Incredible Lawsuits!

[RedRagToAnOrc]

This isn't a link on the Internet, but my family was talking about the "5 most ridiculous lawsuits" that they heard about on a daytime TV programme a couple of days ago. Number One was as follows;

A woman bought a new Winebago (huge motorhome, for those of you who don't know - and sorry if the spelling is wrong) from a company, and then took a ride on the freeway. She decided to leave it on cruise control, and went to make herself a sandwich. Of course, the motorhome went off the freeway and overturned.
Of course, because there was nothing in the manual about having to stay at the wheel while cruise control is on, she successfully sued the company. They have since changed their manual. :rolleyes:

There were a couple of others which escape my mind at the mo. What's the most bizarre lawsuit you've ever come across? (And it must be successful. Have fun!)

[Demon_Child]

This dumb bitch (yes, a woman calling another woman a bitch is an even bigger insult than when a man calls a woman a bitch) should have had some common sense that dictated that cruise control DOES NOT function the same way as an automatic pilot.

[Adovid]

Sounds like she set her head on cruise control long before she messed with the winebago.

Anyway I saw some lawsuit between two black ladies about some cat pee stains in one of their cars. They both had cats and they both claimed that the opposite party's cat was to blame. The argument got to the point where one of them pulled out womans dipree(diaper) and claimed that it belonged to the other and that it was what caused the stain. The laidy just held it up and started screaming "dipree! dipree" and the other laidy was like "Thats not mine!". When the judge asked how she got ahold of this evidence she said something like "I keep my eyes open."

When they tested the car for dna they annonced that the stains came from both cats that belonged to both women.

[GrassDragon]

I can't believe the government encourages people not to take responsibility for their actions -.-

[The_Maker]

That woman is an idiot...

Period.

I heard a about a lawsuit up here where a Woman was at a McDonalds drive-through, was in a hurry and late for work, bought some coffee off of the dollar menu, and she was driving one of those rinky-dink squatty European cars that has hardly any suspension and when she drove over the speed bump at the end of the drive-through lane her coffee (which she was drinking when she drove over the speed bump) sloshed around in the cup and spillled onto her lap and burned her. She then sued the McDonalds despite the fact that there was a warning on the cup that the contents were hot and won in court. -_-

The McDonalds has since put the warning in large, red, bold letters on their cups.

People can be such morons...:rolleyes:

[BlackHawk]

Not sure if it's true, but I heard about one where some guy was robbing a house and he tripped on their carpet and broke his leg. He sued them for it and won >.>.

[Darmago]

This dumb bitch (yes, a woman calling another woman a bitch is an even bigger insult than when a man calls a woman a bitch) should have had some common sense that dictated that cruise control DOES NOT function the same way as an automatic pilot.

hell, even automatic pilot is misleading

its actually just cruise control for airplanes. Just meant to keep the specific heading(which usually just requires maintaining speed.) Automatic Pilot will NOT turn unless you make it.(or its malfunctioning)

[The_Maker]

o.o

Thats...uhm... idiotic... yeah.

[Ender]

I got one to top all.

A woman (these all seem to be about women, don't they? JUST KIDDING!) brought her cat inside. It had been raining and the cat was soaked. The woman, in a stroke brilliance decided to dry it off. Anyone guess who she did it? She stuck the cat in the microwave, closed the door, and turned it on. Cat died. Woman sues the company for over a million dollars, and wins. Now they have to put warnings on their microwaves to not put animals in them.

Wtf.

[BlackHawk]

I think this (http://bash.org/?4753) Bash.org quote sums it up:

<xterm> The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

[Ender]

I think this (http://bash.org/?4753) Bash.org quote sums it up:

Seconded. Darwin rides again.

[The_Maker]

Thirded.

I believe we have come to a conclusion...

America's Population = Stupid Population :P

[Sikawtic]

*is moving to japan*

[kongurous]

I got one to top all.

A woman (these all seem to be about women, don't they? JUST KIDDING!) brought her cat inside. It had been raining and the cat was soaked. The woman, in a stroke brilliance decided to dry it off. Anyone guess who she did it? She stuck the cat in the microwave, closed the door, and turned it on. Cat died. Woman sues the company for over a million dollars, and wins. Now they have to put warnings on their microwaves to not put animals in them.

Wtf.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/micropet.htm

Behold teh holy word of Snopes.

[Aquarian]

Ah...I remember one that happened not too long ago...

This woman was chatting on her cellphone on a plane.The air stewardress then told her to close it.So the woman closed the phone and then asked for a cup of steaming hot water.The air stewardress returned and gave her the water.Unexpectately,she then tossed the hot water at the air stewardress

So,now the air stewardress has filed a lawsuit agaisnt the lady for assaulting her.Well,the lady,who is definately a bored b* with no life,then filed a lawsuit at her to counterattack,claiming that she had outraged her modesty by asking her to close her phone...

[EdvardMunch]

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/micropet.htm

Behold teh holy word of Snopes.
Snopes strikes more than once in this thread. The winnebago case is actually a slight modification of an urban legend (the microwaved pet lawsuit is mentioned here too). There are probably some other lawsuits in this thread that are urban legends too.

http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.asp

/me is a proud member of the Buzzkill Association of America

[kongurous]

Snopes strikes more than once in this thread. The winnebago case is actually a slight modification of an urban legend (the microwaved pet lawsuit is mentioned here too). There are probably some other lawsuits in this thread that are urban legends too.

http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.asp

* EdvardMunch is a proud member of the Buzzkill Association of America

/me is a proud member of the Check Snopes Before Posting Lawsuits of the World, and seconds brother EdvardMunch's post.

[DragonPaladin]

she had outraged her modesty by asking her to close her phone...

"Please close your phone."
"HOW DARE YOU ASK ME TO CLOSE MY PHONE ON YOUR PLANE?!!! THIS CALLS FOR A DUEL!!!"
"Ma'am...just close your phone...please?"
"DIEEEE!"

[RedRagToAnOrc]

Not sure if it's true, but I heard about one where some guy was robbing a house and he tripped on their carpet and broke his leg. He sued them for it and won >.>.

Yeah, another one mentioned was the lawsuit where a man was burgling a house. He became trapped inside the garage, as there was no button to open any doors, and he couldn't get out the way he came in, and was stuck for 8 days, living off some cat food and various other tinned stuff.

When he was finally found, he sued the owners of the house for a sizeable sum.

[GrassDragon]

My dad said it's actually legal in some (northeastern) states for burglars to sue the owners of the houses they are stealing from if they suffer any personal damage while in the act of burglarizing. A guy trying to hop an electric fence to steal stuff from a home can sue the people if he gets burned or hurt by the fence.

WTF?

[RedRagToAnOrc]

Really defeats the point of having the defense in the first place. It's a no-win situation. You either get your stuff stolen, or... get sued.

[BlackHawk]

Well then, screw University, I becoming a robber, if I get caught stealing I'll just throw myself down the stairs.

[Aquarian]

Well then, screw University, I becoming a robber, if I get caught stealing I'll just throw myself down the stairs.

Yeah,and I'm moving to America for some big bucks.

*Put's on some rubber kevlar vest*

[Protoss_Honor]

Why the fuck are people such ass headed morons? Sueing the people you are robbing? Tripping over your child and sueing the store? Sue the child ya idiot. Steal hubcaps, get hand run over when the driver of the car starts moving, sue his ass off?

I'm leaving the human race. Maybe I will become a Vulcan, or a Klingon, or a Wookie. YA know, with these kinds of people in the world, the earths gonna end up going to hell in a handbasket within a hundred years proly. I disagree with the bash quote, kill off every stupid person, and leave only the smart and average ones, and half the worlds problems are solved.

[Darmago]

I just try to disassociate myself with humans... at least stupid ones...

[Protoss_Honor]

I just try to disassociate myself with humans... at least stupid ones... Only way to do that, is to move to another solar system, stupid people are everywhere.

[Spartan-II]

I beleive that people who go to court for their own stupidity should have to pay a fine for wasting time, and then they have to serve a manditory sentence in a "How not to be a total dumbass" course.

[loads_of_fun]

*is moving to japan**is moving to norway*

[Whiteknight]

It was that American women who spilt McDonalds coffee on her lap that started all of this. Since then there have been incredible lawsuits of all sorts. Hell, I even know of one.

A taxi cab driver saw a buglar steal an old woman's purse so he told the woman to get in and then chased the burglar win his cab, eventually pinning him against a wall and phoning the police. The buglar had to get surgery in hospital and sued the cab driver. At least this had a semi-happy ending because people donated money to him and the court eventually overturned the lawsuit.

I despise how the court system has become a mockery. I mean, there've even been 400k awarded to a "psychic" who lost her "powers" after having an MRI. Is there an decency or common sense in the world anymore? And even more, who the hell are these juries or judges actually awarding these figures?

[Mindslaver]

It's not about whether you can or can't sue. Filing a lawsuit is a right that everyone has no matter what the case is. However, when we get down to actually winning the case, then the number of things that one can file a lawsuit for are drastically reduced. Lawyers are unwilling to fight for a client whose cause is indefensible.

[Nickodemus]

If this is in here im sorry if it isnt here goes.

TWo of them mind you now that i remember the second one.

A guy breaks into a house through the garage door. I do not know how but he gets locked in it. The people had gone away on vacation so were gone for two weeks. after it all was said and done the guy had to live on dog food and soda pop ( i think but do not quote me.). He took them to court for mental anguish and won. All because they failed to provide a way for criminals to escape from their garage.

And number 2. :: Do not leave knives on you kitchen Island below a sky light

A man was attempting to break into a house when he climbed onto the roof. ZTo his suprise he found the sky light open and climbed in. Yup it was a long way down so he lost his footing and fell. A block was on it with Knives held inside. He hit the block and spilled the knives all over landing on them and cutting himself. He sucessfully sued and won.


And the winebago one i heard was it was a guy and he went back to make coffee in the coffee maker after setting the cruise control. And lets not all forget to sue fast food joints for "forcing" us to eat their food. (( That guy had his case thrown out by the judge if you remember it by the way... ))