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Top 10 silly lawsuits

Some give themselves in court, others asking back the donate organs


It began in 1992 when a U.S. woman sued McDonald `s, after she burned with a coffee purchased at the famous company. Everybody laughed about it, until she has received 2.9 million dollars as compensation.Since then, the ridiculous processes keep coming not only in the U.S., but in the rest of the world to.

This is a classification of the most stupid lawsuits, compiled by The Independent:

 

Budweiser girls1. In the first place among the most ridiculous accusations to the court process is a man from Michigan. Richard Overton sued Budweiser. He was disappointed that, after drinking the famous beer was not surrounded by women, as seen in the ad. Man sought damages worth 10,000 dollars.

In the ad, two beautiful women appear in front of two truck drivers as a reward because they drink beer. The man repeated the scenario at home and, surprise, the girl’s haven’t emerged. Upset, he sued Budweiser.

 

 

Uncle Sam2. The second is held by a convict in Virginia. In 1995, he give himself in court on the grounds that the crime committed, it has violated his civil rights and religious beliefs. He demanded compensation of $ 5 million. He hoped that Uncle Sam will be obliged to pay on his behalf.

 

 

The judge3. Another strange case is that of a judge who sued a laundry because they have lost his pants. The man asked for damages worth 65 million dollars. The judge states that the loss of pants caused him "mental suffering, discomfort and inside imbalance”.

 

 

 

Batman4. Neither the mayor of the Turkish city Batman didn’t from this top. He sued the company Warner Bros., because they used the city name in the Batman movie "Black Knight" without permission.

 

 

young woman old man5. Rolf Eden, aged 77 years, tried to sue a 19 years young woman on the grounds that she discriminated him because of the age. The girl did not want to sleep with him.

 

 

Spanish businessman car6. A Spanish businessman wanted to sue the 17 years boy family that he has killed in a car accident. He was upset that the boy crashed the car. The boy was travel at night on bicycle without reflective vest.

 

 

Michael Jordan and Nike7. Allen Heckard, Michael Jordan's arrival, sued the Nike Company. The man demanded compensation of 832 million dollars because the company made Jordan so well known that, indirectly, has caused his emotional suffering.

 

 

Natural Born Killers8. In 1996, Oliver Stone was sued by parents of a young girl who was left paralyzed after being shot on the street. People claimed that his film, "Natural Born Killers" would have led the two young people to hurt the girl.

 

9. Another process that drew media attention is brought by an American. He asked his former wife to return his kidney who donates eight years before the divorce.

 

10. In the last place of The Independent top is the sue of John Cage publishers against Mike Battle. Mike Brattle has been accused of plagiarism for the song ''A Minute's Silence "that would imitate ''4'33" by John Cage.

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marus's picture
All of those lawsuits are
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All of those lawsuits are rediculous, but I want to sue the editor of this website for allowing all of the grammatical errors in that article.

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