Sue-i-cide
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This guy probably takes the cake for most out-there lawsuit: Robert Lee Brock sued HIMSELF for $5 million in 1995, claiming that he violated his own personal code of civil rights and religious beliefs. Brock got drunk and committed grand larceny and breaking and entering on a big scale – earning him a 23-year sentence. Apparently he thought if he won the case, the state would have to pay the sum, since he wasn’t allowed an income while in jail. Sadly, it didn’t work out. Creative use of the system, though!
Bud Light – Hot Chicks Sold Separately
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In 1991 Richard Overton was apparently super bummed when he cracked his can of Bud Light and the chicks and fantasy vacations didn’t come rushing to his side, like the advertisements on TV said they would. Overton sued Anheuser-Busch for false advertising and claimed emotional distress, mental injury, and financial loss (somehow exceeding $10k). The whole thing was just a hot mess-express, and the case was dismissed. Sheesh.
Alma Hater
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When Trina Thompson was dissatisfied that her IT degree wasn’t getting her a job in 2009, she decide to sue the Office of Career Advancement at Monroe College in the Bronx for $70k, the amount she had spent on her degree. Unfortunately, college doesn’t work that way, and her suit was unsuccessful. I like the way she thinks, though.