Holy crap. She was suing her friend who had just lost her daughter ,…under the theory that because said dead daughter had talked her idiot son into something, the grieving mother was somehow responsible? That’s the best combination of cold, greedy, and stupid, I’ve ever heard off.
Even better than my favorite, in which a mother sued her son. He had borrowed money from her that she had withdrawn from her account as she saved for a new WHEELCHAIR. He had avoided paying her by moving out of state , and then moved back and still refused to pay her back. His excuse, “Well I helped her before and never expected to be paid back”
Even though he had agreed to pay her back so she could afford a new wheelchair, he decided he didn’t need to because he had helped her in the past. And then he went on national TV to advertise what an ungrateful loser he was to the world.
Yeah, that pretty much took the cake, though your favorite is right up there with it.
My other favorite is where the plaintiff was suing a tattoo parlor. Her 16 year old daughter got a tattoo in a state where you have to be 18 to get one. She was angry because they never bothered to card the girl. Their defense? “We had a sign that said no one under 18 allowed beyond this point. If she was beyond that point, then she was obviously 18, right?”
I was going to say Sylvia Browne’s worse, but have you ever seen Nancy Grace and Sylvia Browne together? I think NG puts on clown makeup and becomes SB.
Every day at 4pm eastern, on WBZ channel 4. When I’m home.
There was one I loved from way back in the Judge Wapner days. Two young guys were suing the owner of a convenience store because the bought and shared a candy bar that was riddled with maggots. They were suing for $5000. Did they still have the candy bar? No, they ate it. Did they go to the ER? No, they went home. Did they get physically sick? No. Why were they suing for $5000? Because, it was, like, really gross, dude.
They were awarded 50 cents, the cost of the candy bar.
Well, if this is how the thread is going, I’ve got one too, back from the Wapner days, which is probably the most recent time I watched it. A prostitute sued a judge. Why? Because he found her guilty of prostitution and sentenced her to time in prison, and she thought that was unfair. Really. That was the entirety of the case. I don’t think she even claimed she was innocent - just that she didn’t think she should be punished. I remember Judge Wapner asked the defendant why he even showed up, and he said he just thought it sounded like it would be fun. Possibly one of the shortest cases ever filmed.
The judges get irritated when it’s too obvious that people have grossly exaggerated their claims. That one takes the prise though. I’m surprised people don’t know by now that they can’t get emotional damages for your pet being hurt.
There was an old Wapner case where a customer sued a small store because his beer was flat. One can of beer. The judge explained to both men that although he understood principle, it was still a great waste of time to be in court over it. He told the customer, just tell the man you’ll never come back and he’s lost a customer over a flat can of beer.
Then he told the store owner that it seemed like really bad business to doubt the customer and lose his business over a question about 1 can of beer.
I was surprised one day to see a couple I knew walk out to opposite podiums.
OWN, Oprah Winfrey Network.
Not that egoist. Her name is on everything including her magazine. I suppose Steadman has a "property of Oprah? tattoo on his forehead.
I don’t remember what the case was about. I knew them as a acquaintance in local music circles. Seen them preform on stage several times. He had several hits as a songwriter. They were evidently divorced at this point and having a dispute over something that wasn’t settled. I remember noticing that he was being decent, and factual, while she was very nasty and including several gratuitous insults in telling her side of it. Why you’d want that on TV I’ll never know.
I once saw an episode of Judge Joe Brown in which one of the litigants was Gary Coleman. That show goes a little more over the top than the other ones.
I sometimes wonder what those TV judges think of each other. I’d bet that Judy has contempt for all of them. I know that Marilyn hates being compared with Judy.
You don’t want to get Bird riled up (although I would LOVE to see that!).
Yeah, I figured out the letters all by myself. It’s still sheer bare-assed audacity to call your network OWN.
Just recently watching Judge Judy, she said something to one of the [del]performers[/del] litigants about being stupid enough to want to air his stupidity on international tv. She gets it.
Judge Judy is a loud-mouthed, conclusion-jumping know-it-all and a perfect example in my opinion of how certain judges let their power go to their heads. Still, nowhere near as reprehensible as Nancy Grace though. Not even in sight of her, really.
Took me awhile to find this, but I had to because this thread wouldn’t be complete without it; it’s one of my all time favorite Dope posts of all time. From my man Sampiro:
