15 Crazy Lawsuits that Make You Want to Sue Someone

1. thegr8jim
   March 20th, 2009 at 9:21 am

   Stupidity of this level should be punished by death.
   Especially #1. He should be shot on principle alone.

2. hearsetrax
   March 20th, 2009 at 9:21 am

   further proof we as a species are doomed

3. demar
   March 20th, 2009 at 9:27 am

   hahahahaha!

   that'll teach you to bake cookies.

   That old women was trying to teach you a lesson that a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen. How dare you bake cookies in today's society?!?!?!?!

   (/sarcasm)

4. mishelley
   March 20th, 2009 at 9:40 am

   I'm calling my lawyer, this story annoyed the h@#! out of me...

5. MadMolecule
   March 20th, 2009 at 9:55 am

   Instead of "Sleeping Student Sues Teacher for Waking Him Up" (which is not why he sued her), the headline should say, "Student Sues Teacher for Inflicting Permanent Hearing Loss."

6. Evilbeagle
   March 20th, 2009 at 10:01 am

   It's a shame that we don't have a system in place to make people think twice about filing stupid lawsuits that waste money and valuable time. It would certainly cut down on this sort of idiocy. All of these were ridiculous, and you hear of more and more every day.

7. D Bozko
   March 20th, 2009 at 10:06 am

   Easy fix, if the plaintiff loses in court (including dismissals) they pay all costs incurred for the defendent. Too many defendents pay up substantial amounts, for cases they would most certainly win, simply to avoid going to court which would cost them even more. Tort reform is definitely needed.

8. atanguay
   March 20th, 2009 at 11:35 am

   This seems like a good concept for a regular-human superhero. Beating the stuffing out of these useless excuses for human beings. 'The Vindicator'...or 'Scales of Justice', more costume ideas there.

9. Kalel
   March 20th, 2009 at 12:09 pm

   I'm glad we live in a system wherein even the common citizen can have a voice in court.... even if that citizen is a complete twit.

10. Gauldar
    March 20th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    Yeah, no matter how exploitable that system is... ahh well, the price of freedom.

11. zazie
    March 20th, 2009 at 1:12 pm

    This reminds me of a friend of a classmate, who ran over a kid on his bike and wanted the family to pay for the damages done to her car!! Unbelievable.

12. Video Game Dork
    March 20th, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    @ D Bozko -

    As much as I hate frivilous lawsuits, the problem with 'loser pays costs' it that it turns justice into gambling game and favors those who can affort to take the risk. Obviously some people with valid cases will lose.
    We can't come to a point where people have a valid reason to sue, but don't because they can't afford to take the chance. Then justice will only be for the rich.

13. Catalyst
    March 20th, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    We do have a system of punishing frivilous lawsuits. Read Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

    As for the comment of the loser paying all the court costs, you have no idea how the financing of our legal system works, and if you had your way, your health insurance / car insurance / home insurance would never pay for anything ever, as if they don't dispute everything now. They love to take your premiums, but they'll file a lawsuit if you ever actually try to collect on your insurance.

14. SenorMysterioso
    March 20th, 2009 at 6:03 pm

    I think I'll skip this story. Frivolous lawsuits are a pet peeve of mine, especially when the person wins their case.

15. Josh
    March 20th, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    People will hate me but I have to say I have no sympathy for the first one. The kid was a idiot for riding a bike at night without a flashing light, reflectors or helmet he had it coming. I have almost ran over bikers many times for similar situations.

    One time I almost wreaked into another car going around a corner when a biker was riding against traffic on the road without any lights going around a corner that had no room for a bike on the edge. I ended up swerving almost hitting the car next to me.

16. ted
    March 21st, 2009 at 8:40 am

    mmmmm... torts.

    Josh, I have to disagree with you, simply because children are children, and adults are adults, and children shouldn't have to die because they aren't capable of the same reasoning an adult would have.

    Yes, children should know better, but we forgive them up to a certain age for plenty of things.

17. Josh
    March 21st, 2009 at 9:14 am

    Im sorry but I cannot consider 17 a child. 15 or less I would consider a child.

    But still being under 18 his parent could be part to blame for not providing him with the safety equipment.

18. Noelegy
    March 21st, 2009 at 10:25 pm

    Um, not even in the small town where I grew up and knew all my neighbors would I have ever presumed to knock on their door at 10:30 pm, not even to bring them cookies. I can't blame the woman for being scared, although suing the girls is kind of stupid, even if they did show poor judgment mixed with good intentions.

19. Jasper
    March 23rd, 2009 at 12:48 am

    I agree 100% with Noelegy. If you are knocking on someone's door at that hour, it had better be an emergency. I'd be somewhat alarmed, heart racing, and if it turned out to be for nothing, I guess I'd be a little mad, but the cookies would be enough to make up for it, provided they didn't suck.

20. Robolasse
    March 23rd, 2009 at 9:05 am

    I'll see you all in court!!

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