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If you want to listen to court cases that give you a boost of morale in the compitence of learned people i sugjest you watch show's like judge Judy or judge Ratchet or Judge Meraline.

Yes; there's a problem with the law system but unfortunatly there were consequences from it being in it's previous form which disaprooved of the concept of finanscial redemption in lawsuites.

My neighbor's mom sued Some teenagers family (and succeded) because they stole a 13,000 bowl from her front porch. Why? Because it was halloween and the bull was full of candy with a sign that said, "Please take 1 only."

Ok im pretty sure most of you heard this story about a guy sued a dry cleaner for 54 million dollars becounce they lost his pants and this guy that sued is a lawyer. He lost and now he has to pay all the court cost and is in danger of lsoing his job 'serves him right lol.

I also heard another story that a mom sued a school becouse here daughter dident make the cheer squad 'big deal there always next year

At 7/19/07 07:32 AM, 2r0x0rs4you wrote: 13,000 bowl

You mean $13,000, right? :D
These are some really good cases. That meat cleaver one sounds too good to be true (?), and the cheerleading case is yet another "WHY????!!!!" case. Keep up the fantastic work, guys!!!!

One that was on the local news yesterday:

A man is trying to sue a flower stall in Marylebone station for £1m, because he supposedly slipped on a petal, thus injuring his back (and the usual fabricated sob story that goes with it).

Apart from the fact she won't have that amount and will go out of business (and the insurance will give him a figure notably smaller than the one he's after), the fact is he first tried to sue Chiltern railways for the same amount, just because they run a service from that station.

Sounds like blatant ambulance chasing to me...

*points to Judge Carlos on Mind of Mencia*

Dedede!

I heard this one a looong time ago. Some person's yard was littered with tools and such. While walking, they stepped into a bucket. They fell, severely breaking their leg. They then sued the bucket company, and won, for not having a warning label.

I mean, the people who file these cases sometimes say " I want the general public to know this is not safe,don't come here, i'm doing you guys a favor", BULLSHIT. They just want an easy way to get cash. Also, any judge that doesn't dismiss these bullshit cases is also a fucking moron.

At 7/20/07 06:40 AM, Jaketheclonetrooper wrote: I mean, the people who file these cases sometimes say " I want the general public to know this is not safe,don't come here, i'm doing you guys a favor", BULLSHIT. They just want an easy way to get cash. Also, any judge that doesn't dismiss these bullshit cases is also a fucking moron.

Are we twins? Seriously, that's exactly the kind of thing that I was hoping to hear from you. Every one of these cases is lead by an idiotic pervert who needs more money to feed his heroin addiction, so he steps in a bucket and sues the company. And this is really great stuff, guys. I've never laughed so hard in my life! And, D2kVirus, I hope you weren't jumping on the bandwagon of "omg u stoopid idiot america isnt the only cuntry that soos" (said in a stupid accent with no punctuation for effect :P). But if you weren't, and just saying a funny UK sueing story, that's ok. But DAMN!! sueing a flower shop owner for £1 million because he slipped on a petal? It just makes me cringe...

At 7/1/07 07:26 AM, TamiyaGuy wrote: I'm from the UK, and I find the fact that America sues everyone quite comical. Admittedly, the world is starting to sue each other, and some Americans will just leave it and say "I'm not exactly scraping the bottom of the barrel", but it is pretty funny. For example, there was a guy who decided to go for a joyride in his (Ford) car. So he went on the motorway (highway) at around 100 MPH, on the wrong side of the road, not wearing a seatbelt. After a bit, he flipped his car, landed on his head (no seatbelt), and died. No Shit.

The guy's family went on to sue (and succeed in sueing, I might add) Ford Motor Company, for killing that idiot. So who's fault was that? Ford's, for not making sure that their cars had the safety of a goddamned TANK, or the guy's, for joyriding on the wrong side of the road at 100MPH, without a seatbelt, and ignoring all the warnings and common sense.

Also, share your sueing stories here!!!

I agree, I think it is because, in america we like to blame things going wrong on other peolple, my favorite ones are the two fat guys who tried to sue KFC for a few million, for making them fat, when its not like they had to eat there in the first place. Second is the woman who tried to sue Mc Donalds for 10million dollars because her coffee was too hot and she was drinking it, while driving, and she hit a speed bump spilt coffee on her lap and wrecked her car.

At 7/21/07 12:06 AM, InsertName314 wrote: Second is the woman who tried to sue Mc Donalds for 10million dollars because her coffee was too hot and she was drinking it, while driving, and she hit a speed bump spilt coffee on her lap and wrecked her car.

And, of course, she owned a $10,000,000 car, right? No. Exactly. If that happened in the UK, or even if it happened to another US guy, they might have sued for $50-$60,000, because that was how much the car costed. I never heard that one before, and it was worth sharing. Seriously, I never expected this to be so popular, and despite the slight overdose of "OMG U FAG, TEH US ISNT TEH ONLY CUNTRY THAT SUES U FAG"-ness, this is turning into a really good topic. Many thanks to everyone that shares their sueing/warning label stories here, and KEEP EM COMIN'!!!!!!

Ok first off I am from America and I admit we are ridiculous with suing! I mean come on!

Case #1: McDonalds woman puts a newly bought contaner of coffee between her legs and hits a speed bump, causing the container to open and spill coffee on her lap buring her thighs. Now because the top of the container didnt say "caution: hot liquid inside" she sued and won a suit of 50million and if you think im exaggerating im not, her potential claim was 20, the other 30 are her "medical and rehabilitation bills" to help her get better she decided to be flown to some swedish private hospital and stay for 4 months!

Case #2: Man breaks into a store by going through a vent in the roof, as he was going he tripped and fell through the hole, landing on a counter underneath and breaking his back. He sued the man and the state, and won both cases, stating that the man should have taken proper cautionary steps by fastening the vent on tighter so the burglar couldnt break in and the state for not having a suitable out-patient program for newly released felons.

Case #3:A convicted bank robber on parole robbed a California Savings and Loan Branch. The bank robber placed the money roll containing the hidden Security Pac in his front pants pocket. The Security Pac released tear gas and red dye resulting in second and third degree burns requiring treatment at a hospital. The bank robber sued the bank, the Security Pac manufacturer, the city the police and the hospital.

Case #4 A woman in Israel sued a TV station and its weatherman for $1,000 after he predicted a sunny day and it rained. The woman claims the forecast caused her to leave home lightly dressed. As a result, she caught the flu, missed 4 days of work, spent $38 on medication and suffered stress. She won!

and alot more here are the sources! http://www.duhaime.org/LegalResources/La wFun/tabid/344/articleType/ArticleView/a rticleId/41/Outrageous-Lawsuits.aspx

Tell me the world isnt getting alittle crazy with the suites??

Jesus Christ... they are... FANTASTIC!!!!! I heard of the Mcdonalds one before, but $30million in medication? She suffered a burn! It's just ridiculous. The robber who broke into a store and broke his back one just made me cry with laughter. And the judge who awarded him... 'nuff said. The other one was so funny as well, not just the sueing case, but what he must have looked like when that stuff went off :P. And finally, the weather station one. At first, I thought "well, $1,000, that doesn't seem too bad. If she missed a week of work, that would pay. No more, no less." then I read on... Just the thought of doing that in the UK would make some people want to kill you. Mind you, people must think about her in the US. It's just too mind-blowing to think about sometimes.

I love the way the USA can sue for almost anything, especially this Emotional Distress thing. but what is enotional distress worth? Is it worth £1.50, because it caused you to break your favourite HotWheels car, or is it worth millions for... erm..... some reason... It must be getting to the case in some areas that people are worried to serve customers in case they screw up in the slightest and get sued. I'm wondering how long it's going to be until it turns into the old Schoolyard threat: "I'm going to tell on you for telling on me" (except it's sueing, not telling)

And that website was great. Just priceless.

At 7/21/07 02:49 PM, Cobra82 wrote: Tell me the world isnt getting alittle crazy with the suites??

Just a bit, but I think it's high time those weather people got what was coming to them.

At 7/22/07 03:34 PM, Proteas wrote:

At 7/21/07 02:49 PM, Cobra82 wrote: Tell me the world isnt getting alittle crazy with the suites??

Just a bit, but I think it's high time those weather people got what was coming to them.

HAHA yeah but I mean if one can do it imagine how many else could? I mean misjudge the weather once and the weather channel could be down 100's of millions of dollars by all the ppl suing them....sooo sad!

You're right, ya know. If a company injured someone through their neglect, they should go out of business if they injure a million people. But weather companies, they predict the weather for everyone, so if they screw up and a million people sue them, they are a good company out of a business. And yet again, that would never have been done by anyone else. £500 for getting a cold? I don't think so. Unless you work for the head of the company that makes the weather report xD

Come on, guys. You must have some funny stories about ridiculous lawsuits to share!!! And even if not that, some funny warning signs or labels!!!! This has to continue!!!! As long as there are lawsuits, this topic shall, nay, MUST continue... *raises hand to heart*

I've decided to sue the Natural History Museum, for the simple reason spme of the dinosaur figures I had as a child are anatomically incorrect: it has the Tyrannosaur standing upright, for Allah's sake - even Jurassic Park got its stance correct!

I want £2m and my own pet Stegosaurus in damages.

Water on road during rain.

Really???

A diabetic German judge sued Coca-Cola and for not putting labels on their products warning consumers of possible health risks.

Judge Hans-Josef Brinkmann is convinced that soft drinks and chocolate bars like Snickers are responsible for his diabetes -- and not his decision to consume them.

Mr. Brinkmann, the vice president of the Landesgericht court in Neubrandenburg, is suing Coca-Cola for £3,500 compensation plus costs.

Brenda Johnson never could have imagined the legal firestorm she was igniting when she accidentally bounced a $2.64 check at a 7-Eleven store in 1996.

FOR MORE INFO GOTO http://www.power-of-attorneys.com/stupid _lawsuit_detail.asp?stupid_ID=117

Here's another one. There's this car dealer who advertises a car in the newspaper for 1,500 bananas (which means dollars). So this woman goes up to him and gives him 500 real bananas and she says she'll give the rest later. When the man explains it means dollars, she sues him for false advertising, wins, produces the other 1,000 bananas and drives off in her new car with the money she won form the lawsuit.

Two Chicago attorneys have filed a class action lawsuit against Penthouse magazine, saying their two clients shelled out $8.99 each for a copy of the magazine to see tennis sensation Anna Kournikova without her racket and tennis outfit. Don't these lawyers have anything better to do with their time than to sue over eight dollars and ninety nine cents? And a class action lawsuit to boot?

Allegedly, the plaintiffs were "distressed" to find out the naked woman was not Kournikova and they each want their money back.

Is that all they really want? I mean, come on, why bother filing a lawsuit to recover a measly $8.99? After all, the filing fee for the lawsuit is more than the amount being sought -- or is it?

Critics of the burgeoning class action law practice say lawsuits like these routinely offer chump change for the plaintiffs but in many cases provide million-dollar bounties for their lawyers.

The two Chicago attorneys who filed the suit are Aron D. Robinson and Boris Parad. Their clients, Vadim Levin and Alex Sheyngis, are of Russian descent and according to the lawsuit, bought copies of the magazine hoping to see more of their fellow countrywoman.

As early as April 26, Kournikova had warned Penthouse that the photos taken by a jewelry salesman of a naked woman on a Florida beach were not her. But the magazine went ahead with a campaign hyping the issue and printing 1.2 million copies of the magazine, double the usual run, the lawsuit states.

"The sales and circulation of Penthouse magazine have been diminishing," the suit states. "At its peak, circulation was approximately 5 million a month. More recently, circulation has declined to about 650,000 per month."

Penthouse went ahead with distributing the magazines until Kournikova and the woman actually photographed, Judith Soltesz-Benetton, daughter-in-law of fashion designer Luciano Benetton, both sued. Penthouse reportedly settled out of court with both women, issued apologies and destroyed what few copies of the magazine that had not been sold.

The suit filed was filed in the class action hotbed of America -- in Cook County Circuit Court. The lawsuit seeks damages for the deceived customers and, of course, attorneys' fees.

Talk about a racket!

Source: Chicago Sun-Times.

Here's A Good One

At 8/15/07 02:43 AM, lazerhawke wrote: Here's A Good One

It's those bloody McCanns again, isn't it?

At 7/1/07 07:36 AM, cellardoor6 wrote: But I'd just like to point out that what I find comical about you is that you probably have a very exaggerated impression of our court system based on either a few out of context news articles emphasizing a few stupid cases, or based on American movies and TV shows.

To be fair, we do have over 50% of the world's lawyers concentrated in the states. But it's true, it's nothing like law and order when attorneys are shouting at eachother and people wave the Constitution around with tears in their eyes.

The ritual of picking ugly, social degenerates as jury members is true, though.

Slightly off topic, but The Sunday Times has run a list of the dumb laws that still apply in the UK. Which include:

1.) It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.
2.) It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
3.) It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.
4.) Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London.
5.) In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants - even, if she so requests, in a policeman's helmet.
6.) In Lancashire, no person is permitted after being asked to stop by a constable on the seashore to incite a dog to bark.
7.) In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day.
8.) In London, Freemen are allowed to take a flock of sheep across London Bridge without being charged a toll; they are also allowed to drive geese down Cheapside.
9.) In the UK, a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.
10.) In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.
11.) In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.
12.) In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.
13.) The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in case she needs the bones for her corset.

It gets worse, I read this as a comment after the story:
In 1970 the Queen agreed to allow her prerogative right to whales to be abolished, and the Law Commission recommended such a change to Parliament. However the proposal was defeated in the House of Lords in 1971 with the result that the Queen still has the exclusive right to whales and great sturgeons.