A group of New England Patriots fans are suing the NFL, Commissioner Roger Goodall and Patriots owner Robert Kraft in an attempt to get back the 2016 first- round pick and the 2017 fourth-round pick taken from their favorite team in the wake of "Deflategate." According to news reports, seven Patriots fans are being represented by Maine lawyer…

A Chicago-area man is suing a restaurant and bar owner for injuries he received following a fight with another customer. According to news reports, Todd McCarthy is suing Durty Nellie's for $50,000, plus the cost of the suit. McCarthy claims he was assaulted by another customer  the restaurant was unable to control, resulting in numerous painful…

Two Californians are suing Starbucks claiming their Grande-size lattes don't measure up to the 16 fluid ounces advertised on the coffee giant's menu. Sierra Strumlauf and Benjamin Robles are seeking class-action status in California federal court for what they allege are underfilled lattes that have saved Starbucks "countless of millions of dollars…

An Oregon woman is suing her apartment complex after she stepped into a hole that children dug on the playground, causing her to fracture her foot. According to news sources, Ellen Saiz was crossing a grassy area of the complex near a playground when she stepped in a hole dug by the children. In her lawsuit, Saiz states she suffered injuries to her…

A Napa, California, man is suing the California Department of Transportation and others after he fell from a bridge while trying to cross over the median. Joseph Montano of Napa County was walking on a sidewalk on the Imola Avenue Maxwell Bridge around 9:30 p.m. on January 31, 2015, when he decided to swing his legs over the median barrier and jump…

A fan is suing electro house musician Steve Aoki because of his signature cake-in-the-face toss. Las Vegas club guest Raymond Collins claims he suffered a serious head injury when he slipped and fell on a cake that landed on the ground after Aoki tossed it out into the audience. According to news sources, Collins says he has lost income as a result…

A law student in England is considering legal action if Nestle fails to apologize and adequately compensate her following a KitKat bar mishap. According to news sources, Saima Ahmad claims the pack of eight KitKats she bought were all missing a key ingredient: the wafers. "If I wanted to purchase a confectionery item that is purely chocolate,…

McDonald's is back in court again, this time defending its new mozzarella sticks. A class-action lawsuit has been filed in California by lead plaintiff Chris Howe who alleges that McDonald's customers in the United States are being misled into believing they paid for "real" mozzarella cheese in the new sticks. Howe's lawsuit claims 3.76…

As some may have predicted, the family that won a third of the $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot is being sued. Jonathan Lee Riches, also known as Jihadi Schmitz, is suing the Robinson family of Munford, Tennessee, the Multistage Lottery Commission and Powerball. Mr. Riches' claims he is entitled to one-half of the Robinson's winnings. According to…

A Franklin County (Ohio) judge dismissed a lawsuit with a little wit. Common Pleas Judge David E. Cain took to poetry to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an inmate who accused a correction officer of causing him to soil his pants while standing in line for recreation at the prison.  According to news reports, inmate Darek Lathan warned the officer…

A Florida family is suing Twitter claiming the San Francisco-based social media network is responsible for paving the way for ISIS to spread its international terrorism campaign. "For years, Twitter has knowingly permitted the terrorist group ISIS to use its social network as a tool for spreading extremist propaganda, raising funds and attracting…

The sound of children laughing and playing in their playhouse has become the subject of a lawsuit between two Texas neighbors.  Kelly Counts of Plano, Texas, is being sued by her neighbors, Irving and Anita Ward, for allegedly upsetting their "tranquil quality of life" and "creating noise issues as well as visibility issues for…

A $58 million lawsuit filed against an evolutionary biologist over comments he made decades ago in a book review has been thrown out. The lawsuit against Richard Dawkins was filed by Karl Dahlstrom, author of an anti-evolution book called The Organized Universe. In his lawsuit, Dahlstrom contends that Dawkins was referring to him in a comment made…

A woman attending the taping of "America's Got Talent" is suing the show, the venue and the show’s host, Simon Cowell, after she allegedly tripped over wires on the ground. According to news reports, D'Arcy Gurr claims the studio at the Los Angeles County Fair where the show was being taped was overcrowded, which made it more dangerous…

A city in Florida is suing a local family over its Christmas display. Kathy and Mark Hyatt of Plantation, Florida, are being sued by the city for the massive Christmas display near their home that draws hundreds of people each night and creates a traffic jam. Among the attractions: animated displays, hundreds of thousands of lights, and occasionally…

After years of litigation over the size of a sandwich, Subway appears to be within inches of a final settlement of the lawsuit. According to news reports, U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman for the Eastern District of Wisconsin gave preliminary approval to a settlement that has Subway paying $525,000 in a class-action lawsuit filed in 2013 against Doctor…

A New Jersey lawyer has been ordered to pay nearly $50,000 for pursuing a frivolous lawsuit against two Atlantic City police officers. According to news reports, attorney Jerry Goldhagen's client claimed he injured his eye socket in 2005 after being hit by stun guns used by Officers Michael Mayer and Owen Ingenito. The problem with the claim, however…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently heard oral arguments in a long-running battle over whether or not snowboarders should be prohibited from boarding at Utah's Alta Ski Area. According to news reports, the lawsuit was filed in 2014 by four snowboarders against Alta and the U.S. Forest Service on grounds that Alta's prohibition…

A New Jersey woman is suing a local police department for failing to prevent her from falling off a chair and fracturing her hip while she was being booked for drunken driving. Linda Leone admitted having several drinks before getting in her car around 8 a.m. on April 22, 2010. A short time later, Officer Michael Allen arrested Leone when he found…

In a creative twist of legal writing, a judge has thrown out a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against pop star Taylor Swift by quoting her lyrics. R&B artist Jesse Braham filed suit against Swift alleging that she stole lyrics from his "Playas Gon' Play" song for use in her hit song "Shake It Off." Although the songs…

A convicted bank robber is suing Snohomish County (WA) for $6.3 million, alleging that a sheriff's deputy used "excessive force" when he shot him while he fled the scene waving a gun. Todd Kirkpatrick, a.k.a the “phony-pony bandit,” is serving a 17-year prison sentence for robbing the KeyBank in Stanwood, WA. According to news…

A Daytona Beach (FL) man was arrested after he tried to sell a stolen car back to its owner. Car owner Walter Potts told police that he received a telephone call informing him that his stolen car was identified and could be purchased back for $150. Potts was told to bring the money to a local Save-a-Lot store where he could exchange it for the car…

A New York school district is being sued by the families of two students who claim to have been knocked down by a classmate during a field trip to the Bronx Zoo. According to news reports, two girls were knocked to the ground by an 11-year-old boy. During court proceedings, the boy testified that he accidentally ran into the girls while he was being…

A twenty-eight year old Orlando (FL) man is challenging his arrest on grounds that the cocaine found in his pocket was not his, but rather belonged to the owner of the shorts. According to news reports, Billy Diggs and two other men were searched after police noticed a handgun inside the car the men were standing alongside. When the search turned…

Recently, a Connecticut jury unanimously ruled in favor of an eight-year-old boy who was sued by his aunt for hugging her. Jennifer Connell of New York sued her nephew, Sean Tarala, for $127,000 after she fell and broke her wrist when her nephew jumped into her arms at his birthday party. “All of a sudden he was there in the air, I had to catch…

A Long Island, New York, man sued and won his case against his mother for withholding a $5,000 gift that his grandmother promised for his bar mitzvah. Jordan Zeidman said his maternal grandmother, Rachel Steinfeld, whom he calls "Baba," promised him at his 2007 bar mitzvah that she was giving him $5,000, as she had done for his brother and…

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (“PETA”) is suing a wildlife photographer on behalf of a monkey.   According to news reports, photographer David Slater was taking pictures of macaques in Indonesia when he stepped away from his camera, and the curious monkeys took control of it and snapped some photos. One hilarious photo…

A Florida woman is suing Volkswagen and car dealer AutoNation for $5 million over charges that Volkswagen rigged some vehicles to hide the level of emissions they produce.   Palm Beach County resident Lisa Lowrance has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida claiming she spent nearly…

A Pennsylvania school district is being sued by a parent and two members of its board of education after the closing of an elementary school and redistricting led to one of the plaintiff's children riding the school bus for "an unreasonable extended period of time" and her two children attending YMCA after school programs at two different…

A New York City restaurant that recently changed its trendy menu from Paleo-heavy to vegan is being sued by its investors after regular CrossFit customers complained about the menu change. Citing "personal beliefs", manager Kiki Adami, chef Paul Chang and fellow co-owner Alberto Gonzalez of GustOrganics in Greenwich Village switched the…