Top 5 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits

5. Family sued Oliver Stone and Warner Brothers for crime inspired on their movie



In 1996, the family of Patsy Ann Byers sued Oliver Stone, Warner Brothers, and others involved in the making and distribution of the movie “Natural Born Killers” for an unspecified amount. The frivolous lawsuit claimed that the movie caused Sarah Edmondson and Benjamin Darrus to go on a crime spree which resulted in Edmonson shooting Byers during a robbery, leaving her paralyzed from the chest down. The case was ultimately dismissed in June 2002 when a Louisiana appeals court ruled that neither Oliver Stone nor Time Warner intended to inspire violence with the film and they could not be held responsible for the actions of the film’s audience.

4. Man sued Bud for not getting beautiful women



In 1991, Richard Overton sued Anheuser-Busch, creators of Budweiser, for $10,000. He claimed to have suffered emotional distress, mental injury, and financial loss because drinking beer did not make his fantasies of beautiful women in tropical settings come to life, as he claimed it had advertised, driving him to buy and drink more and more Bud Light. The case was dismissed.
3. Customer sued dry cleaner for $65 million over lost pants



In another frivolous lawsuit, Roy Pearson Jr, a judge in Washington, tried to bully a family-owned dry cleaning shop by suing the owners for $54 million in damages after they lost his pants. The case demoralized the South Korean immigrant owners of the business and brought demands that the customer be disbarred and removed from office for pursuing a frivolous and abusive claim. Pearson’s lawsuit against Custom Cleaners of Northwest D.C. eventually ended with a U.S. District Judge finding for the defendants. Pearson later indicated that he would appeal.
2. Couple sued American Airlines over more legroom

Jerome and Judith O’Callaghan filed a $100,000 suit against American Airlines in 2004 because they didn’t have enough legroom on a flight to Paris. The couple claimed the airlines had advertised generous legroom, but said it wasn’t the case. Their nine-hour flight left them with back and leg pain. Allegedly the limited space made Jerome’s legs so unsteady that he tripped and broke his nose and teeth later at the entrance to the Basilica of St. Paul’s in Rome.
1. Batman vs Batman: Mayor of Batman city sued Warner Brothers

The mayor of an oil-producing city in southeastern Turkey, which has the same name as the Caped Crusader, sued helmer Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros for royalties from mega-grosser “The Dark Knight.” Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman accused “The Dark Knight” producers of using the city’s name without permission.
“There is only one Batman in the world,” Kalkan said. “The American producers used the name of our city without informing us.” No one from the town of Batman has explained why it took so many years to take legal action, since Batman first appeared -as a comic book character- in 1939.
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