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some people will try anything for a
quick buck welcome to watchmojo.com and
stay we're counting down our picks for
the top 10 most ridiculous lawsuits of
all time
boy you're up blue boy cuz I'm gonna sue
you all for this list we're looking at
lawsuits throughout history that have
made the most outlandish and ridiculous
claims whether the plaintiffs won or not
we're excluding purposefully silly ones
like state senator Ernie chambers suing
God to make a satirical jab at the
absurdity of certain lawsuits I needed
that hook to catch the public's
attention engage their mind and get them
to see how important the operation of
the court system is in assuring that
every grievance should have a right to
at least one review by a judge only
serious legit lawsuits are allowed here
no matter how silly they may be and
trust us they get silly number 10
Moore's V Frederick I find it absurdly
funny I was not promoting drug I think
most people would take it as a joke high
school and weed are an unfortunate
combination and pop culture can
sometimes create decidedly silly
behavior case in point
in 2002 the principal of a high school
suspended student Joseph Frederick after
he put up a banner with the words bong
hits for Jesus across from the school
during an event that was supervised by
the school and what was that event you
asked feel and pick torch relay
naturally Frederick took the opportunity
to sue and claimed his right to free
speech was violated there's a reason why
the First Amendment is first that deals
with our ability to engage in our own
philosophical and ideological pursuits
and to practice freedom of religion and
to express ourselves
it was initially dismissed by the
federal district court but the decision
was ultimately reversed on appeal and
Frederick was awarded a $45,000
settlement out of court
actually a high school teacher and I
tend to incline to the stupid number
nine Joseph the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration NASA at hall in
January of 2014
astronomers revealed an interesting
photo of the Martian surface showing a
strange rock that was not present in the
same spot 12 days earlier it naturally
brought considerable attention before
scientists deduced that it was likely
knocked into place by the rover's wheels
the opportunity Rover did a kind of a
pirouette we called a turn in place but
but drove in such a fashion that it
would drag the right front wheel kind of
chattering across the ground undeterred
California and Ron Joseph filed legal
papers claiming that NASA wasn't doing
enough to study what he believed to be a
living organism and a sign of life on
Mars in the courts papers Joseph
suggests that the rock may not be Iraq
at all but rather a fungus-like organism
if so that would mean opportunity had
discovered life on Mars we're excited
about such a prospect but this was just
a rock dude I do like the way it sounds
number eight heckard V Jordan and
heckard V Nike Air Jordan from in this
case of celebrity look-alike vs.
celebrity and the company that made
sense celebrity famous an
african-american man from Portland
Oregon named Alan heckard sued both NBA
star Michael Jordan and Nike for four
hundred and sixteen million dollars each
he was supposedly suffering from being
constantly mistaken for the X acog o
Bulls player whenever he was out in
public well that's I mean there's things
could be worse yeah if I'm playing
basketball and people think I'm Michael
Jordan that seems like it's pretty
awesome
though they differ in age and height
heckard and jordan both have shaved
heads and we're single earring once a
famous athlete and the other is an
airport shuttle driver with a criminal
record in the end Hecker dropped the
suit before going to trial and without
being given any money everyone get mad
at you
no worse everyone was really nice about
number seven clardy V Nike something
else you can't do an Air Jordans beat
someone up and blame the free card if
you ask us there's nothing more
disgusting than an immoral person
blaming someone or in this case
something else for his or her crimes a
pimp named sir Giorgio Sanford Clardy
was given a 100 year prison sentence
after he viciously beat the customer of
one of his prostitutes with his Air
Jordans Clardy repeatedly stomped on the
dudes face resulting in the victim
requiring stitches and plastic surgery
according to clardy this was Nikes fault
and he sued the company for not putting
a label on the product warning consumers
that they could be used as deadly
weapons yeah your prison sentence has
nothing to do with the fact that you
stomped on a guy's head you just makin
excuses number 6 Recording Industry
Association of America V Walton we must
promise them that new technology and
distribution will pay them fairly The
Recording Industry Association of
America are known for being bloodthirsty
creatures and not even the deceased can
escape its rack so the RIAA music piracy
is the biggest reason revenue in that
industry has declined from over 14
billion dollars back in 99 to less than
half that now proof they attempted to
sue an 83 year old woman for making
seven hundred songs publicly available
on the internet but they sued her
following her death and the filed
lawsuit came after her daughter
responding to a warning letter with a
copy of her mother's death certificate
to RIAA lawyers sorry guys but we're
pretty sure you're not winning this one
the record Industry Association of
America needs a guide dog they cannot
tell the difference between a pirate and
someone who's operating a lemonade stand
number five
Overton V anheuser-busch Co years
certainly delicious there's no denying
that but we'd be hard-pressed to find
anyone who believes that it has magical
powers however Richard Overton was
certainly fooled as he sued Bud Light in
1991 for their false and misleading
advertisements and their commercials
mail drinkers are often depicted in
tropical settings surrounded by gorgeous
women
to stretch good Overton's lawsuit
concluded those particular
representations of life after drinking
the beer were quote untrue and should
therefore be labeled false
advertisements this case was suitably
dismissed interestingly Overton doesn't
drink alcohol he filed the lawsuit when
his young kids had become entranced by
Bud spokesdog spuds Mackenzie number for
calc Envy Nolan and Warner Bros helped
by its grim tone and dark subject matter
The Dark Knight became an immensely
popular film in 2008 all the success
became an issue for the mayor of a city
called Batman located in Turkey in his
bat crap crazy lawsuit Hussein kalkan
made plans to sue Warner Bros and
director Christopher Nolan for using the
name Batman without the city's
permission as if the capital of Batman
province owned the rights to the name
how can't even blame the movie for a
rise of unresolved murders and suicides
in the area claiming that the Dark
Knight had made a negative psychological
impact on the city's residents well they
never lose the ceremonies the suit
doesn't appear to we've ever seen it
today in court and Kalkan was also
sentenced to jail for promoting
terrorism the same year number 3 severe
V Apple Inc this sound gets me hard as a
rock we're not gonna lie there's a lot
of porn on the internet that said it is
an apples fault no matter what Chris
heavier thinks severe complained that
his Apple product didn't come with a
porn filter and argued in his lawsuit
that because of that he became addicted
to pornography which in turn destroyed
his life I don't know if he knows but
Apple doesn't own the internet while we
can understand his argument about the
lack of a filter it's unbelievable to
think he's blaming Apple for his desire
for quote younger more beautiful girls
featured in porn videos rather than his
wife but that's why you like to watch
those boys in those videos because you
don't gotta do anything for that man we
don't know about you but random porn
sites don't just pop up on our computers
you have to actively search for that
I'm sorry hey we were just trying to
like have fun I mean just thinking on
you know
mouse pulses we check on my email that
this came up on though why number two
Rosenberg V Harwood and Google getting
directions is easy start from the search
box and search for a specific location
Google Maps is an astounding creation as
it gives directions to almost anywhere
in the world
however the web mapping surface doesn't
account for cars
Lauren Rosenberg was following Google's
walking directions which led her onto a
busy highway with no sidewalks she
intelligently kept right on following
the highway and was subsequently hit by
a car as a result she sued both Google
and the driver
Patrick Harwood for $100,000 but her
claims were ultimately dismissed
we don't think Google needs the explicit
statement of please don't walk into
moving cars on their directions but
fairly they do oh and by the way it was
nighttime when Rosenberg ventured out
onto this Highway
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number one lucas v mcdonalds he says he
suffered undue mental anguish after he
was given only one napkin when he
visited the burger chain while you've
probably heard the story about the woman
who sued McDonald's for serving their
coffee too hot and her suffering of
third-degree burns at least that one had
legal grounds we bought a product it was
used as intended
it was unreasonably hot and therefore
unreasonably dangerous and those were
the essential facts nothing Trump's
Webster Lucas's lawsuit though in which
he sued McDonald's for 1.5 million
dollars over a confrontation stemming
from a request from war napkins instead
of giving him more napkins
the manager allegedly resorted to racist
remarks and cursed at Lucas instead
which left the customer distressed
unable to work and demanding a cool 1.5
million dollars it's not that being
discriminated against isn't legitimately
distressing but the thing is mr. Lucas
seems to have a history of suing
fast-food joints he reportedly sue
jack-in-the-box twice and also brought
suit against Walmart and Denny's it's
the best way to celebrate friendship do
you agree with our list can you think of
any other silly lawsuits if they are
learning at such a young age that you
know freedom of speech is more a myth
than a fact then that is sort of a
dangerous precedent to set for our
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