A man sued former basketball star Michael Jordan and Nike for USD832 million. He claimed that Nike had made Michael Jordan so recognizable that he suffered from personal harm for being repeatedly mistaken for the star. Apparently he looked a lot like the Jordan and was tired of constantly being...
Claimant claimed that she slipped on a squished banana that had fallen on the floor of a grocery store. She reported that she slipped and landed on her hip. A few months later, she reported to her doctor that she had hit her head and lost consciousness. Initially, the claim...
Claimant was visiting a friend’s home and was looking for the bathroom. She opened a door and was immediately hit in the shoulder with a dart. The 12 year-old son of the homeowner was playing darts in the garage, with the dartboard attached to a wall next to the garage...
Plaintiff was an air passenger in a plane that crashed, thankfully with few fatalities. Being seated next to a passenger, who was using her cell phone shortly before the emergency, the Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against her alleging that her cell phone use caused or contributed to the crash and...
A car backing up into a US post office caused injury to several people. The post office had experienced two other similar events in recent years. Cars had driven into the post office so much that barriers had to be erected. The recent incident happened in a portion of the...
The insured filed a claim against his earthquake policy. He stated that when the earthquake occurred, it caused his house to sway back and forth violently. As a result, his “Brick” chimney collapsed and went right through his roof and also damaged everything in the bedroom that it fell on. ...
Claimant was injured when she slipped on a metal plate on a sidewalk in front of the Plaintiff’s store, claiming that the storeowner had a duty to keep it dry so that it wouldn’t be slippery. The day of the incident was rainy and even though the sidewalk was in...
Claimant was concentrating on her driving and asked her co passenger to reach into her purse and grab some lip moisturiser for her. She didn’t look at the tube before applying it to her lips and hence didn’t notice that she had applied super glue! Her lips became stuck together...
Plaintiff sued the insured alleging that he was negligent in causing a motor vehicle accident resulting in serious injuries. The policy limits had to be paid when it was discovered that the insured tweeted at the scene of the accident as follows: “Oh, I caused an accident!”
Claimant was hanging laundry on a clothesline hung in her backyard, when a neighbour’s dog ran through her yard. Startled, she dropped her clean laundry into the mud and then slipped. She made a claim under the neighbour’s homeowner’s policy claiming that she strained her back and her clothes were...
