marzipanandminutiae:

anguisettesnakedtruth:

zoe-of-the-veil:

gingerweed-man:

tilthat:

TIL a man once sued McDonalds for $1.5 million because of “emotional distress” he suffered after receiving just 1 napkin with his meal.

via reddit.com

Except no that’s not what happened, that’s not why he sued, he sued because when he went to ask for more napkins, the staff started racially harassing him, all over fucking napkins. As for the amount, ut was probably exaggerated by the lawyer so when the court shrinks it, McDonalds would still have to pay at least something.

There are no such things as frivolous lawsuits made by individual people.

McDonald’s (and most businesses) have insanely good pr departments. The woman who sued McDonald’s for being burned by their coffee was turned into the face of “people will sue over anything” because suing over coffee being hot sounds ridiculous, right? Except for she was literally burned to the bone. The pictures are nauseating. What she went through was horrifying.

If you ever find yourself ridiculing an individual on a company’s behalf you’re probably just repeating pr propaganda

Thank you!!

Almost every so called frivolous law suit story I’ve heard I have since read the actual cases and they have been very far removed from frivolous.

That hot coffee one was one of the first that I realised wasn’t true and I started looking into more after that.

And a lot of the time I’m betting the reported $ amount is inclusive of legal costs.

One of my friends, a model, was slashed across the back of her neck during a speed haircut demo at a hair show. The cut was deep; she had to go to the hospital and now has a large scar as a result. Bit of a problem considering she makes a living from looking a certain way, not to mention the hospital bills. She’s not wealthy and usually struggles to get by financially (since most models aren’t in the modeling 1%).

The stylist who hurt her- there was suspicion of drug use on his part before the demo -was a celebrity in the hair world. So the whole thing came out in the press as “model sues over bad haircut!” and my friend got death threats from strangers.

Do all your research before you write something off as a frivolous lawsuit.