CLAIM BENEFITS IF YOUR SHOES WEAR OUT
In Illinois, a state employee can file a compensation claim if his job entails walking and climbing stairs repetitively!
November 24, 2024
Risky Business
USD250,000 for a shrimp!
A man was dining at a restaurant alone, when he gulped a shrimp with the pasta. He was choking and turned blue as the shrimp got lodged in his throat. Luckily, a diner at a nearby table noticed him and gave him the Heimlich maneuver to relieve him of the...
Don???t scorn a female dentist!
A Polish dentist is facing charges after pulling out all her ex-boyfriend’s teeth during a surgery, days after he broke up with her for another woman. “I tried to be professional and detach myself from my emotions,” said Anna Machowiak, of Wroclaw, Poland, according to the Daily Mail. “But...
BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN!
A woman sued a hot air balloon company for breaking up her engagement. During a surprise romantic outing in a balloon with her fiancé, a strong gust of wind caused the woman’s long, blonde wig to fly off of her head, leaving her very short dark haircut exposed. This...
VALUE THE HUMBLE CRICKET
A man in West Monroe, Louisiana, has claimed losses of $500,000 from a fire at his cricket farm! Jack Armstrong, owner of Armstrong’s Cricket Farm, said that the damage to a building and the inventory loss from a fire that destroyed 3 million crickets, will cost him around...
THE DANGERS OF HIGH HEELS
An insurance company received ten claims for the same type of injury from ten different women working at the same law firm that have filed workers’ compensation claims. Although the women are claiming different types of specific injuries, they all claim to suffer from “continuous trauma claims” as a...
Things people do for a Big Mac!
A woman has claimed in a U.S. Federal Court complaint that her ex-husband, an owner of McDonald’s franchises, pushed her into prostitution in Nevada. And Shelley Lynn blames McDonald’s in part for the events. Lynn sued her ex-husband Keith Handley, his company Ivernia, and McDonald’s USA, claiming that...
Frying churros bad for face and waistline
Chilean newspaper La Tercera has been ordered to compensate 13 readers who suffered injuries when they followed a recipe it published. The recipe for churros – sweet fried snacks similar to doughnuts – caused explosions that showered the cooks with hot oil, causing burns. Chile’s supreme court found...
Lost a foot for nothing
A man who almost died after cutting his own foot off so he could stay on jobless benefits has been told he might still qualify for work despite his amputation. Long term unemployed Hans Url, 56, had just been told his hand-outs would stop if he did not accept...
Ouch ! How to repay US$45 billion in a year
Ouch ! How to repay US$45 billion in a year American International Group (AIG) famously received a massive US$180 billion bail-out from the United States Department of Treasury at the dawn of the financial crisis, in 2008. Slowly but surely, its since been clawing its way back into better financial...
