6 Ajanaffy Njewadda filed a case against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City and Showtime, which produces the drama series Dexter, for a scary ad poster on the subway stairs, which caused her to panic and break her ankle in 2013.

Ajanaffy Njewadda, in June 2013, broke her ankle while walking down the stairs towards the subway at Grand Central Terminal in New York City. The reason behind her injury was an advertisement poster for the popular tv series Dexter. Yes, you read that correctly.

Ajanaffy blamed the sight of a poster depicting Michael C. Hall’s serial killer character in the show covered by cellophane, for triggering panic in her, which caused her to lose balance and fall down the stairs.

She, along with her husband, filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Showtime network in the Bronx Supreme Court. She asserted that it was an intentional move by the showtime to create a hazardous situation for pedestrians by placing fear-generating images on the stairs.

The defendants argued that they are not obliged to protect the woman from the ad and her reaction to it was an “unforeseeable act.” The judge was convinced with the defendant’s arguments and dismissed the case based on the woman’s failure to present a convincing cause of the action. (source)

7 In 2017, Brandon Vezmar filed a lawsuit against his date, Crystal Cruz, seeking $17.31, the price of the movie ticket after she walked out of the screening of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2. when he complained about the consistent use of her cellphone.

If you are getting distracted by your phone on your first date, that sounds a bit rude, doesn’t it? But Brandon Vezmar thinks it is a “threat to civilized society.” In a weird case, Mr. Vezmar from Texas filed a lawsuit against Crystal Cruz, his date, seeking $17.31, which he spent on her movie ticket.

The then-37-year-old Texas man claimed that Crystal started texting about 15 minutes after the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 began on 6 May 2017.

Despite his repeated requests, she continued fiddling with her phone. She finally left the movie hall after he asked her to step outside. “It was kind of a ‘first date from hell’,” he told a newspaper.

Later, Brandon took legal action to get his money back, as Ms. Crystal refused to reimburse him after his repeated request to give the money back. “Oh my God!” Ms. Cruz told the newspaper. when she came to know about the lawsuit. “This is crazy!” Brandon dropped the suit against Ms. Cruz after she gave him the money back. (source)

8 A French businessman sued the Uber app for $47.8 million in 2017 because a glitch in their app caused his divorce after it kept sending his ride details to his wife’s phone, uncovering his affairs.

Can you imagine the Uber app ruining marriages? That just doesn’t make sense, right? But this bizarre incident happened with a French businessman, and in 2017, he filed a lawsuit against the San Francisco-based company for damaging his marriage. Le Figaro, a French newspaper, reported that the man was seeking $47.8 million from Uber.

According to the newspaper reports, The Côte d’Azur resident borrowed his wife’s cell phone to log into the Uber app and subsequently logged out of it. However, the notifications of his Uber journeys, such as pick-up points and destination points, never stopped being sent to her phone.

The unnamed entrepreneur was convinced that a glitch in the app was responsible for that. Eventually, his wife figured out her husband’s affairs through these notifications, which finally led to their divorce.

“My client was the victim of a bug in an application,” David-André Darmon, a lawyer for the entrepreneur told the AFP on Saturday. The result of the suit is unknown (source)

9 An Israeli woman filed a lawsuit against television weather reporter Danny Rup and Channel 2 television in Israel for a false weather report, seeking $1,000. Contrary to the forecast, it rained that day and as a result, the woman suffered from the flu, missed work, and was depressed after she got wet due to the rain.

We all probably have been in situations when we regretted not listening to the morning weather forecast. But in 1996, an Israeli woman followed their instructions, which didn’t end up well for her and also for the news channel.

The resident from Haifa sued a well-known television weather reporter, Danny Rup, and Channel 2 television for $1,000 over a false weather forecast. Mr. Rup had predicted sunny weather in the news, but contrary to his predictions, it rained.

The woman claimed that she suffered from the flu, missed four days of work, had to spend $38 on medication, and was depressed because of not wearing proper attire for the rain.

That’s not all. She even asked for an apology from the reporter for causing her all the troubles that day. Luckily, she won the case and received $1,000 in an out-of-court settlement, along with an apology from Mr. Rup. (source)

10 Jesse Dimmick from Denver, a fugitive and a kidnapper, filed a lawsuit against his hostages, Jared and Lindsay Rowley, for breaking the oral contract he made with them to save him from the police. He was seeking $235,000 from them.

In 2009, Jesse Dimmick, a fugitive murderer suspect, added one more crime to his record by kidnapping newlyweds Jared and Lindsay Rowley, from their home. Instead of realizing his heinous act, he filed a lawsuit against the Kansas couple for $235,000.

The lunatic kidnapper from Colorado accused them of breach of contract. According to his lawsuit, the then-25-year-old Jessie Dimmick contended that after intruding into the couple’s home to take shelter from police, they reached a legal, oral truce that the hostages would help him hide in exchange for money.

Mr. Dimmick was found guilty of kidnapping the couple and other charges. In addition to that, Rowleys sued him for more than $75,000 in damages. (source)