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1. In June, 2008, a 27-year old man from New York sued Subway after he took a bite of his sandwich. He asked for a sum of $1,000,000 because of food poisoning, which he said he had gotten from what was found in his sandwich. What was it that he found?
2. In San Francisco in 1964, a woman named Gloria Sykes was injured after the cable car she was riding on malfunctioned and careened down a hill. Sykes suffered a black eye and some scratches in the accident, but she filed a $500,000 lawsuit against the city for a much more curious reason. What was this reason?
3. Aitken v. NBC (March 2005); a viewer sued NBC for $2.5 million, contending that he threw up because of a "Fear Factor" episode in which contestants ate rats mixed in a blender. He did not get the $2.5M, but what was the official verdict?
4. In 2016, Fresh Inc. was sued over the amount of lip balm in a tube, the claim being that it was being dishonest about the size, because the bottom of the twist-up prevents the balm at the bottom from being used. The Court threw the case out; what reason did it give for doing so?
5. In 2009, Doctor Richard Batista decided to sue his wife for a gift he gave her: his kidney. It seems that after she received his gift she started sleeping around and then sued him for divorce. He then decided to sue her for $1.5 million. The newspaper gave a name to this famous case, do you know what it is?
6. Another famous lawsuit from 2007 happened in Washington, D.C. A man sued a Dry Cleaning firm for $54 million after it lost a pair of his pants, and therefore failed to meet the promise of a sign in the window stating "Satisfaction Guaranteed". What did the newspapers dub this case?
7. Talk about a Bad First Date; in Texas, Brandon Vezmar filed a petition in the small claims court against his date. He claimed that she was "a date from hell", who texted during the 3D screening of "Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2". When he asked her to stop using the phone, she refused and then left, leaving him to find a ride home for himself. He sued for the cost of the movie ticket. What was the outcome of this case?
8. One of the most famous product liability lawsuits was the 1994 case of a seventy-two year old woman who ordered coffee from McDonald's and then spilled it on her lap while she was trying to put cream and sugar in the cup. Her lawyer stated "McDonald's coffee was defective, it was too hot and more likely to cause serious injury than coffee served at any other establishment". She won the lawsuit for nearly $3 million, stating that they should have put a warning sign on the cup. In what US State did this happen?
9. In 2014, Dr. Edward Gamson was travelling with his partner in Europe when they decided to visit Granada in Spain. But instead of finding himself in Granada, he ended up in Grenada, which is in the Caribbean. British Airlines refused to reimburse him for his two first class tickets, so he decided to take them to court. The airlines claimed that Grenada was clearly written out on the ticket but Gamson said he did not notice because he was in a "vacation" mind frame. What did the Judge decide?
10. In 1997, Larry Harris was both drunk and high. He decided to break into a bar owned by Jesse Ingram. Mr Ingram had recently set a voltage trap around his windows and had signs posted all over the building. Larry ignored the signs and ended up electrocuting himself. Although police did not file murder charges, Harris family decided to sue in civil court. How did this case end?
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