America's Worst Compensation Claims

compensation claims are becoming increasingly common in today's society leads to many observers argue that we now live in a culture of compensation. More often than not people claim good cause, but every so often a few crazy ones get through only to be thrown out of court minutes later.

Well let's start where it all supposedly began, the infamous Mc Donald on the machine case. We've all heard stories of a man or a woman buys coffee from Mc Donald's, it spills on the legs, man or woman suing Mc Donald's for millions, saying the coffee is too hot.
The true story is actually a lot less funny. Mc Donald's at the time in which to serve coffee at 170-180 degrees, hot enough to cause third degree burns. After 700 applications for serious injury Mc Donald was still there coffee at the same temperature causes a 79 years old Stella Lieback suffer third degree burns have to spend eight days in hospital. All she asked for a Mc Donald's to pay her medical bills, they refused, so they were in court. Contrary to popular belief she did not walk away with millions, but the legend seems to have lived on the water some of these people think they make a quick buck from the benefits.

to look like Michael Jordan can not be that bad thing, but an Allen Heckard seem to think otherwise. He tried to Jordan and Nike founder Phil Knight for $ 832 million, he claimed that he suffered defamation, permanent injury and emotional pain and suffering because people often mistaken him for a basketball star. It is not surprising that Heckard drop lawsuit later that year.

There are many cases, the victim being sued by the criminal, and most of them were thrown out for being frivolous or plain ridiculous. This case is really up there with the most ridiculous. Andrew Burnett was serving a year of the murder of Sara McBurnett dog in Road Rage incident. He believed that the case has caused him pain so he sued the victim Sara and the San Jose Mercury News. There are no surprises when the case was thrown out.

If you thought he was crazy then the doctor sues hospital for damages because he failed to prevent him from raping one of his patients. Edward Brewer believes is owed ​​$ 2 million in damages, but the judge ruled that any damages suffered from the crime was his own fault, and that the hospital had no legal obligation to protect him from that choice.

universals studious could never have imagined that they will be sued for scaring anyone too much on Halloween Horror Nights haunted house ride. Cleanthi Peters obviously thinks it's too scary and seek compensation in the amount of $ 15.000, claiming that the ride because of her fear, mental anguish and emotional distress.

There are hundreds of cases out there like this which seeks compensation may be seen as a way of making a quick buck. Most of these cases are from America, but who knows for damages on the rise in the UK could start to see the funny cases come from the woodwork soon.