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The 4 Most Bizarre And Absurd Lawsuits That Made It To Court

The 4 Most Bizarre And Absurd Lawsuits That Made It To Court

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">When you think of the inside of a courtroom&comma; you picture a place where unfortunate and serious problems are being contested&period;  Perhaps&comma; you think the case involves neighbours with their music too loud or family members trying to get one over the other in a<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;legacywills&period;co&period;uk"> Will case<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">But&comma; at times&comma; it’s a lot more peculiar and downright funnier than that&period; If you don’t believe us&comma; check out Judge Rinder&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Often&comma; the weirdest court cases are the ones law students end up remembering&comma; since they’re the ones which legislation did not prepare for and so subsequently they brought up issues and questions that weren’t faced previously&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In this article&comma; we’ll walk you through some of the oddest and funniest cases that’ll surely leave you scratching your head&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Jackson v&sol;s Miller<&sol;b><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">By the looks of it&comma; this case might not seem that electrifying&excl; Long story short- the Millers moved to a house next to a cricket pitch and whined regarding the trouble of cricketers playing and the ball landing in their backyard&period; The filled a case in the court to prevent players from playing there&period; Well&comma; they were ultimately turned down – no guesswork required&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Nonetheless&comma; this is one such case where every lawyer can cite at least one judgment&period; The case opens&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;During summers&comma; cricket in village is the enjoyment for everyone&period; Roughly&comma; every village has its own ground where young boys play&period; In Lintz&comma; located in<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;County&lowbar;Durham"> Country Durham<&sol;a>&comma; the village has its cricket field where they’ve played for the past 70 years&period; They tend it well&&num;8230&semi;” and goes on in the same streak&comma; with the judge pondering whether the cattle that used to graze well before a house was built ever condemned to cricket&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The final statement of the case gives away a funny end&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Soon after the case&comma; the Millers moved their house&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>PepsiCo v&sol;s Leonard<&sol;b><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In the year 1999&comma; Pepsi came up with an advertisement in the US regarding a points’ plan&comma; where a teen shows up in a Harrier jump jet along with the text- &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;HARRIER FIGHTER 7&comma;000&comma;000 PEPSI POINTS” An innovative 21 year old thought that he can buy those points for 10c each&comma; he sent a cheque for &dollar;700&comma;008&period;50 to get the needed points&period; When Pepsi denied his claim which was worth nearly &dollar;23m&comma; he filed a case in the court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Unfortunately&comma; Leonard’s claim was cast off by the court saying one can’t take an advert seriously&period; Yet&comma; the court’s observation made a source of pokerfaced humour&comma; with a comment like&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The naïve teen showed in the advert is a highly dubious pilot&comma; who can hardly be trusted with his parents’ car keys&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Re A &lpar;Conjoined Twins&rpar;<&sol;b><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">This was a case in England that took place in the year 2001 where twins – Rosie and Gracie – were born joined&comma; with Rosie counting on Gracie for the supply of oxygenated blood&period; Surgery could separate them&comma; but only Gracie had the possibility of surviving whereas Rosie would die&period; But&comma; if they weren’t separated&comma; both of them wouldn’t be able to see their 1st birthday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">At first&comma; the judge said that separating them wouldn’t be considered as murder&comma; but as &OpenCurlyQuote;passive euthanasia’&comma; though this ruling was cast off by the Court of Appeal&period; Rather&period; They quarrelled that the defence of need can be used and the doctor won’t have &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;criminal&period;findlaw&period;com&sol;criminal-law&period;&period;&period;&sol;mens-rea-a-defendant-s-mental-state&period;html">mens rea<&sol;a>” &lpar;unlawful intent entailing guilt&rpar; for murder&comma; since he’d be conducting an operation to save Gracie and not to murder Rosie&period; The operation was conducted successfully and Gracie is now a teen aspiring to become a doctor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Emmett v&sol;s Hollywood Silver Fox Farm<&sol;b><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Have you ever been annoyed by a neighbour who intentionally turned up their music too loud&quest; If yes&comma; then you’ve got to thank the Hollywood Silver Fox Farm for the fact that you are right and they aren’t&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">But with this case&comma; it wasn’t really about music being too loud&period; Here&comma; the neighbour – Emmett – had come to blows with the owner of Hollywood Silver Fox Farm and tried to interrupt their dealing of procreating silver foxes for the fur producing industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">A<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thoughtcatalog&period;com&sol;alana-kay&sol;2013&sol;&period;&period;&period;&sol;the-6-sexiest-silver-foxes-alive-right-no&period;&period;"> silver fox<&sol;a> is an incredibly edgy creature and is likely to miscarry if disrupted during pregnancy&period; So&comma; Emmett sent his son to fire gunshots repetitively between the fox farm’s procreating pens and his land&comma; to disturb the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;piesiecreativity&period;com">foxes and their business<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In the court&comma; Emmett shielded his action by saying the foxes were oddly receptive and he had could use his land in a sensible manner&period; However&comma; the court ruled it out saying&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;no one has the right to create noises on their own land&comma; since the rights given by the law has laid down its condition that it mustn’t be done to the annoyance of the neighbours&period;” Thank goodness for that one&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">So&comma; there we have it&excl; As mindboggling as these cases might seem&comma; they’re all real&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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