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When Dumb Lawsuits Attack

Posted Mar 23, 08 5:00 AM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Emotional trauma because she used the men’s restroom? Surfer in pain after losing his wave? The Daily Mirror digs up the silliest lawsuits ever filed:

  1. Whale tale: After their 27-year-old son was found dead on the back of an orca, parents sued SeaWorld for depicting killer whales as huggable stuffed animals.
  2. My name’s Jackass, too! A man named "Jack Ass" sued MTV for plagiarizing adopted moniker.

  1. There's something in my food: A women who sued Wendy’s after finding an amputated finger in her chili put it there herself in a scam gone wrong.
  2. Don’t want to be like Mike: Michael Jordan was sued for $832 million by a man who suffered emotional pain after being mistaken for the basketball star.
  3. Killed the romance: A wife claimed “deprivation of husbandly services” after a Starbucks toilet crushed her husband’s penis.
Click the link below for more ridiculous suits.

Source Daily Mirror (UK)

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A surfer sued a rival for stealing his wave, but California courts dropped the case since they couldn't calculate his "pain and suffering."   (Getty Images)
The parents of a man found dead on a killer whale at SeaWorld Orlando sued the park, contending that it portrayed orcas as cuddly creatures.   (AP Photo/Loro Parque, HO)
A woman tried to sue Wendy's after placing an amputated finger in her chili sauce. She was found out and is serving jail time for her scam.   (Getty Images)
A wife sued Starbucks after her husband's member was crushed in what the couple claimed was a faulty toilet.   (Getty Images)
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