Bizarre court cases.

[cerina]

Do Beautiful Women Really Come to Life When You Drink Bud Light?
1991, Richard Overton sued Anheuser-Busch for false and misleading advertising under Michigan State law. The complaint specifically referenced ads involving, among other things, fantasies of beautiful women in tropical settings that came to life for two men driving a Bud Light truck. In addition to two claims of false advertising, Mr. Overton included a third claim in his complaint in which he claimed to have suffered emotional distress, mental injury, and financial loss in excess of $10,0000 due to the misleading Bud Light ads. The court dismissed all claims.



If you can’t sue the system, sue yourself.
1995, Robert Lee Brock sued himself for $5 million. He claimed that he had violated his own civil rights and religious beliefs by allowing himself to get drunk and commit crimes which landed him in the Indian Creek Correctional Center in Virginia, serving a 23 year sentence for grand larceny and breaking and entering. What could he possibly have to gain by suing himself? Since being in prison prevented him from having an income, he expected the state to pay. This case was thrown out.



Criminals need not bear the responsibility for their crimes alone when the real money is in Hollywood.
1996, the family of Patsy Ann Byers sued Oliver Stone, Warner Brother, and others involved in the making and distribution of the movie Natural Born Killers for an unspecified amount. They claimed that the movie caused Sarah Edmondson and Benjamin Darrus to go on a crime spree which resulted in Edmonson shooting Byers during a robbery, leaving her paralyzed from the chest down. The lawsuit was originally filed in 1995, against Edmonson and Darrus, the actual perpetrators of the crime spree. Stone and the others involved with the film were added in 1996. The portion of the case aimed at Stone and his associates was dismissed in 2001.

[Ice Queen]

Those cases are the craziest ones I've ever read about!

[mid_nite_poet]

Weird indeed...

[ScornedVixen]

What clever people that are around now, a woman sues the hairdresser for cutting off a tad too much hair - dismissed as the judge said the hair would grow back so no permanent damage done - hooray for judges with common sense!

A girl sues someone for making high heeled shoes which she promptly falls off and breaks her ankles, well, who forced her to buy them?

A group of people suing McDonalds for getting them fat on Whoppers, Kingsize fries and god knows what else, did McDonalds hold them at gun point every single day forcing them to wolf down junk to get fat?


Hey that gives me an idea, I can sue the firm that makes TV, for turning me into a square eyed lard ass.

Vix

[cerina]

Since when were haunted houses frightening?
2000, Cleanthi Peters sued Universal Studios for $15,000. She claimed to have suffered extreme fear, mental anguish, and emotional distress due to visiting Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights haunted house, which she said was too scary.



When kids commit heinous crimes, who is responsible?
The makers of every video game they’ve ever played, of course. 2001, Linda Sanders and other family members of Columbine High School shooting victims sued 25 movie and video game companies for $5 billion, in a class action lawsuit.They claimed that were it not for movies includingThe Basketball Diaries and videos games including Doom, Duke Nukem, Quake, Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Mech Warrior, Wolfenstein, Redneck Rampage, Final Fantasy, and Nightmare Creatures, the massacre would not have occurred, and that the makers and distributors of the movies and games were partly to blame for their loved ones’ deaths. The case was thrown out and the plaintiffs were ordered to compensate the video game and movie companies for their legal fees.



Negligent security is a legitimate claim, when you’re the victim, not the perpetrator!
2002, Edward Brewer sued Providence Hospital for $2 million. He claimed that the hospital was negligent because it had not prevented him from raping one of its patients. The judge ruled that any damage Brewer suffered due to his crime was his responsibility for choosing to commit the crime, and that the hospital had no legal duty to protect him from that choice

[Ice Queen]

The first one is hilarious!!!

[cerina]

It makes you wonder, doesn't it?

[Ice Queen]

Yeah, wanna check that house too. Probably I'll fall asleep and stop having nightmares!

[cerina]

[ScornedVixen]

I've been into Universal Studios house of horror, it scared the crap outta me, what was worse was that I took the boys in with me, so of course they screamed bloody murder and upset and frightened other people! And no, they are not suffering any emotional damage, they get over it, just as these stupid morons ought to.

Vix