you have a major panic attack just because someone rang your door bell at 10:30 at night. I wonder if she only sued for medical expenses or if the Judge reduced it to only medical expenses?
Posted by Tina on 23/3/09
That’s it, I’m suing Bacardi Rum I’m an alcoholic and they made it taste so good.
Posted by Fergus on 23/3/09
This comment thread = win.
Posted by Peter on 23/3/09
Agreed. This comment string destroys.
Side note @Ben, Fergus can be pretty funny too – he’s currently moderating this string in a Ronald McDonald wig and lederhosen. Works for me.
Posted by Outraged on 23/3/09
For #11, some radio stations did a collection to pay the girl’s legal fees. Everything they raised above the $950 went to charity. The plaintiff’s name, address and phone number were posted all over the internet. She eventually had to move; and stated that she had received harassing phone calls, letters and death threats. It still disgusts me that a judge would side for her; basically setting a president that anyone who knocks on someone’s door is liable for damages if the resident is a freak. By the way, the lady didn’t even visit the hospital until the next day.
Posted by Nick on 23/3/09
I lol’d hard at 15
Posted by funk master on 23/3/09
Damn, I thought the article was funny, but I didn’t prepare myself for the side-splitting laughter the comments brought on. God damn! XD
And to those saying Americans are stupid… you’re stupid, and I’m going to sue you for defamation or character. :P
Yes, there are stupid people here, but there are stupid people everywhere, and you’re living proof of that.
USAFTW!
Posted by Rajj on 24/3/09
hahaha, its hilarious. I liked the Michael Jordon one. Funny one.. Did he manage to win the suit ?
Posted by Simple on 24/3/09
hahahah, that s funny i liked the number 9 man sues for kidney. Just amazing..
Posted by SUSSANE on 24/3/09
HAHAHAHAHHA, VERY FUNNY
Posted by vu on 24/3/09
if the house belonged to the old lady in #10 then its her fault for not getting rid of the snow/ice.
Posted by anonymous on 24/3/09
I think that Bob Smith is really that South Carolina inmate Jonathan Lee Riches incognito….lol !
Posted by joe on 24/3/09
photo shopped i can tell by the pixiles
Posted by Christina on 24/3/09
Geez, what’s the deal with all these british people calling americans stupid when everybody knows that everybody is stupid, including the british, and british people are only good at making Wallace and Gromit movies and tea. Everyone does stupid stuff, but all of you british people who are calling americans stupid, remember who had the first guy on the moon and a whole bunch of other famous stuff. So there.
Posted by Karolina on 24/3/09
This is rich. Made my day. Everybody should stop hating eachother because every culture has both good and bad qualities. P.s. the last guy was hilarious, he sued the planet pluto! How would pluto speak in its defense? More importantly, what would he receive as compensation? Space rocks? He can go pick them up then.
Posted by Christina on 24/3/09
Yeah, I agree with you. That last guy was an idiot.
Posted by Christina on 24/3/09
But, it was really funny.
Posted by Christina on 24/3/09
He’s probably mental or something like that. If I ever did that (suing thousands of random people),I’d do it because they had annoyed me in some sort of way. BUT… that guy is just as bad as #7. Who want’s 1 million kids?
Posted by william on 24/3/09
thereh are some retards in life an this in only 15 examples of it
Posted by Dogmeatstew on 24/3/09
You don’t mess with Cage, and I mean he did come up with the idea, in an abstract sense it’s a complete copy of his earlier work on 4:33.
Posted by Danielle on 25/3/09
I wasn’t going to comment but I can’t resist…
This thread provided just the right amount of frustration and entertainment, the thread actually being more surprising than the article. It’s funny how that happens.
I saw a book the other day about 500 pages long of rediculous lawsuits and laws in the UK, so it happens here too guys. Did you know its still UK Law that noone can have sex with the Queen? So therefore Prince Philip should have been put to death AGES ago (one can only hope).
Having lived in both the USA and UK, I can honestly say that the most stupid people are of course…
…The French.
Posted by mr_bishi on 25/3/09
I want to sue this website for eyestrain for running text over the picture making it hard to read and placing the bullets on the wrong lines confusing me trying to figure out where the new paragraph begins.
Posted by Fergus on 25/3/09
Hah. Mr. Bishi sounds like he’s got some browser issues… I’m suing myself for being a human and not being smart enough to figure out how to drive my personal hovercraft to the moon to escape from the rest of you loonies.
PS. What happened to “Blame Canada”?
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Posted by WHatPlanetIsThis? on 25/3/09
Sorry to interrupt the previously-scheduled program, but I think the captcha is almost MORE entertaining than the article – after the STIFF DRINK, I’m now on the “WAGON” ( I swear its true…)
Posted by Soosee on 25/3/09
Blame Canada? Why not. Any time anything happens “south of the border” the Americans ALWAYS look to blame ANYBODY else. How about taking some responsibility for your own issues for a change?
Posted by unonymous on 25/3/09
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Posted by Toristan on 26/3/09
#6 seems almost ingenious, but #14 seems like the most valid. He basically wasn’t in charge of his own actions, it really wasn’t HIM that killed his mom. If she had died in a car accident or been killed by a burgler there would be no contest as to if he would get the money. Now, he’s probably medicated, in charge of his facilities, has delt with the fact that he was the reason (though not responsible) for his mothers death. Now he wants to make sure that his mothers wants for him can come true. I’m sure all the medication he’s going to need is going to be expensive. I hope he won.
Posted by genius on 26/3/09
None of theese are anything but stupid. Come on, in number 2 its not going to hurt somebody to slam a desk by their ear. Besides why is that retard sleeping in class?
Posted by suzanne on 26/3/09
You are so right. You are a genius
Posted by stefanigi on 26/3/09
They are all rediculous and absourd but I have to admit I DO like the #9 suit. You cheat on someone… get a divorce… I can see wanting my “Gift” of a kidney back. :)
Posted by emily on 26/3/09
i have to laugh about the guy in #7 who wanted to have a million babies with Katie Couric and Celine Dion. As for the guy in #1 if you are a businessman and you own an Audi then you have enough money to take care of the damages. you killed someone you insensitive jerk. one final thought: there are stupid people all over the world. theres no sense in putting the blame on any country
Posted by Gumby on 27/3/09
Funny…the comments are more amusing than the lawsuits. The only thing not funny is the courts time and money wasted on these stupid cases.
Posted by Lauren on 27/3/09
Well, it’s more then just you don’t bunk John Cage. But he copied Cage’s concept more then just the “silence.”
Posted by Peter on 27/3/09
I see this string has devolved from productive discussion about lawsuits to snickering about the not-so-random captcha box … that’s fine. Maybe we need something else to distract us. Let’s make fun of Canada! (captcha = “grunt.”)
Posted by Christina on 27/3/09
Canadians, eh?
Ha ha, Canadians will end up taking over the world or something.
Posted by Christina on 27/3/09
(You pronouce eh like the letter a, incase you didn’t know that.)
Posted by Christina on 27/3/09
If Canadians don’t take over the world, then it will be either the British or the Australians, because when you think of England, you think, oh, lets go have some tea, but we share like all of our top secret crap with them, so they probably are storing it all in their basements planning to use it all against us one day.
Australians are just anti-social, except for Steve Irwin. Nobody knows what the heck Australians are doing.
Posted by Christina on 27/3/09
It’s really too bad that the one guy who’s always giving away his social security number didn’t have it stolen and then sue them for it. That would have been hilarious. Every time I see that commercial or hear it on the radio, I want to go try to steal his identity forever.
Posted by LooneyByn on 27/3/09
I can’t thank everyone because every one of you made me read the next!!
My biggest thanks have to go out to Bob who is no doubt sitting in his living room, lights off and peering out the front window with his binoculars in hand… hey Bob, you know we can all see you through your computer right? How do you think we keep tabs on you??
As for which Country has the most idiots, American vs UK… it’s a tie… with every other Country in the world. They’re everywhere!! Sometimes they’re in your mirror. We can see you through there too Bob. Oh Bob, my good friend HAL says… Good bye Bob.
Posted by Chicky on 27/3/09
Yay! Lets all sue the planet, Pluto! Whoo! I’m loving that guy’s crazyness! “)
Posted by WTF on 27/3/09
Who listens to complete silence? They must be retarded.
SLAYER!!!
Posted by Richard on 27/3/09
If a cyclist causes an accident with a car why should the griver not seek compensation? If the 17 year-old had been driving without lights and caused an accident in which he died then his insurance would have paid. This is no different!
Posted by Bah on 27/3/09
Well as far as #13 goes, Korn did a minute of silence long before 2002, so does that mean Korn should be suing Cage?
Posted by awe on 27/3/09
Awwe, I bet those poor girls (#11) will never do another nice thing for a stranger as long as they live. Thanks to the paranoid crazy lady for destroying their instinctive sense of good-will. I can’t believe a judge sided with the whack job instead of giving her a valium and a kick in the ass!
Posted by Harry Balszak on 27/3/09
Why doesn’t Bob Smith have a sense of humor? Easy: He’s a Democrat, most likely a lawyer or politician.
Posted by Sad Panda on 27/3/09
Well this was just hilarious, especially the comment section. although i dont know why so many people are bagging on Americans… yes there are stupid people here, believe me i deal with them daily, but there are idiots everywhere… you cant honestly tell me that if people from other places could file lawsuits like this or all the other idiotic crap that goes on around here that they wouldnt. which just tells me that youre either ignorant or jealous.
in either case youre making fools of yourself.
hey feel free to send me hate mail though i enjoy it =P
Posted by JERRY on 28/3/09
I was in prison in 1982 and knew a wack job like him that did the same thing. What happended to him was that he was denied for parole (5) times and had to serve his max. sentence. So once he found out that he was being denied it was too late.
Posted by Hmmmmm on 28/3/09
PHOTOSHOPED!!! THE SHADOWS ARE ALL WRONG!!
Posted by asd on 28/3/09
1, and 2 make sense… but the rest.. =/
if i was the guy on number 1. i’d fckng want my money too. Dumb fucking kid driving his bike at night without proper lighting got in MY fckng way.
Posted by bllsht on 28/3/09
all of these lawsuits are full of sht, and so are the people who support them, no wonder the world is such a fckd up place. i hope you all die, you will be judged
Posted by Anonymous on 29/3/09
I fcking hate these people…
Posted by Krystal on 29/3/09
lmao I agree with 9. thats what that bitch gets.
but the first one makes me want to kill that guy
the last guys fucking retarded but at least he’s funny. those damn ninja samurai fighters and tsunami victims!
Posted by Anonymous 24 on 29/3/09
These are some pretty ridiculous lawsuits. There is another that you left out though!
In the state of New York, you have to clean up after your dog, as i believe is the case (or should be) in the majority of the US. However, this does not include, when your dog, uhh, urinates. There was a woman walking in Central Park on a brisk winter morning wearing her expensive fur coat. In front of her was another woman walking her dog. The dog stopped at some point, lifted up it’s leg, and took a piss on the grass. The woman in the fur coat behind them slipped on the dogs pee, and ruined her coat. She sued the woman for not cleaning up after her dog.
and lost..
Posted by Mizantropul on 30/3/09
Take, for instance, nr.1. Legally, the man is right to sue the family. The kid, being a minor, should have been better supervised by his tutors. He was not, they pay. What if it wasn’t a kid, but a grown man?
Posted by Anonymous on 30/3/09
I cant believe that im explaining this but here goes. with regards to no.1. riding without a light is a small crime that puts yourself in danger and will usually get you a warning. speeding is a big crime that ends lives and should get you a jail sentance. The fact that he was difficult to spot is why that didnt happen. He is a lucky lucky man. if common sence has completely failed you and you choose to look at it from a legal standpoint then why dont you consider that most life is considered priceless and that perhaps his family may chose to sue him for all of his earthly possesions on that basis. The arrogance of the driver, to think not only that he was without fault but actually entitles to compensation is shocking.
Posted by Woo on 31/3/09
Number 2 has such a short description, that everyone who comments on it with a strong opinion is an idiot. How did she wake him up? There is loads of info missing here, and I hate it when people talk about “Absurd lawsuits” When they don’t know any of the facts. Did she slam a book on the desk? Airhorn to the ear? nudge him gently? Call his name quietly? These are all not really full sentences, and I am sure that I misspelled things, but shit people. Let’s all think things all the way through.
Go Team
Posted by Woo on 31/3/09
Number 2 has such a short description, that everyone who comments on it with a strong opinion is an idiot. How did she wake him up? There is loads of info missing here, and I hate it when people talk about “Absurd lawsuits” When they don’t know any of the facts. Did she slam a book on the desk? Airhorn to the ear? nudge him gently? Call his name quietly? These are all not really full sentences, and I am sure that I misspelled things, but shit people. Let’s all think things all the way through.
Go Team
Posted by Sarah on 31/3/09
Mark, you’re wrong on the John Cage lawsuit. John Cage drafted, invented and “composed” the first silent piece. 4:33’ is an extremely famous and important piece. At the time, Cage was ridiculed and derided for the idea of a silent piece, even though he was encouraging the audience to listen to the sounds around them and their own heartbeats, etc. The guy he sued was trying to take credit for Cage’s groundbreaking work: any worthy musician would have known Cage’s piece and known that the defendent had stolen from him!
Posted by Rebecca Passer on 4/4/09
A “Silent Piece” I Swear some people are insain who would listen to eather one? I am starting to think the totaly sain people posting are few and mabey just a little on the side of WACKO!
Posted by Rebecca on 4/4/09
I’m the same person who posted above I forgot to mention That I play the trumpet very well and catigorize as a “worthy musician” and I still don’t see any “ground breaking work”
Posted by Edu on 8/4/09
#9 is awesome!
Posted by Silly Americans. on 9/4/09
Hey everyone. To whoever said that USA owns the UK because they were the first people on the Moon and stuff only knows that because they are American. The British have made some mahor achievements, and if you wen’t there, you would see. My captcha word is UNZIP.
Posted by Henry on 13/4/09
wow alot of crap lawsuits the pluto he’s retarded
Posted by GED on 13/4/09
Number 15 is hilarious
Posted by GED on 13/4/09
I see how numba 1 is justified, but i dont get on how da fact dat numba2 is justified. Numba 11 is not justufied. Anybody who sayz dat Numba 2 and 11 is an azzhole.
Posted by Jake on 11/5/09
HHHHHAAAAAAAA Holy crap, what kind of weed are they on?
Posted by braden on 12/5/09
hey i live im canada, and that would be absalute ludacris to do something like that.
these are the dumbest law siuts iv ever heard of
Posted by Emma on 11/6/09
Omg these are so ridiculous! Although, I think that number 9 is justified. He donates her a kidney and she repays him by cheating!
Btw, my captcha is ‘Sandy’so now I have to sue Microsoft and Prada and Adam Sandler and the Teletubbies…
Posted by Chino on 16/6/09
Yeah these are all ridiculously stupid, but #9 is missing some information. He donated his kidney to his wife early in the marriage. A couple years later she files for divorce because shes been cheating on him(atleast she owned up to it). now had he given her a house, what would you think would happen, unfortunately in canada she’d keep it, but what should happen, that gift was given with the intent of upholding marrital vows, to love and cherish for better for worse, seems to be me he’s more than done his part of loving and cherishing, mainly through bad. So now the spouse breaks her vows, files for deforce, completly nulifying her vows. Why does she get to keep the house. It was an investment on his part for THEIR enjoyment, to spend their life together. She decides to go back on her marriage vows, why can’t he indian gift something? it is okay to promise someone something, to swear to it, and to break their heart and life but its wrong to ask for anything back? it’s not like he’s sentencing to death. It was mentioned in canada it is unlawful to sell organs/body parts… but he’s not asking for money, only that as the gift cannot be returned, he is asking for compensation.
Compensation for; he gave up his kidney, yes gave it up, but not for a stanger to never been seen, to save his wifes life, now she decided he’s not good enough, but she’ll keep the kidney…
Can you think of a worse kind of gold digger?
Posted by DJ on 4/7/09
you missed the best one. two women wanted a child together, got a friend to donate sperm, the women split up and then the one with the child sued the man for child support…
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Posted by rajj on 15/7/09
huh, that’s really weird. But can i really sue my professor to get A+ :)
Posted by Mizuha on 22/7/09
to asd,Mizantropul, and anyone else who thinks number one was legit: A car can be fixed or replaced, but a LIFE cannot.The kid’s family shouldn’t have to pay. Besides, the driver was speeding, if he had been doing the speed limit, he probably would have seen the kid in the headlights in time to avoid him. And how would YOU feel if your kid was the one hit? Would you think that lawsuit legit then?
Posted by sussane on 29/7/09
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Posted by Austin on 24/11/09
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Posted by anon on 25/11/09
What is considered “legit” isn’t always considered right/“just”.
#1 is a completely legitimate claim as it really is the kid’s fault. But this does not mean that the guy who sued is “just”. For one, if you had an ounce of human decency in you, you’d actually feel sorry for the parents of the victim.
#9 on the other hand is something that we can all sympathize with. It is only normal for a human being to desire recompense when we are wronged. I honestly think that what he wanted was completely justified. However, it is a completely illegitimate claim because you cannot put a price tag on organs, and the fact that the guy never made a prenuptial agreement. Actually, even if he did, he still wouldn’t be able to claim anything.
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