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The Most Ridiculous Lawsuits
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Ever heard of the lawsuit against McDonald's for making people obese? Or the man who won a lawsuit after he injured his hand while attempting to steal his neighbor's hub caps? America has become lawsuit-happy with people suing left and right for all sort of reasons. Here are some of the most ridiculous lawsuits.
| | A woman in Austin successfully sued a furniture store for breaking her ankle after she tripped over a toddler. The toddler was in fact the woman's son. |
| | A woman in Pennsylvania was awarded $113,500 in damages after she slipped on a spilled soft drink and broke her tailbone. The woman had thrown the drink at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument. |
| | A woman in St. Louis was awarded $6,000 when she sued a hair salon because she claimed a bad hair treatment caused emotional distress, depression, couseling, and loss of income. |
| | A youth league baseball coach in Ohio was sued for $2,000 for alleged incompetence as a coach. The lawsuit claimed that the coach's poor coaching cost the team a trip to a tournament in Florida. |
| | A Delaware woman successfully sued a nightclub for $12,000 after she fell out of a bathroom window and broke her two front teeth. The accident occured while the woman was trying to sneak through the bathroom window to avoid the $3.50 cover charge. |
| | An Australian man is suing his ex-girlfriend to get $10,000 back he spent on the woman's daughter after he found out the girl wasn't his. Some of the items that he wants to be compensated for include: three Barbie dolls, four trips to the amusement park and a day of skating. |
| | A man in Arkansas was awarded $14,500 and medical expenses after he was bit on the buttocks by his neighbor's beagle. At the time of the incident the man had been shooting the dog repeatedly with a pellet gun. |
| | In Pennsylvania, a man was awarded $500,000 from a homeowner's insurance after he was locked in the garage for 8 days, claiming he suffered mental anguish. The man had just finished robbing the house and he couldn't get the garage door to open. |
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