Consider the following: A New York woman has filed a lawsuit against her former supervisor, claiming that he frequently broke wind. Roberta Feinsmith, 67, an executive assistant at the Jewish Theological Seminary alleges that supervisor Alan Cooper discriminated against older … Continue reading
Category Archives: FRIVOLOUS / BIZARRE LAWSUITS & LAWS
$2.9 Million Cup of Coffee
In 1992 Stella Liebeck, spilled a cup of McDonald’s coffee onto her lap, and was awarded $2.9 million in damages. Ever since then, the name “Stella Award” has been applied to any wild, outrageous, or ridiculous lawsuit and emphasizes the … Continue reading
Dry Cleaners Cleaned Up
Roy L. Pearson Jr. The 57-year-old Administrative Law Judge from Washington DC claims that a dry cleaner lost a pair of his pants, so he sued the mom-and-pop business for $65,462,500. That’s right: more than $65 million for one pair … Continue reading
Cold Feet Cost Groom $150,000
Sometimes even the best laid marital plans go astray. Usually when that happens, litigation does not ensue, but there are precedents for a cause of action for breach of a contract to marry. In one such recent case, a jilted … Continue reading
Get Out of Jail Free
Scott Anthony Gomez Jr, 22, was an inmate at the Pueblo County, Colo., jail. He escaped from his cell, made it to the roof …and fell 40 feet while trying to climb down the outside wall. It was his second … Continue reading