Bizarre Lawsuits

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History of United States has been ripe with examples of baseless and weird lawsuits. These lawsuits seem to be a mockery of the Judicial System and bring a shame to the whole nation. Some examples of such eccentric and unusual lawsuits are as follows:
_ A Student sues the school, for providing summer homework, alleging that it creates unnecessary stress and unfair workload. (From the Associated Press, January 21, 2005)
_ A couple sued the American airline claiming that they didn_t have enough leg room and subsequently were cramped aboard a flight to Paris. According to the May14, 2004 edition of Chicago-Sun times, they are seeking $1,00,000
_ A train conductor settled for $8.5 million from a railroad after claiming a collision between his commuter train and a freight train worsened his alcoholism. (From the Associated Press Feb 2, 2005.)
_ A woman sues a railroad on suffering minor injuries after getting hit by a train while walking along railroad tracks. She is suing the railroad for more than $30,000 as she says the railroad didn_t warn people that trains were likely to travel on the tracks she was walking along. (Associated Press Newswires, November 5, 2004)
_ A child named Jose sues the school district when he sat and broke a wooden bench provided by the school authorities. He fractured his pelvis bone in the process.
Such frivolous lawsuits have led to a greater need for Tort Reforms in the Judicial System.

Mr. Dick Weekley_s Texans for Lawsuit Reforms is one organization that is dedicated to bringing fairness in the judicial system.

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