Our legal system is bursting at the seams with unbelievable civil lawsuits. Some are frivolous, others are more than justified. Here's a look at some of the strangest of the strange.
When you go to a comedy show, you might expect the stand-ups to make fun of you. Nevertheless, Canadian comic Guy Earle must now go before a British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal after facing off with a heckler and using what a victim describes as homophobic and sexist slurs.
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesIn our litigious times, it’s no surprise that a 52-year-old California woman is suing Victoria’s Secret over a thong injury. The real question: How the heck did she hurt her eye while putting on underwear?
How's this for a long-shot: Thousands of gamblers have launched a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit claiming they were allowed entry into casinos even though they signed up for a program that should have excluded them.
Waddah Mustapha claims his sex life was ruined after he found two dead flies in his bottled water. Canada's Supreme Court swatted down his claims for a payoff.
A lot of people call in sick. A woman in Arlington, Wash., is accused of taking bogus sick days to an all new level. She's being sued for allegedly faking letters from doctors that she had malignant brain tumors and receiving $21,000 in paid leave.
A woman filed a $100 suit against the town of Norwalk, Conn., claiming a family outing at a local aquarium was ruined when her 1-year-old stepped in dog feces. Says the city attorney: "Poop happens."
Justice Jack Battaglia, a Brooklyn judge, plans to file a $1 million lawsuit after slipping on a freshly mopped courthouse floor. In papers, he holds the city and the cleaning woman responsible for "negligently using a mop bucket and wringer" and "negligently using a mop and soapy water" to create a "dangerous and hazardous traplike condition."
Convicted sex offender Steve Morris has filed a lawsuit against every sheriff and prosecutor in his home state in reaction to a new law that goes in effect in July that would allow law enforcement officers to search his computer at any time. His lawyers say this is a violation of his Fourth Amendment rights. The law also requires sex offenders to submit e-mail addresses and log-in names for social networking Web sites like MySpace and Facebook.
Aaron and Christie Boring (yes, that's their name) are suing Google because their house is showing up in Google Maps' "Street View" feature. These people must be Boring.
A hollowed-out foot-powered Buick inspired by "The Flintstones" cartoon landed a Toronto man in jail in 2007, when it hit the streets. The car did lack certain equipment -- an engine, floor and directional signals -- you might assume comes standard in most vehicles. But a Toronto judge dismissed charges of unsafe vehicle operation.
