Strange & Crazy Personal Injury Claims
Below are 7 of the strangest personal injury claims that we have ever seen. You will read tales of individuals suing for things like misleading T.V. commercials and bad haircuts. We found them all to be pretty amusing and we think you will as well. A viewer of the television show Fear Factor sued NBC for $2.5 million, claiming that a stunt during which contestants were forced to eat rats mixed in a blender caused him to vomit and suffer emotional distress. The plaintiff said he wanted to send a message to NBC and other TV networks about reality shows going “too far.” In Overton v. Anheuser-Busch Co., Richard Overton sued Anheuser-Busch for $10,000 after drinking a six-pack of Bud Light failed to transport him to a balmy beach teeming with throngs of bikini-clad women. Overton cited television commercials “featuring Bud Light as the source of fantasies coming to life” in arguing that the defendant’s “misleading advertisements” had caused him physical and emotional distress, as wel