In another proof that the judicial system works, the judge dismissed her complaint:
On May 21, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed a complaint filed by a woman who said she had purchased "Cap'n Crunch with Crunchberries" because she believed "crunchberries" were real fruit. The plaintiff, Janine Sugawara, alleged that she had only recently learned to her dismay that said "berries" were in fact simply brightly-colored cereal balls, and that although the product did contain some strawberry fruit concentrate, it was not otherwise redeemed by fruit. She sued, on behalf of herself and all similarly situated consumers who also apparently believed that there are fields somewhere in our land thronged by crunchberry bushes.
Cap'n According to the complaint, Sugawara and other consumers were misled not only by the use of the word "berries" in the name, but also by the front of the box, which features the product's namesake, Cap'n Crunch, aggressively "thrusting a spoonful of 'Crunchberries' at the prospective buyer." Plaintiff claimed that this message was reinforced by other marketing representing the product as a "combination of Crunch biscuits and colorful red, purple, teal and green berries." Yet in actuality, the product contained "no berries of any kind." Plaintiff brought claims for fraud, breach of warranty, and our notorious and ever-popular California Unfair Competition Law and Consumer Legal Remedies Act.
Link - via kevinunderhill
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by dradell.
Unfournately our Judicial system does have this tiny flaw.Anyone can sue anyone anbout anything. All you have to do is file the papers.
But most of the time it works, but only when the Judges have some common sense.
I did settle out of court for 2 free quarts of Chubby Hubby though. With the 20 percent butter fat it really is kinda hard to tell the difference.
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm
"But what about the idiot that put his RV on cruise control then got up to make coffee. ... I could continue to spout off hundred of idiots that make retarded litigious claims just to get rich or because they are that stupid."
I'm sure you could, but I'd recommend looking them up first rather than simply plucking them merrily from your anus.
http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/cruise.asp
Okay, I did look it up, and can't seem to find one single report that says the coffee burned thru the bottom of the cup, but instead, she DID spill it while taking the lid off...and no, it didn't melt her sweatpants either if you belive that one too.
HAHA! I see, this is a comedy blog. Well done.
Thanks for clearing that up.