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3rd Quarter 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS ISSUE 2011.33
Strange Lawsuits
Q. What’s wrong with lawyer jokes? A. Lawyers don’t think they’re funny, and nobody else thinks they’re jokes.
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TIDBITS® TAKES A LOOK AT
STRANGE LAWSUITS by T.A. Tafoya
There is no shortage of lawsuits. Lawyers keep busy defending weird and wacky cases. Tidbits looks at a few frivolous lawsuits for a laugh, but don’t try them yourself! Frivolous lawsuits rarely make it through the courts and usually end up costing the plaintiff. • Richard Overton took the advertising message of Anheuser-Busch a bit too literally. In 1991, he sued the company for $10,000 claiming to have suffered emotional distress, mental injury and financial loss because drinking AnheuserBusch beer did not bring to life the beautiful women in tropical settings as was advertised. The supposed false advertising led him to buy and drink more Bud Light. The case was dismissed. • An episode of “Fear Factor” prompted Austin Aitken to sue NBC for $2.5 million in 2005. Aitken claimed to have suffered injury and great pain after watching contestants on the television eat rats. This caused him to become light-headed and dizzy, which resulted in him vomiting and running into a doorway. The judge threw out the lawsuit.
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