If you’ve ever sold anything on Craigslist, you know that it’s typically a quick and easy way to part with stuff you don’t want anymore. But for Doug Costello of Massachusetts it was anything but quick and easy. Selling a $40 printer turned into a six-year long legal nightmare that saw...
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It’s safe to say that Randall Krause of Omaha is not feeling that Husker spirit. Krause has filed a lawsuit against the University of Nebraska seeking to end the school’s tradition of releasing red balloons following the football team’s first touchdown of the season. He claims the...
A Texas lawyer was so disappointed when a local restaurant ran out of soup that he threatened to sue. (We’ll give you a moment to make your own Seinfeld “Soup Nazi” joke.) Dwain Downing alleges that Our Place Restaurant’s menu represents a contract with the customer that is enforceable by...
An Illinois woman is tired of being frozen out of the full amount of her icy drink by Starbucks. Stacy Pincus has filed a $5 million class action lawsuit against the coffee chain alleging they’re ripping off their customers by putting too much ice in their iced coffee. Pincus claims that...
What’s one sip of beer worth to you? Well, one sip almost cost a North Yorkshire, UK, bar owner £5,000 and her professional reputation. Michelle Craggs and her husband Neville took over the Fleece Inn about three years ago. Last July, officials from the government’s trading standards...
A Parisian man who claims his job made him suffer from crushing boredom is now sticking that company with a big, not-boring lawsuit. Frederic Desnard claims that the dull job caused him to suffer a “bore out” that led to other significant health problems, including clinical depression...
Students take the SAT in hopes of going to college and getting a good education, but some New Jersey students are getting a first-hand lesson in the ins and outs of the legal system – all due to a simple typo. In this case the plaintiffs’ lawyers are the ones looking for a high score with...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has put the cap on a class action lawsuit against Fresh Inc. over the lip balm leftover in the bottom of the tube. The plaintiffs’ lawyers alleged that Fresh is hoodwinking consumers into thinking there is additional product in the tube, when the twist...
A man imprisoned for allegedly using email to scam people out of their credit card numbers is suing a Tennessee family for half of their $1.6 billion Powerball lottery jackpot. He claims to have chipped in for the ticket. Jonathan Lee Riches — also known as Jihadi Schitz — says he is...
Woman Threatens Lawsuit for Lifetime Supply of Kit Kat Bars after Buying Pack Missing the Wafers
A law student at King’s College London is threatening to sue Kit Kat manufacturer Nestle after an 8-pack of the chocolate and wafer snacks she purchased did not contain any wafers. Saima Ahmad, 20, threatened the potential legal action in a strongly-worded letter to Nestle demanding a...