Posted by mbrickley | Posted in Lawsuits in the News
From beer not following through on the ladies it promised to produce to suing Nike for making Michael Jordan too famous - the lawsuit has been filed.
Great Britain’s news source The Independent selected some “out there” lawsuits to report on. Below are five that made the list.
- Michael Jordan lookalike Allen Heckerd filed a lawsuit against Nike Corp. alleging that he suffered permanent personal injury, pain and suffering because he was so recognized by others as being Michael Jordan. The lawsuit did not hold up.
- When he found out his wife was cheating, Richard Batista wanted her to return to him the kidney he had donated almost a decade before to save her life. The lawsuit requested either the kidney or $1.5M.
- After Anheuser-Busch ran some advertisements showing women appearing in front of men who drank Budweiser, a Michigan man bought the beer, drank it and waited for his women - who never showed. He sued the company for false advertising, requesting more than $10,000. The court dismissed the case.
- A speeding driver who killed a 17-year-old cyclist tried to take the boy’s family to court for damages done to his Audi in the accident. The driver wasn’t prosecuted because the biker had been riding at night without reflectors - and the driver eventually dropped his case against the boy’s family.
- 77-year-old German playboy Rolf Eden sued 19-year-old Katharina Weiss for ageism after she refused to sleep with him. The lawsuit claimed the teenager told Eden he was too old for her.
For more frivolous lawsuits, see The Independent.
How many of these so called ridiculous law suits do you guys really check out? How many of them are successful? From my perspective the system takes care of itself. Lawyers are sanctioned and fined for filing meritless lawsuits. Judges determine if a lawsuit moves forward to a jury. When it suits your needs to file suit, you will not want it preempted by some group with an opposing agenda. You have bought in to your own propaganda. Some of the so called ridiculous lawsuits never even happened, and those that do are dismissed. The suit against the dry cleaners was dismissed. Talk to some of the people who have been helped by trial lawyers for a change. You guys are as much about saving your bottom line as any trial attorney that ever entered a court house. How nice it would be if businesses could conduct themselves as they see fit without having to compensate anyone they hurt in the process. You see, that is also about taking responsibility.