A gym member who was injured after stepping onto (and flying off of) a spinning treadmill is suing her fitness club because there were no signs or employees to tell her not to do it.

Professional golfer Vijay Singh is suing the PGA for exposing him to “public humiliation and ridicule.”  The golfer admitted to using deer antler spray, a banned substance, during a magazine interview.  The tour started a follow-up investigation but dropped the case after the World Anti-Doping Agency decided deer antler spray should not be a banned substance.

A police officer who was fired after he was cited for drunk driving is now suing the city, claiming a violation of his rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act.  The former officer, who was not injured when he drove an unmarked police car into a ditch while off duty, is seeking $6 million in the suit.

A Chicago Bulls fan is suing star Derrick Rose for sitting out the season after an injury, saying that Rose’s absence has caused him mental anguish and led to weight gain.  Rose tore his ACL in the playoffs last year, and hasn’t played at all this season as he rehabs.

A New York homeowner who won a $1.6 million verdict when runoff water flooded his property is not entitled to punitive damages.  The homeowner, who is “petrified” of bullfrogs because of a childhood incident, wanted an additional $250,000 in damages for the frogs that now inhabit the flooded land.  However, as part of the verdict, a drainage ditch will be dug in the hopes that the water recedes and the frogs leave with it.

While the fantasy flick, Oz the Great and Powerful, has racked up big bucks at the Box Office — a real-life “Oz” may be forced to spend big bucks to fight a ridiculous lawsuit.

Apparently, TV doctor “Dr. Oz” featured a home insomnia cure in which he recommended viewers warm their socks in the microwave with rice inside.   One New Jersey man claims he suffered burned feet as a result of this “cure” — and has taken Dr. Oz to court.

That’s just one of the lawsuits we feature in this month’s “Most Ridiculous Lawsuit” poll.

Click here to vote in this month’s poll.

If you think this “Dr. Oz” lawsuit is crazy — just wait until you read more about our other nominees:

• Man hit by truck on rotating platform in showroom sues auto dealer .

• Shopper sues department store after walking face first into glass display.

• Woman suing over “severe and permanent injuries” still able to complete half-marathon .

Which of these do you think is the most ridiculous?

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Each month, we scour the news to find lawsuits just like these and present them as part of our Faces of Lawsuit Abuse campaign.  We never find a shortage of crazy lawsuits to present, and we’re betting that the more Americans read about these ridiculous examples, the more they will clamor for reforms that make America’s legal system simpler, fairer and faster for everyone.

A class action lawsuit alleges that the St. Louis transit organization printed receipts with too much information, although no passengers are known to have suffered identity theft as a result.  Customers who saved their receipts from 2010-2011 are eligible for $72 worth of passes or a cash payment of $30, while those that don’t have their receipt get one free ride.

A man who spent 30 minutes listening to “It’s a Small World” when the ride broke down has won $8,000 in a lawsuit against Disney.

A frequent flier is suing United Airlines for the way it calculates reward miles.  Like most airlines, the company uses the “great circle distance,” or the number of miles between two points.  However, the disgruntled flier wants the company to calculate the actual number of miles flown by each customer.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is facing a class action lawsuit from visitors who paid the suggested entry fee of $25, not knowing that they could enter the museum even if they paid less.

Alleging that a tip for curing insomnia by filling one’s socks with warm rice  left him with burned feet, a New Yorker is suing Dr. Oz for recommending it on his show.  The plaintiff, who suffers from numbness in the feet due to diabetes, says Dr. Oz’s warning to make sure the socks don’t get too hot was insufficient.

A North Carolinian who was injured after he walked into a clear glass display case is suing Macy’s for creating a dangerous situation in the store.  The plaintiff adds that he is in no way responsible for the incident.

A man who was arrested for shoplifting after he filled two produce bags with pounds of “free samples” is suing the supermarket that reported him and the sheriff’s deputies that arrested him, saying they overreacted to the situation.

A dealership is being sued by a man who claims he was hit by one of their trucks…as it slowly rotated on a viewing platform.  The plaintiff claims a salesperson invited him to take a look at the truck without warning him of the dangers that the spinning platform created.

A California attorney who sues businesses for noncompliance with disability access laws is facing a lawsuit alleging that his own office doesn’t comply with ADA regulations.

A West Virginia woman who claims she suffered severe and permanent injuries in a parking lot car accident is suing the retailer, although the injuries didn’t keep her from completing a half-marathon less than six months after the accident.

Various federal and state courts have labeled a particular serial plaintiff as a “vexatious litigant,” a designation to prevent frivolous lawsuits from overburdening the courts.  “It’s not a matter of these actions being annoying or inconvenient to the court,” the Idaho Supreme Court says.  “It’s just a matter of protecting other people’s access to the courts, so the courts aren’t tied up with just one person’s matter.”

A judge has tossed a lawsuit from a convicted murderer who was moved to a new prison after officials found contraband in his cell.  The murderer claimed the move to a more secure facility unfairly denied him visits with his fiancé.

A Nevada lawmaker has proposed a bill that would allow doctors and drug companies to be sued if they prescribed medication to a patient who eventually became addicted to it. The bill’s sponsor argues that doctors “know the person can get addicted to the drug so they should pay for the process of them getting off it,” but opponents say it “ties the hands of physicians and takes away the rights of patients to choose which risk to assume while seeking treatment for their diseases.”