A Massachusetts woman is suing social media site Twitter for allegedly blasting spam messages to her cellphone. Beverly Nunes has filed a class action lawsuit in San Francisco, and she is seeking more than $5 million under a federal law that restricts robo-calling.  According to news reports, Nunes claims Twitter has been blasting spam messages…

Two New York men have filed a class-action lawsuit in Brooklyn Federal Court against Chobani Greek Yogurt, alleging false advertising because, according to their claim, “[n]one of the Products sold in the U.S. are made in Greece or made by Greek nationals…” Plaintiffs Barry Stoltz of Scarsdale and Allan Chang of Queens are seeking…

An Ohio woman is suing Syracuse (NY) Crowne Plaza Hotel for $1 million in damages after falling off a “defective” bar stool in the public lounge. Antoinette Allison, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, was waiting for her food at the restaurant lounge when she claims to have fallen from a stool that was too high off the ground. The exact height of…

A Pennsylvania couple is suing the local youth league after their 12-year-old daughter broke her leg sliding into home plate during a softball game. James and Kathy Hershberger of Springhill, Pennsylvania, are seeking in excess of $50,000 plus legal fees in a lawsuit that names Fayette County Youth League, North Union Township and R.W. Clark Youth…

A Washington State man is facing criminal charges after allegedly assaulting a woman and stealing her iPad, and then having the gall to “friend” his victim on Facebook the next day. According to news reports, a woman was struck on the head from behind while sitting at the Bremerton, Washington, ferry terminal. Although the victim claims…

A South Carolina elementary school is being sued by an atheist group because the school's fifth grade graduation ceremony is scheduled to be held in the chapel at a local Christian university. The American Humanist Association is suing the Mountain View Elementary School, challenging the graduation's location at North Greenville University. Greenville…

A man is suing New York City for $2 undecillion, an amount recognized as more money than there is on Earth. After allegedly being bitten by a rabid dog on a city bus, Anton Purisima has filed a lawsuit in Manhattan seeking $2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. According to news reports, Purisima is suing as a result of the dog bite and…

Two years ago, we highlighted the ridiculous class action lawsuit filed by a Pittsburgh Penguins fan who claimed he received too many texts from the professional hockey franchise. Well, here we go again. According to news reports, the Buffalo Bills have settled a similar two-year-old lawsuit by agreeing to pay up to $3 million to settle the class…

A San Francisco 49ers fan is suing the NFL for what he calls "economic discrimination" after his hopes of scoring tickets to watch his beloved team play rival Seattle Seahawks were dashed. John E. Williams III of Las Vegas, who works as a promoter in the entertainment industry, is seeking $50 million in damages, claiming the league and others…

A Washington State woman is suing the owner of a pet duck, charging that the duck wandered down the street and attacked her. Cynthia Ruddell of Washougal, Washington is suing Lolita Rose of Estacada, Oregon after suffering multiple injuries while trying to duck away from the animal. Ruddell's attorney, Gregory Price, told a local news station that…

A Connecticut man is suing his local borough after he says he fell off a defective swing set. Edward Negron, Jr., now 30, claims that in 2009 he was seriously injured on a swing set at Western Elementary School in Naugatuck. Negron's lawsuit states the swing came free of an eyebolt, causing him to fall to the ground, resulting in a fractured left…

A Colorado man has spent nearly $800 battling a lawsuit over $42 worth of Girl Scout Cookies. According to news reports, Tad Osborn bought about a dozen boxes of Girl Scout Cookies and paid for them by check. About six months later, he received a notice saying his check had bounced and that he owed double what he originally paid. The Girl Scout Troop…

A nonprofit organization in Utah is suing the U.S. Forest Service, demanding that the park service lift its ban on snowboarding at Alta ski resort. The group, Wasatch Equality, claims the park service's ban violates snowboarders' rights to equal protection under the U.S. Constitution. In a recent court filing, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Utah asked…

An Illinois judge recently dismissed a class-action lawsuit against the world's biggest online poker room, PokerStars, finding that the poker players never lost money directly to the website. Kelly Sonnenberg of Illinois brought the lawsuit on behalf of "possibly millions" of Illinois players who had lost money on the PokerStars website.&…

A former server at Washington, D.C.'s iconic W Hotel's P.O.V. Lounge, with views of the White House, is suing her former employer, claiming that it retaliated against her for complaining about the uniforms. Jahaira Bratton, a server at P.O.V. from 2010 to 2013, described the uniform in her complaint as "halter tops and very short skirts with…

A high school senior who sued her parents recently dismissed her complaint after a judge denied her request for high school tuition and current living expenses.   Rachel Canning, 18, of Lincoln Park, New Jersey, sued her parents, Sean and Elizabeth, for financial support and college tuition. In the lawsuit, Canning alleged that her parents forced…

Passengers from the February 2013 Carnival Triumph cruise ship that drifted at sea for days are suing Carnival Corporation, seeking $5,000 a month for the rest of their lives. Many of the 33 passengers who are part of the lawsuit claim that they have ongoing medical and mental problems as a result of the incident that occurred when a fire broke out…

A California man is suing McDonald’s for $1.5 million because he said he only received one napkin with his meal. According to news reports, Webster Lucas visited a McDonald's in Pacoima, California and ordered a Quarter Pounder Deluxe. After noticing his meal came with only one napkin, Lucas asked for more and the manager declined his request…

A California man who hated the Siri feature on his Apple iPhone and sued recently had his lawsuit dismissed with prejudice. In March 2012, Frank Fazio sued Apple, claiming the app was highly unresponsive, freezing and responding "after a very long time with the wrong answer" and that the company should have known that “the iPhone 4s…

A Los Angeles, California, man is suing actress/singer Jennifer Lopez, claiming she duped him into sending her naked photos. Rodrigo Ruiz has filed suit seeking $10,000 in damages for sexual harassment.  According to news sources, Ruiz submitted a demo tape to someone he believed was in Lopez' camp and thereafter received several follow-up letters…

San Diego is being sued because of the odor left behind by sea lions and birds. According to a lawsuit filed by a group calling itself Citizens for Odor Nuisance Abatement, "foul, noxious and sickening odors" left by birds and sea lions defecating on the rocks next to La Jolla Cove is costing restaurants and hoteliers money. The stink offends…

A former little league coach who is suing one of his 14-year-old players claims he is simply looking for an apology. Little League Coach Alan Beck says he's willing to drop the $500,000 legal action against the player and his family if they will apologize to him. The lawsuit stems from an injury Beck allegedly suffered after being struck by the player…

A jury took only ten minutes to find the Aspen Brewing Co. not guilty of the city's noise ordinance. After a couple living in a downtown condo filed scores of complaints about music coming from businesses nearby, the city of Aspen, Colorado charged the businesses with violating ordinances that prohibit unreasonably loud noise and noise that exceeds…

A Colorado woman is suing an Aspen restaurant after allegedly being served too much cheap tequila. Julia Penny of Wood Creek, Colorado, filed a small-claims lawsuit against upscale restaurant Casa Tua claiming she was served so much alcohol she ended up in the hospital.  Penny is seeking damages of $3,770, equivalent to her bill from the Aspen…

An Oregon man is suing Nike trying to get the athletic apparel powerhouse to foot some of the bill for his actions. According to news reports, Sirgiorgiro Clardy used his Nike Air Jordans to stomp the face of a "client" after the victim refused to pay for the services of his "escort." The man required stitches and plastic surgery…

It's common knowledge that a person is entitled to his or her day in court.  What is not common, however, is having a day in court and not knowing about it. A Utah attorney filed a class action lawsuit without ever bothering to meet, contact or obtain the consent of his so-called clients. One of the named plaintiffs, who also happens to be a…

A Texas woman, dubbed the Christmas "Grinch," has been sentenced to 70 years in jail for stealing, among other things, her neighbor's Christmas lights. Dana Brock had a voluminous rap sheet, including credit card abuse, drug possession and assault, but according to news reports it was the surveillance video showing Brock's theft of Christmas…

A U.S. District Judge in San Jose, California, has turned the tables on the lawyers suing some giant tech companies. Federal judge Lucy Koh found that a lawsuit that accused AOL and Microsoft of conspiring on a bogus patent auction with the help of Goldman Sachs was "frivolous" and "utterly lacking" in facts. Koh went one step…

A high school student is seeking more than $5 million in damages from standardized testing agencies College Board and ACT for allegedly selling personal information to colleges. The Cook County, Illinois, student, about whom little else is known, filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in Illinois charging that the test makers with "unfair…

Santa, of sorts, won't be making his usual Christmas deliveries to some South Carolina elementary school children, all thanks to an organization's threat to sue if the school continued its annual Christmas toy drive, Operation Christmas Child. The American Humanist Association, allegedly dedicated to removing all religious references from government…