So Sue Me Trivia Quiz

Answer: smelly feet

Tenbrook's professors and fellow students said it was impossible to concentrate due to the odor. A judge ruled that having smelly feet is no excuse to prevent a student from continuing his studies. Upon delivering his verdict the judge stated, "Our considered opinion is that the professors and other students will just have to hold their noses and bear it."

Answer: astrologist

Bai sued for damages and "moral sufferings" alleging that the comet and "the natural balance of forces in the universe" would never be the same thus affecting her astrology business. She sued for over $300 million, which was roughly the same as the space mission's total budget, but her case was eventually rejected after a physicist argued that the probe had no real effect on the comet's trajectory.

Answer: True

The first time was in 1988, when the paper published a stolen photograph showing Sarah, Duchess of York and her daughter, Princess Beatrice, which the royal family had planned to use on their Christmas card that year. The second time was in 1993 when the paper published a leaked text of the Queen's Christmas broadcast. Both times out-of-court settlements were reached and payment was given to charity.

Answer: Sluggerrr the Team's mascot

Apparently Sluggerrr is well-named! John Coomer sustained a detached retina from the hotdog hit requiring surgery. The defense argued the hotdog toss is a usual practice at the Royals games and the risk is the same as getting hit with a ball! Originally the jury ruled against Coomer and the Missouri Appellate Court later reversed the decision.

As of 2013, Sluggerrr and his counsel were considering an appeal.

Answer: True

The case stems from a horrific accident in 2008, when a train traveling more than 70 mph struck and killed an 18-year-old man, Hiroyuki Joho, who was running across the tracks.

At the trial his mother maintained that he did not know the approaching train was a high-speed train. The impact flung the man's body about 100 feet, and flying body parts knocked Gayane Zokhrabov, then 58, to the ground. She hurt her shoulder, and broke her leg and wrist.

A lower court dismissed the suit, finding Joho could not have anticipated the woman's injuries. But an Illinois appeals court disagreed, and said "it was reasonably foreseeable" that a train accident could send Joho's flying body parts into crowds of waiting passengers.

Answer: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

The case made headlines in the Bay Area when it went to court and many called it one of the most egregious abuses of the legal system in history. After Sykes' attorneys successfully argued that she had developed a bizarre form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder she was awarded $50,000 in damages.

Answer: trademark infringement

Kellogg sued Exxon Mobile, claiming that the Exxon tiger looked too similar to Kellogg's Frosted Flakes spokesperson "Tony the Tiger". Both tigers had been emblematic of their respective brands for more than 30 years. Kellogg argued against Exxon's use of the tiger in relation to food products inside the "Tiger Mart" convenience stores claiming that children might mistake Exxon's tiger for their beloved "Tony the Tiger".

In the end, the court ruled that Exxon did not violate Kellogg's trademark. Kellogg later appealed and the court again ruled in favor of Exxon, citing the oil giant consistently used the tiger cartoon images in its marketing materials for more than 32 years.

Answer: a neighbor's decomposing body

Apparently, bodily fluids from the decomposed body of a neighbor leaked into Judy Rodrigo's condo and she characterized the damage as an "explosion". Rodrigo lost her suit against State Farm when Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal sided with State Farm and ruled, for insurance purposes, a decomposing body was not an insurable explosion.

Prior to the trial State Farm did offer Rodrigo a settlement payment but she refused it.

Answer: himself

Brock claimed that his crime was committed while he was under the influence of alcohol which was a violation of his religious beliefs. He sued himself for $5 million but to make matters worse, he claimed that the state should pay as he was behind bars and without an income.

The case was deemed "innovative" but dismissed!

Answer: True

Riches has earned the nicknames "Johnny Sue-Nami", "the Litigator Crusader" and "the Patrick Ewing of Suing".

Targets of his over 4,000 lawsuits have included George W Bush, the Somali pirates, NASCAR, NFL quarterback Michael Vick, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, Martha Stewart, and Steve Jobs.

Riches has even attempted to sue historical figures such as Plato, Nostradamus, and Che Guevara, as well as inanimate objects including the Eiffel Tower, the Lincoln Memorial, and Plymouth Rock.