The Most Ridiculous Lawsuits Ever

[@LegalEagle]

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[@ignitionfrn2223]

A Lil Eagle has spoke to me : could you review self-defense when it comes to martial arts ?

[@maplepenguin8568]

I am somewhat curious about your opinions about the lawsuits Jason Scott talked about at Defcon. He was being aued for over a million dollars, as he was hosting a text file transcript of a book that the author himself released for free.

[@hattielankford4775]

You could do a list of all Trump lawsuits, but you might have to make it a series.

[@gezzarandom]

There was the case when two overweight girls sued McDonalds for causing their obesity.

[@itstomis]

A fan ran onto the field on this past Monday Night Football (Rams vs 49ers), got tackled by a player, and is supposedly trying to press charges? Might be a good short

[@deponentfutures]

I like how a guy woke up one day and realized that he was God, and the first thing he did was sue magicians. Didn't try to end all suffering, he just looked at magicians and was like "these mfs gotta go".

[@NobleLeader6]

Fits with the biblical God tbh. He spent a lot of time telling his followers to not let a magician into their midst.

[@downloadableskills]

Looked at all the troubles of the world. Saw the magicians and said, "This must end"

[@rocketamadeus3730]

We need the contrast of suffering to have joy. Magicians on the other hand bring nothing to the table.

[@midjetman5able]

From Minnesota here. Heard about this guy from the local rock radio station on there morning "Stupid News" segment

[@rocketamadeus3730]

They're just liars.

[@firockfinion3326]

This is the most realistic looking Pixar dad I've ever seen. They've outdone themselves, clearly.

[@muddashucka9743]

THAT there is DEFAMATION

[@AgingAeroplanes]

Omg it's Nick Mullen in a suit

[@ChooseLoveToday316]

Holy .. this comment is epic

[@Theunicorn2012]

This is the most realistic looking Pixar dad I've ever seen. They've outdone themselves, clearly.

[@YellaBellaReno]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@am53n8]

I recently heard about a disabled airbnb host being sued by guests because they had to be around a disabled person. That one would definitely qualify as ridiculous

[@JaelinBezel]

Why did they object to being around a disabled person?

[@am53n8]

I haven't looked too much into it, but apparently just being around a disabled person was triggering to the guest(s)

[@ry1023.3]

@@am53n8 depending on the country, the host could respond with it being a hate crim

[@garynaccarato4606]

Not only ridiculous but ableist.

[@Accountforstuff]

@@JaelinBezel from an article about it: "The woman, who has Huntington’s Disease, explains the alleged lawsuit against her: ”They are stating that they should have known beforehand, that Airbnb should have forced me to disclose that I’m disabled - even though they’re only around me literally for me to hand the keys to them. “They’re arguing that absolutely everything in my house is a disability aid, including glass cups, mugs... everything. Anything purchased by a disabled person is a disability aid, according to their self-identified logic,” she continues."

[@tchevrier]

You know how everyone always refers to the McDonalds coffee lawsuit as the poster child for frivolous lawsuits. When I actually heard the details of the lawsuit, I realized that it wasn't so frivolous after all.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

For those who don't know, groin melting was involved. And McDonald's had been warned.

[@lx4079]

Yeah legaleagle actually made a video about frivolous lawsuits that were legitimate and he included that one

[@josie4401]

yeah we talked about the case in my law & politics class and i was like oh shit okay this is way deeper than i thought

[@justamom4902]

I agree, I have been served coffee at Starbucks that was definitely much hotter than normal and food from sonic that was also much hotter than normal. I'm sure restaurants and coffee shops aren't allowed to serve food or drinks above a certain degree to prevent burns, but what w was served was like too hot to hold the bag or the cup hot. When I ate the food from sonic, it was so hot it burned my esophagus and left a cyst for several months that interfered with breathing and eating. So, the macdonald's lawsuit was not frivolous.

[@julianakarasawa315]

He already made a video about that one

[@Magmafrost13]

I cant help but suspect the copperfield lawsuits are actually just trying to get him to reveal how his tricks are done, and that everything else is just insane packaging to reach that goal

[@guardian1234561]

I thought the same thing.

[@impulsiveDecider]

Lol, actually smort :>

[@leaffinite2001]

I mean he also sued bush for the demon thing right? So maybe just crazy

[@Vinemaple]

It's all certifiably insane. It's tragic that this guy is wasting his life instead of receiving the mental health assistance he needs.

[@Theunicorn2012]

I cant help bur suspect the copperfield lawsuits are actually just trying to get him to reveal how his tricks are done, and that everything else is just insane packaging to reach that goal

[@niclastname]

Can you do a video about that woman who broke her back in that "foam pit" at twitchcon? I see people trying to say "well they signed a waiver, so they can't sue!", but this looks like very blatant gross negligence.

[@zachisca4765]

Everything about that event was gross negligence and they've been sued over and over

[@beeble2003]

If anybody ever asks you to sign a waiver about your safety, leave immediately. It's clear evidence that they understand the law, and they don't understand safety.

[@commandblocktech9698]

@@beeble2003 unless you know it's something that's supposed to be risky like bungee jumping or whatever

[@KubkaKawyprzyGrze]

@@commandblocktech9698 also depends on the content, sometimes waiver just says that they are not responsible if you get hurt as a result of breaking rules of specific place

[@tink6225]

I cringe everytime I remember the video of her landing on the ground🤢

[@ethal1222]

If the absolute catch of a guy who sues his date for texting at a movie can't find a girlfriend, what hope is there for the rest of us?! 😢

[@inconnu4961]

I bet he is doing better than you!

[@Theunicorn2012]

If the absolute catch of a guy who sues his date for texting at a movie can't find a girlfriend, what hope is there for the rest of us?! 😢

[@Julia-lk8jn]

what can I say, women and their unrealistic standards. I mean, girl, come on, sueing people for money with the flimsiest of reasons is practically a US tradition, he was being a good patriot! *And* he kept the sum realistic instead of sueing her for 5 million for emotional distress and suffering - what more can a girl possibly ask for?! *Edit because darn autocorrect.

[@xkd495]

Sorry, but she says she "kept her phone on low" in a movie theatre. She deserves jail.

[@MrJorge3010]

​@@xkd495I assume she means low brightness, not low volume

[@Werevampiwolf]

As someone who works at a theater, while you're not supposed to text, texting for someone to pick you up from a creepy date is no where near the worst thing for the future of "civilized society" that I've seen happen.

[@margotrosendorn6371]

It's also common for women to check in with friends or family during a date as a safety precaution. Make sure people know you're ok, and where to send the cops if you're not.

[@DieNextInLINE]

I absolutely hate disruptions in theaters, and I originally thought the whole thing was funny because of the absurdity. Like, yeah, I've been frustrated enough to want to do something ridiculously stupid like this to make a dumb point, but this just came off more and more as some incel type shit.

[@Keenath]

On the disability case, I have to appreciate if not like the unintentional(?) reference to Catch-22. The titular rule in the book says that fearing to go into combat is not a psychological disorder, and is in fact evidence of sanity, which means you can't use the insanity clause to avoid combat because the only way to be ruled insane is to be excited to go fight, in which case you wouldn't be trying to invoke the clause.

[@markusgarvey]

A person filing a lawsuit like that should be sent to a mental hospital for a 2 week evaluation, not be given the courts time. Why is it so difficult to call a spade a spade? Something like that is a no-brainer, but we are so hung up in procedure and bureaucracy. I mean, you wanna be a firefighter, get hired, but won't do it because you are afraid to??? Our society is insane.

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@markusgarvey There’s a part in the book where the main character actually does get checked out by an Army psychologist. It doesn’t go well for the psychologist: “You have a morbid aversion to dying. You probably resent the fact that you're at war and might get your head blown off any second." "I more than resent it, sir. I'm absolutely incensed." "You have deep-seated survival anxieties. And you don't like bigots, bullies, snobs, or hypocrites. Subconsciously there are many people you hate." "Consciously, sir, consciously," Yossarian corrected in an effort to help. "I hate them consciously." "You're antagonistic to the idea of being robbed, exploited, degraded, humiliated, or deceived. Misery depresses you. Ignorance depresses you. Persecution depresses you. Violence depresses you. Corruption depresses you. You know, it wouldn't surprise me if you're a manic-depressive!" "Yes, sir. Perhaps I am." "Don't try to deny it." "I'm not denying it, sir," said Yossarian, pleased with the miraculous rapport that finally existed between them. "I agree with all you've said.” “Then you admit you’re crazy, do you?” “Crazy?” Yossarian was shocked. “What are you talking about? Why am I crazy? You’re the one who’s crazy!” Major Sanderson turned red with indignation again and crashed both fists down upon his thighs. “Calling me crazy,” he shouted in a sputtering rage, “is a typically sadistic and vindictive paranoiac reaction! You really are crazy!” It’s a great book, if you haven’t already read it-hilarious yet disturbing

[@ooooneeee]

​@@markusgarvey that firefighter needs therapy for his fire phobia or ptsd for sure (also why didn't he just stay at the fire cutting academy and insist on getting put into active service again?), but putting him in a psychiatric ward would be overkill. he's not a danger to himself or others.

[@InThisEssayIWill...]

A time honored tradition of going to the movies is buying movie theater candy.... Riiiight... It's definitely NOT going to the grocery store down the sidewalk and packing that into your purse/pockets to sneak in because it's literally 1/3 less expensive.. yeah definitely not that...

[@seantaggart7382]

You're weird I still get food there But alright

[@Tkmined]

@@seantaggart7382 no, it's actually quite common. They overcharge quite a bit in the theatre.

[@punjoke.]

@@Tkmined "quite a bit" is the understatement of the century

[@myguitardidyermom212]

I also don't go to the store before going in to the movie theater to save money on snacks. I definitely found these sno-caps on the floor. This cheeseburger was already here I promise

[@seantaggart7382]

@@Tkmined oh well

[@trenteaston3515]

My favorite ridiculous lawsuit ever was a woman who's husband embezzled millions of dollars from his company but got arrested for it, but the woman divorced her husband during this and the embezzled funds suddenly got held up in court because the woman claimed half those funds were legally hers and thus the company owed her that money. It took several months for that to be throw out of court, and this was with actual lawyers representing her!

[@BleachFan2588]

While this obviously sounds ridiculous, there is some merit to it: whether legally received money that was previously attained through illicit means should be reclaimed is a complicated subject. In this case, her being married to said criminal makes things simpler, but the base argument has some merit.

[@Jrasta111]

@@BleachFan2588 The only possible merit I could see here is if they took one look at her claim, filed it away, then responded by charging her as an accessory to the crime.

[@ZackC]

Unless all the stolen money was just sitting in a private bank account, that’s not an especially ridiculous case. If they bought a house with a mix of legal income and illegal embezzlement, how do you split that up? How about a child’s college tuition? Commingling legally and illegally obtained funds, especially over years, means a tremendous amount of work sorting out the specifics. Add in jointly held marital assets being divided fairly, and a couple months’ delay seems almost too fast.

[@markusgarvey]

Just wow...

[@andrewtorrens7790]

If I robbed a bank and my wife told the cops "half that money is mine", wouldn't she be going to jail? Seriously though, I feel this was likely an act of desperation, because often funds get embezzled to cover debts, and it's possible that because of her ex-husband's idiocy she faces poverty.

[@pheonixMHTri]

Ok so the fire fighter story... My brother in law has been trying to get hired as a fire fighter for years now, and with the training he told me he needed to do to even start that process makes me REALLY wonder how that man even got hired, let alone got through the training.

[@Vinemaple]

When I first did maritime fire fighting training, I learned to push through the fear and do it anyway. After the 5th or 6th time having huge gouts of flame blown right over my head, it started to get harder not to freak out... I think eventually I will either need to find another psychological tool, or give up my certification. That said, the litigant is a nuisance who needs to swallow his pride and admit he's not cut out for the job.

[@skyhawk_4526]

Not to mention, promoted to captain.

[@CainXVII]

He might have gone through something that scared him later and got scarred. Happens to the best of us. I was hit by a car once so I am very careful when I cross the street.

[@crowdemon_archives]

@@CainXVII It is a possibility, though you aren't exactly still terrified of cars I think? 😅 In either cases, the Fire Captain should just... take a different role instead if he still really really wanted to be associated with firefighting that doesn't involve jumping into flaming buildings tbh. The lawsuit is just dumb all in all.

[@WhyMeghan]

Yes! My father is a firefighter and I’ve been to some training sessions to watch, and it’s astonishing to me that if he had a fear of fire he was hired and put onto a suppression unit. It could be likely that he’s developed ptsd from fighting fires.

[@ImpressiveFuture]

I find it hilarious that someone with “godly powers” has to resort to filing a lawsuit in the first place. Surely, he could just pull all the money he’d ever need from a hat.

[@BortolanAlexandre]

Well, not if his godly powers were stolen!

[@WSendam]

Niko it’s Roman let’s go bowling

[@aliejoe5622]

Smite the patent infringer

[@nasis18]

@@BortolanAlexandre 🤣

[@EarthenDam]

On that train of thought, why do fortune tellers charge their clients when they can just win the lottery and be able to do it for free? 😂

[@CartoonHero1986]

A friend of mine's dad actually used to be a personal injury lawyer and he explained why as a small private firm lawyer he had to have a standard consultation fee or 90% of his day would be listening to scammers and crazy people who think they have case when they don't and he'd be unable to run a viable firm if the fee didn't deter most of those people and guarantee some sort of payment for listening to the ones that still came to him. Now granted he'd waive that fee for people that had legit cases and where low income, but even if he told people over the phone "I don't think you have a case, but you can book a consultation if you'd like" a lot of people would still think they knew better and made appointments more often than not.

[@Stratelier]

As much as certain things should (in principle) NOT be gated off by monetary fees, it is still one of the fastest ways to screen whether a request for your time and/or services seems legitimate.

[@zebraloverbridget]

I wish the lawyers near me a few years back would have done the whole "waive the fee for low income and legit cases" so I could have sued my apartment company. The ones that didn't have fees wouldn't take the case despite clear evidence of wrong doing and evidence from a doctor on the harm being done due to their neglect. Private property meant they had to ban someone who DID NOT LIVE ON THE PREMISES from coming there. They told me they would after there was a police report. I ended up having to call 911 and 4 different cars arrived. Then after the fact they did nothing and refused to ban him. claiming they couldn't get the police report?? police records are public records and all they had to do was ask for it. They said I could't just bring the report though. I had to suffer while being unsafe in my own apartment for several months of them refusing to ban the guy and without the ban the police couldn't make him leave

[@jakehix8132]

Working out the minutiae of American law will be one hell of a use for future AI.

[@warlockd]

I have to agree with that. As a Computer Tech, most of the free work I do involves me being there rather than woking over the phone. Always ask "Should I be asking for money" when it happens.

[@sarahmiller4980]

@@zebraloverbridget That seems very scary, I'm sorry that happened to you. Did the person that was harrassing you ever face charges?

[@grahamgriffin5902]

As a chemistry teacher, it warms my cold, dead heart that the blackboard animation got the units right❤

[@julianakarasawa315]

I loved 100°C appearing when he said "it boils down to" hahahahaha that was brilliant

[@Vinemaple]

Thanks! I had no clue, but this comment made me laugh

[@Mike-rp1zt]

As an European chemist student im even more happy about it

[@bunzeebear2973]

Damn, now I have to rewatch it as I missed that "boner"- - - -aha now I see what you mean(I had been using it so long I never noticed)

[@cubeofmars291]

A chemistry teacher? Watching a lawyer's video? What do you need the lawyer for W.W?

[@skyhawk_4526]

The most disturbing part about the story of the firefighter who was afraid of fires is that he somehow managed to get promoted to captain. I think a better lawsuit would be from the community against the fire department for allowing this guy to get promoted to that kind of leadership position in the first place.

[@usernamunavailiable]

You can thank the police and firefighter unions for that.

[@KeithBallardA]

Honestly the first lawsuit feels out of place. It's just feels like a semi-reasonable watchdog lawsuit of the kind that keeps corporations from actively swindling customers, albeit one that was ultimately decided against. Everything else in this video is so unhinged by comparison lol

[@maurer3d]

Movie theater boxes are oversized to help prevent the candies from melting, while they sit on your lap for as longer as 2 hours. Junior mints needed more room because of the low melting temperature of the bare chocolate coating.

[@danimalfarm]

@@maurer3d They're all settled into the same half of the box, it's not like there's an air gap keeping them from congealing (except for that naturally produced by the shapes of the candies).

[@garbageoftomorrow]

Consumers also often don't have a chance to read the labels on the box before buying, e.g. in the movie theater example.

[@samwiseshanti]

OK I'm glad you said thst because I'm 4 minutes into the video and I'm just thinking that it sounds pretty reasonable to me 🤣

[@SM-nz9ff]

No its not out of place, its just further showcasing the ignorance and stupidity of people

[@kagesong]

"One has not not described how one of ordinary skill in the art could make or use the claimed godly powers." I LOVE IT. That is a judge saying, "Fine, whatever, you have godly powers. You didn't tell me how someone else is able to infringe on them, so you don't need a patent." I'm sure there's plenty of fun stuff like that here.

[@beeble2003]

It's not that he's not saying how somebody might infringe on the godly powers, but that he's not saying how godly powers are made. To patent something, you have to provide a detailed description of exactly what that thing is. Plaintiff failed to do that.

[@kagesong]

@@beeble2003 Not my interpretation, but seems valid as well. Law is often an art of interpretation.

[@Vinemaple]

Yeah, patent office hit it out of the park with that statement

[@daikatarokamegawa542]

A surefire way of getting more dates in the future, is establishing a reputation of suing your previous date when it didn't go the way you planned it. I'm sure that will get the ladies interested. Seriously, most of the time it's better to cut your losses and move on. And I mean, it was like 20 bucks, and not an expensive lobster dinner just to be ghosted afterwards. Wonder how this guy's dating life is going.

[@inconnu4961]

He did the right thing! And she did the right thing by paying the money pack! Women should be expected to pay their own way on dates!

[@SD_CK]

​@@inconnu4961 you have allot of insecurities

[@nunnie768]

@@SD_CK going dutch is a sign of insecurities?

[@circuit10]

@@inconnu4961 Why should it not just be what the two people decide? If someone offers to pay they can, or they can split it 50/50 if they want

[@Robynhoodlum]

@@inconnu4961 As a woman, I personally feel it is better to go dutch on a first date to mitigate expectations. HOWEVER the original commenter is correct in how most potential partners will perceive this mans actions. It's not just that he asked for the money back, it was the huge escalation. Although, I suppose it did "send a message" that the only potential partners that should approach this guy are the ones okay with his antics and attitudes.

[@actuallyrandomperson]

i love that the first date dude went on what he called the first date from hell and decided the only solution was to make hers even more from hell.

[@inconnu4961]

Foodie Calls/Sneating is a real issue! They should have agreed to pay their own way for first date, then she could have been as rude as she wanted to!

[@Theunicorn2012]

i love that the first date dude went on what he called the first date from hell and decided the only solution was to make hers even more from hell.

[@pizzlerot2730]

Am I the only one who was picturing a fedora-wearing, m'lady-uttering "gentleman" by the end of that story? Homie was giving off some craaazy r/niceguys energy, chick dodged the world's biggest bullet with that one 😆

[@creaminmycookie]

​@@inconnu4961regardless of who paid, you can absolutely leave if they're making you uncomfortable, that's perfectly ok.

[@TheFuriousBrother]

In Germany we actually have laws prohibiting shrinkflation, so that first case wasn't super unreasonable to me

[@mostm8589]

Yeah, it's a fact-based case that is actually trying to protect a buyer's right. And the judge's response is very aggressive and dumb. Any person of average intelligence can determine how much slack air is in the package? What a bitch, the only thing written on the package is the weight, so you would need to do density calculations to determine how much volume does a given weight takes. While that's hardly an Einstein-worthy task, it's not easy to do without pen and paper or a calculator and while you're buying something for a movie that will start in minutes or has already started.

[@maximilianbeyer5642]

We do? Doesn’t seem to stop it

[@sirhellsing]

@@maximilianbeyer5642 the case just wasn't passed, but IMO the argument was kind of sound imo

[@bipolarminddroppings]

"Not all Lawyers are good" the largest understatement I've heard this week.

[@marsfalcon1949]

Not all gods are lawyers is the lesson I took away from this video. Copperfield blatantly uses someone elses' godly powers yet cannot be brought to justice. Oh, the huge manitee.

[@nohjrd]

@@marsfalcon1949 He also stole the name from a Charles Dickens novel.

[@vituperation]

Could you imagine if that was the joke? What a wasted opportunity.

[@daemn42]

Not clear to me how the Junior Mints packaging doesn't fullfill all the legal requirements for misleading containers with regard to slack fill. There's nothing in that list which says it's OK as long as it lists the true weight even if it only fills half the container.

[@Ellie-rx3jt]

My guess is that it could be a case of several products with different volumes (but the same weight) being sold in the same cardboard packaging (with different labels printed, obviously). In which case I think it's considered okay since otherwise they'd need multiple machine set ups to make the different sized boxes.

[@thundasc]

@@Ellie-rx3jt Accurate. Specifically subarticle 2. The requirements of the machines used for enclosing the contents in such a package. The fact that they would need to recalibrate, if not replace, the packaging machine to accommodate a smaller box is probably the most logical angle to defend from.

[@Em-ih5du]

@@thundasc Nah. That's easily fixable. Fill the box, charge more for it. There you go.

[@maxwellsdemon10]

Yeah, I actually thought that lawsuit had some merit. There could of course be good reasons to sell them like that (standard package sizes make stuff cheaper), but I don't think it's super obvious like the other ones.

[@SS-xr7jf]

@@Ellie-rx3jt exactly. Most theater candy comes in the same size box and tend to all be the same price. They’d either have to get an entire new set up for denser, more expensive products, or fill and charge more. (The latter of which makes pricing pointlessly more complicated).

[@ricky4665]

If you ever feel like you're an embarrassment or failure in life, just know that you didn't sue your date for $17 over something minuscule like texting during a movie.

[@inconnu4961]

If you use a picture of a Rubix Cube as your photo, you are probably NOT smarter than a 5th grader! I would suspect the guy has been a victim of Foodie Calls and got tired of it! Women should use men for free stuff!

[@rojnx9]

you forgot the 31 cents, they are very important

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Sounds a bit like the larval stage of an incel: I didn't have a perfectly good time on the date, I want my money back. (Honestly, I agree that texting is annoying because it's a distraction for the people next to her, but how about being an adult and _asking_ her if those texts are really that important? I mean, a date is so you learn something about a person and find out whether you want to spend more time with them. Certainly worked in that regard.)

[@millili7980]

I mean I can imagine why she thought she should "remove herself from the date", if he reactsd that way...

[@OriginalCreatorSama]

looks and acts like an andrew tate fanboy skinhead, can you be surprised that he's also petty af? Girl needs to find a new type because this batch is defective.

[@maxwellsdemon10]

I actually think the candy lawsuit has some merit. You can't tell me, that the size of the package isn't intentionally a lot bigger than the amount of candy you get and it doesn't seem obvious, that it doesn't meet the criteria that are listed (although they could probably say it's cheaper that way and that could be enough). It certainly doesn't deserve to be listed with the rest.

[@Xathian]

Yeah but the corpo shills are out in force so be careful, it's their right to deceive you because you weren't born as a human weight scale to mentally know the accurate quantity of what 25g of junior mints equates to.

[@DisDatK9]

I agree. I don’t think a reasonable person could ascertain the amount of candy present just by reading the box. Overwhelmingly we justify our purchase of boxed candy by its weight compared to its size. Of course there’s the argument of whether the size of individual pieces can diminish the “slack fill,” and I’m sure many others. But it didn’t deserve to be thrown out, in my opinion, especially with the level of disrespect that the judge used.

[@tomlxyz]

Thing is it says how much is in the package on the package

[@maxwellsdemon10]

@@tomlxyz the point is, that the box suggests that it's more than it is. I couldn't tell you how much 50g of candy is, unless I have bought it before and know the weight. I think it's reasonable to assume the box was filled almost to the top and not mostly empty.

[@mammajamma4397]

Completely agree!!!!

[@TinkBellQ]

I was once at my college store trying to get some chips and i swear one bag legitimately had just one chip in it. You could hear it bouncing around the otherwise empty sealed bag. I thought it was hilarious, as did the cashier.

[@SlyAceZeta]

I love how you ended that comment because it almost reads like the cashier was having a good laugh about it as they were taking your money in full for the one-chip bag xD

[@TinkBellQ]

@@SlyAceZeta I didn’t buy it, the cashier wanted to show her friends

[@old_grey_cat]

if it ever happens again, save it unopened and contact the company: good ones value the feedback about fill errors, and give gifts as a thank you

[@DarkVideogamer]

I had a bag of individually sealed strawberry hard candies, and there was one that was just air. No candy, perfectly sealed and still attached to the candy before it. It's the only one I've seen in my life lol

[@billyjoejimbob75]

The ones I've seen were packaged by machine, but boxed by people. Of course at the pace they were going, anybody could make a mistake.

[@ainsliekatemate698]

I think I've been watching too many of your frivolous lawsuit videos, because my first thought during the first date story was "oh that's nice that he's only seeking costs for the date and not like $1 billion in damages " 🤣🤣

[@maurer3d]

The best part was I imagined what this guy looked like during the story and in the end he looked exactly like I imagined (short, bald, and roided out).

[@xathridtech727]

Tbh it is both messed up but if there was some fine for people texting or looking at their phone in the movie theater I would be okay with it. It's understandable to be a huge pet peeves as the added light desaturates the screen and is also just annoying. I don't think this should actually be a law because it be near impossible to enforce though.

[@blakksheep736]

@@xathridtech727 what kind of cinema are you at that the light of a single phone screen significantly reduced the movie quality?

[@xathridtech727]

@@blakksheep736 try 20 phone screens and it will every bit of light slightly affects it

[@Twisted_Code]

Yeah I would've expected them to ask for "emotional distress". That seems to be the go to for anyone that "doesn't like" something and doesn't have the emotional capacity to handle it.

[@liveleakman]

This video reminded me of a story my paramedic instructor was telling me. One day, many years ago, she was called to a location for a woman suffering cardiac arrest. My teacher followed protocol, cutting her shirt open, giving drugs, and using the lucas CPR machine, and was able to revive the person. Weeks later, my teacher’s department was informed of a lawsuit coming their way because they cut open a shirt that was a gift from the patient’s grandma, and was suing for damages of around………wait for it……..$100. My teacher never told me what came of the suit, but I can only assume it was dismissed fairly quickly

[@frostrangerofthefrozenrelm]

This is exactly why good Samaritan laws are necessary......

[@usgator]

Can a judge require you to get a psych evaluation after you file a lawsuit? Asking for some of these plaintiffs…

[@appletile2887]

The answer is yes, but proofs would have to be brought by the Defendant that the person was tested by a qualified medical person to certify this. An easier way would be to have a ruling that the plaintiff has brought vexatious and frivolous suits and must prove on a Motion that the case has legal merit.

[@sarahmiller4980]

Interesting idea, but I can see that being a potential deterrent for filing legitimate lawsuits--plaintiffs might be scared that defendants might get them thrown in a psych ward even though their claim is reasonable.

[@ranelgallardo7031]

This could be unconstitutional for it to be required.

[@MB-xw1tu]

Well.. the first thing I thought about the god powers guy (after it is mentioned that he things he is being taped all the time) is that he sounds like he has an un (or poorly controlled) mental illness. And then as the story went on I got more convinced. not that I think it should be required, but I think someone he cares about should address it with him. :(

[@Solar-td4fj]

I have a question about the Fire Captain. How on Earth did he make it to Captain if he refused to go into fires? To me that sounds like appointing Chief of Surgery a surgeon that refuses to do surgeries because he faints at the sight of blood.

[@DarrenHobinHere]

So I did some Googling, and it looks like he wasn't actually afraid of fires. Or at least not all fires, assuming their squad was called to more than two fires over two years. Rather, there were two instances where Proler (the firefighter in question) supposedly didn't help fight a fire. In 2004, one firefighter filed a complaint alleging he refused to get into gear while on scene. Proler denies this ever happened. And another time in 2006 where he froze up and supposedly wasn't even able to walk. Other firefighters say they needed to carry him over to a bucket where he could sit down. Proler (and his doctor) claim this was due to one-off "global transient amnesia." That's what Mr. LegalEagle is talking about in the video. Interestingly, he wasn't fired after this lawsuit. But he was eventually fired after a third incident that happened five years later. In this third incident, he apparently fell asleep on the fire truck on route to a highway collision and other firefighters were unable to wake him up. He remained asleep for, at least, the whole ride there, during the call, and on the way back. Honestly, if the guy is falling asleep in a situation like that and can't even be woken up by people trying to wake him up, there might actually be something wrong with him. That seems really suspect to me, but hey. He fought his termination in another lawsuit, but I wasn't able to find the outcome of that lawsuit. The most recent document I could find was from 2016, when the 14th Court of Appeals denied the City of Houston's appeal to exclude evidence about Proler's alleged disability. No idea what happened after that.

[@Tiffany_C_]

@@DarrenHobinHere thank you for doing the research! I had the exact same question about the fire captain.

[@123penrose]

Would PTSD count as a disability? Seems like it would be fairly common with everything Firefighters do

[@justamom4902]

Hopefully, he has since found a good doctor and lawyer, it does sound like he was suffering from something not in his control.

[@fokeyjo]

Promoting the dweeb so the people good at the job can get on with it is not uncommon!

[@charlesharwood5705]

Speaking of the Truman Show, you really should do a legal review of that film and see what kind of a case Truman can build against Christoph.

[@maurer3d]

False imprisonment, psychological abuse, and illegally filming and distributing (voyeurism) video of him, would definitely be some of the big ones.

[@patrickiamonfire965]

@@maurer3d Than you have to think about his parents allowing him to be videod. Its more likely only as a adult it might bite them. Than again it depends cause in the legal system nothing obvious.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Alas, within the reality of the Truman show, Cristoph would have so much power that he would surely be able to get lawyers who would win the suit for him. On the other hand, Truman would obviously have enough clout that the press coverage would likely be in his favor.

[@BJGvideos]

Human trafficking I would assume since it's implied he straight up bought Truman

[@left4twenty]

@@BJGvideos "Your honor, my client made a generous donation and was then placed first on the list of potential adopters, fully within the constraints of the law"

[@kaysaps]

Just want to say I passed the bar exam and want to thank you for the hours of entertainment while I studied. A weekly highlight during a shitty few months of studying!!

[@twilightgeneral777]

Tbh, I kinda agree with the lawsuit saying that the candy shouldn't be deceptively packaged

[@AndrewVelonis]

Products should not be deceptively packaged, but I don't know if lawsuits are the answer.

[@Pope_Balenciaga]

Redbull gives you wings. But do you find them in the can? The weight of the candy and the number of candies is mentioned in the packets. Just look at that and make a judgement on what to buy, like a reasonable person

[@EmperorOfMan]

Yeah. I was laughing until they showed the slack fill comparison to other candies in similar boxes. Still a silly lawsuit but tootsie knows what they are doing lol.

[@jazzpear8877]

@@EmperorOfMan Yeah I think shrinkflation is really relevant here too. It could be argued that a reasonable person who bought a box of junior mints years ago may be deceived into thinking they're buying the same amount cuz it's the same box they remember, but when they got it they realized the portions were much smaller. I'd be interested to see what Junior Mints' slackfill looks like over time.

[@johnr797]

@@EmperorOfMan but they also have the weight of the candy inside listed on the box

[@scottjohnson5415]

When I worked for the Federal Courts, pro-se litigants and attorneys that filed these ridiculous lawsuits were sanctioned by the judges for repeatedly filing "..frivolous and vexatious lawsuits." In severe cases they would have to petition the Court to file a lawsuit and get permission before filing the Complaint.

[@andysmith1996]

That happens in my country too. They're termed vexatious litigants.

[@Prizzlesticks]

For a second, I was confused by police being fourth on the list of most trusted professions. Then I saw the poll was from 2001. Lol. Do it again, Gallup!! I wanna see the numbers now.

[@RKBock]

Now it's in 2nd. Trust me, I've done the poll myself by asking 3 police men from the local station!

[@nicolekrenzler2673]

This year's gallup poll places Nurses at the top, followed by doctors, teachers, and pharmacists. The police rank #6, just behind Millitary officers, at #5.

[@lx4079]

@@nicolekrenzler2673 where are the firefighterz

[@KasumiRINA]

Clergy too! Like come on. If you trust YOUR church's priests you most likely have some other you hate... we had caught russian priest with a boy... minor, but that wasn't the biggest problem: guns, grenades, propaganda leaflets to "welcome" occupation were. I can understand why people trust nurses but please, pharmacists, and sometimes, doctors, are often corrupt and sell you placebo or worse because they get a cut... In many countries, and it's a huge problem.

[@TheSultan1470]

Hmm... dumb comment

[@bookcat123]

One of my elementary school teachers got sued by her neighbor because the leaves on one of her bushes fell on the neighbor’s yard when the wind blew in the fall. The neighbor claimed it killed all their flowers by touching them.

[@BJGvideos]

That's a hell of a tree if the leaves are lethal. I wonder if the neighbor had to state what species this was that would supposedly do so only to find that no such tree would grow in that area

[@homemovelha4173]

ImNot american and this didn't happen in the us but one of my cousins got sued by a labor union for refusing to join said union

[@None-Trick_Pony]

My cousin was a volunteer firefighter for years before getting a full-on paid position a couple years ago. I tell you, there's few people I admire more than him. So yeah, firefighters get and deserve mad respect.

[@GuacJohnson]

don't forget that large amounts of the incarcerated are forced to work as fire fighters for only dollars a day and then not considered eligible to work for the actual department upon release

[@christinebenson518]

@@GuacJohnson Not where I live. We have a volunteer fire department. Which is both good and bad. It's good that we're not big enough to need a full time department. It's bad because they can be subpar in their abilities. Example: roughly 10 years ago less than 50% of our fire fighters were actually fit enough to go into a burning building. Don't even get me started on how few hot fire fighters we've had.

[@derekrobertson60388]

As somewhat a regular occurrence where a countersuit is filed I’m sure a person got sued and they sued that person for suing them because the whole case caused them immense stress and trauma. Reasonable, logical people like C L and Colin Deal will read this now and see that this is a counter suit filing a lawsuit in retaliation for them filing a lawsuit against them, not that they sued them for damages because they lost the lawsuit

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

Why sue? Just shoot 'em and claim self-defence. 🦹

[@derekrobertson60388]

@Colin Deal isn’t a counter suit during the lawsuit? I’m talking after the case when someone wins or loses and they sue them for making them go through all that

[@IcariumGaming]

@@derekrobertson60388 to be fair your original comment lacks that detailed information. A reasonable, logical person will read your comment and assume you mean a counter suit. You even state that you file a lawsuit in retaliation for them filing a lawsuit against you, not that you sue them for damages because you lost their lawsuit.

[@hattielankford4775]

@@derekrobertson60388 CL feels bad that it whooshed, and now wants to stop anyone from defending you since they would be self-identifying as unreasonable and illogical. What a d-bag.

[@je777y]

If they filed a lawsuit against you specifically because they wanted to cause you distress, then they lost- yeah, you should sue back

[@poestis474]

I know I've felt pretty ripped off and emotionally let down after opening a candy box that seemed half empty.

[@chaon93]

I'm mostly sure that they all have around the same size box in order to feed though vending machines correctly. which ironically makes judging how full they are even harder since you can't pick it up and feel the weight,

[@sam8404]

@@chaon93 you could probably just read the weight on the box. Also I've never seen boxes like those in a vending machine.

[@tesmith47]

You ewre, older people remember when candy bars were bigger and boxes were full the worst case is payday candy bar

[@poestis474]

@@chaon93 It was definitely not a vending machine. Never had a bad experience there, only it stealing my money to the point you would rock the thing to get your treat.

[@sam8404]

@@tesmith47 how much bigger did Paydays used to be? Last time I had one it was a pretty good size.

[@dinotua4600]

the best lawsuit i ever heard of happen in my country of Croatia. Man sued his brother over a showel, he lent it to his brother and he broke it. After a few years in court people from the court offered him to buy him a new showel just to end this idiocity. And the man responded with "that kind of showel does not exist anymore".

[@skybennett3902]

I sort of agree with the slack-fill candy boxes, but at the same time you also know how much you are getting because those boxes are filled by weight and not by volume. The weight is printed on the outside of the box for all to see.

[@annem1816]

Yeah the unused part of the box is just unnessisary trash, but nothing to sue them over ny gawd. Its weight not how much it fills the box! The visual aspect is important for customers because you feel like you get more.

[@KasumiRINA]

I don't think people are stopping to read the boxes on the way to the film, everyone is rushing to take a seat and not be late, and even if you are chill, other people might be pushy for you to not hold the line.

[@skybennett3902]

@@KasumiRINA At that point it doesn't really matter. It's not the fault of the company making the candy that the consumer didn't read the package.

[@dma8657]

Shake the box.

[@PixieoftheWood]

You can also feel the weight by shaking it. Also, while I don't know if this applies to boxed candies, I know companies actually decide the amount of slack fill for chips by testing the best air to chip ratio to minimize the number of broken chips, so there could be a practical reason for the slack fill in candy boxes.

[@velzekt4598]

I'm going to file a lawsuit against LegalEagle for emotional pain and suffering as a result of his puns.

[@dingodelta]

I'm not American but even I still understand the first amendment.....your lawsuit will be discharged.

[@lyreparadox]

What are you talking about, the puns are the best part!

[@Catheidan]

Junior mints is gonna sue for slander with the shade he's throwing

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

I'm going to sue him for stealing my godly powers, as that's the only way he could possibly get those good looks!

[@slightlycrookedworkshop]

Maybe he'll include your case in a video and then you can sue him for that.

[@lpnp9477]

Whether or not the judge thinks it's stupidity or coddling, extra packaging is not good for the environment. We don't need extra waxed board impossible to recycle at most facilities. That alone should be reason enough to have laws in place to prevent slack-fill.

[@literallyanangrymoose7717]

Frivolous packaging!

[@firemyst9064]

I just watched a Food Theory episode a few days ago that covered a marketing test by some chip company. They found through marketing trials that bigger packaging with less product sold far more than smaller bags filled with nearly full capacity (which contained more product by weight than the larger packaging).

[@sprint7412]

Thanks for bringing this up. Big companies are able to do all kinds of tests to see how they can sell more but don't care if it's ethical. As long as it's legal, they'll keep doing it.

[@glassbakeware]

Lawyers are attack librarians is the best law meme I've seen in a while

[@yurdp]

Video idea- Laws broken in Mrs. Doubtfire.

[@jakestrom8395]

I mean… film theory kinda did that already

[@danevans9596]

Too many....

[@blueartist7552]

But it would be fun to see a professional lawyers take on this

[@Leith_Crowther]

Who is this “film theory,” and why does their opinion matter more than a lawyer’s?

[@Truthisfreedom7776]

Agreed!

[@derheadbanger9039]

I love how the underpants gnomes, the chewbacca defense and Lionel Hutz are basically legal terms now! 🤣

[@DrewKime]

Can we use the firefighter case as precedent that any police officer who is so afraid of the public that they would shoot an unarmed person can be fired? Or if they're too afraid to go into a school because there's someone with a gun?

[@nathanaeld.striker7191]

Ooh, I like this line of thinking.

[@Metrion77]

Yes, and one might argue that there ARE systems in place to remove incompetents and incapables from work forces. But then there's that sticky business of qualified immunity where the judicial system never turns on itself.

[@SeraphsWitness]

Unarmed does not mean "not dangerous". You should know self-defense law better.

[@badsocks756]

Can you name a case of the former ever happening?

[@daemn42]

Unfortunately, the dirty little secret of law enforcement is that there no legal or specific job requirement that they risk their lives to protect the public. Their training is basically all about how to protect themselves. That is also true to a large degree for fire fighters (trained to protect themselves), except that their job is specifically tied to fighting fires which is inherently dangerous. The fact that most firefighters choose to take what we perceive as a greater risk probably has to do with them feeling like they have more direct control over the outcome, as it's them with their tools against the fire, rather than them and their tools versus unpredictable humans.

[@groobert6456]

Over the last few months you've really started to let your personality through, it's very refreshing. You have an incredible blend of combining direct and clear facts with your own personal spin. It's very fun seeing the energy you put behind your analysis and factual presentation, but it's also great that we get to meet the man behind the Eagle. Great videos, thanks to you and your team for all your hard work!

[@baritOWN]

Very refreshing...like a Junior Mint?!

[@yaafl817]

Something something parasocial

[@FirstIsa]

I'm surprised you didn't make a reference to vexatious litigants- the lawyers that have filed so many ridiculous and frivolous lawsuits that (at least in California) can be required to get approval from the courts BEFORE they can actually file a lawsuit.

[@zachisca4765]

One of the other frivolous lawsuit videos sorta covers it. More losing your license over it.

[@x3r0prime45]

something that the plaintiffs should maybe have mentioned, is that in a movie theater you aren't allowed to pick up the box, so it looking bigger than it is matters more in a movie theater, than say a grocery store where you can feel the weight of the box in your hand and closely read the servings per box and suggested serving size to determine how many pieces of candy are in said box.

[@Valpo2004]

I am curious how the fire fighter who was afraid of fires made Captain. Shouldn't this fear have caused him some sort of issue in his chosen career long before he was promoted to a supervisory role?

[@synp9ynir]

I thought that as well. Perhaps it's something that started during his work? Some kind of PTSD? It might then qualify as a workplace injury.

[@AbsolXGuardian]

@@synp9ynir That's what I'm guessing. He certainly deserves a generous workers comp package- something representing how the disability won't effect his everyday life (unless it is and he has to subside on microwaved food because he's too afraid to turn the stove on) but that has barred him from his chosen career path, which he put all this time into. Although since the fire department moved him away from the front lines and that's what he had a problem for, they could aurge that since he isn't out of a job he deserves less worker's comp, not something for being forced out of your job, but something that covers your therapy bills. But from the way Devin described the suit, it sounded like the firefighter was sueing to get back on the front lines

[@maurer3d]

It is a sad fact that incompetent people frequently get promoted, my guess is that the local firefighter union had something to do with it.

[@Jrasta111]

I wondered this. I imagine it was a promotion of convenience. He passed the training and can handle the equipment but he won't actually go into a burning building and if we try and fire him he'll sue us. What do? Supevisory role.

[@patrickiamonfire965]

He got injured or something it was in the video. He wasn't afraid fire but due to some injury or something he lost some parts of his memory thus making him afraid of fires which is why they send him back to training or tried.

[@Scott-J]

if people mistake you for Michael Jordan on a daily basis - congratulations on your career/side gig as a Michael Jordan impersonator.

[@arturoaguilar6002]

And if you don’t want to have such career? Too bad. Maybe you should wear a wig, avoid playing basketball and instead play something unrelated to Michael Jordan, like, baseball instead… wait a second.

[@dooomninja]

with the case on disability; I'm surprised there isn't a clause in the law about 'relevant disabilities' (taking into account the duty to make adjustments), for example if someone is incapable of driving (say they are blind or something) wouldn't be discrimination, whereas someone with limited mobility might be within the companies duty to make adjustments

[@SadisticSenpai61]

The law says that employers are to do "reasonable accommodations" - which is fairly vague and companies like to abuse that. But in this case, assigning him to training was in itself a reasonable accommodation. His fear was taken into account, he was still seen as a very skilled professional who was fully able to train others to do what his fear wouldn't let him do. I'm guessing his problem with the reassignment stemmed from having to take a pay cut. I'd imagine the hazard pay was what he was missing in his new role.

[@RobinTheBot]

@@SadisticSenpai61 Lots of assumptions here.

[@aoikemono6414]

It doesn't need any clauses. It was mishandled from the beginning. You have to be able to perform the job IN SPITE OF your disability. The law only protects people who are discriminated against because of a perceived disability even though they can FULLY perform all functions. If you can't perform any of the functions, the law is moot, and you can be fired for underperforming. it's not designed as charity.

[@Zalethon]

Texas

[@jaekae13]

@@aoikemono6414 This isn't QUITE true. You have to be able to fulfill your duties with or without "reasonable accommodation" from your employer. Your employer is required to provide any accommodations you might need to perform your job, as long as they are "reasonable" (which, as another commenter pointed out, is a bit vague and can be abused by employers). For example, if you are a checkout clerk but have a disability that prevents you from being on your feet all day, your employer could be required to provide you with a stool. There's also some wiggle room on what "accommodation" means- I used to work at a bookstore and a small part of my job was supposed to be moving heavy boxes of books, which it turns out I couldn't lift (and not even because of a disability). Rather than fire me, my employer had other employees help me, and we got a wheeled cart that I could use when stocking books. I imagine that my employer was being generous in that situation, but if I'd had a disability that prevented me from lifting heavy boxes, and other employees were around to help, my employer might well have been required by law to have them help, instead of firing me. (Of course, if lifting heavy boxes was a SIGNIFICANT part of my job, and not a small one, it would be different.) Businesses aren't charities, it's true, but we have laws like this because otherwise, all disabled people would be forced to be unemployed and living off disability. The government doesn't like paying disability, and would much rather have disabled people find employment.

[@TheAurgelmir]

LegalEgle threatening us with "See you in court." Sounds like a threat of a frivolous lawsuit to me! :P

[@ChaosRaych]

I hope Brandon got a lifetime's worth of gratification out of his lawsuit bc he likely screwed himself out of any future prospects

[@daveroche6522]

No matter how he spells his surname it's (now) pronounced ARSEHOLE!

[@justoneman13]

That's sweet that you think he had prospects

[@timothy4664]

Good. Women need to avoid men like him.

[@daveroche6522]

@@timothy4664 Decent folks need to avoid scumbags like him....

[@samhowl1152]

No one remembers this lol

[@domomitsune5920]

I love it when I hear about dumb and frivolous lawsuits. Especially when covered by an expert, that makes it sound hilarious explaining them. Thank you legal eagle, I needed this today.

[@JustPlayItLoud]

I love how visibly excited you were when delivering the “hot air” line

[@phoenixluk]

The way Devin says, "Because... America," is a mood.

[@deviantlegion]

I used to work behind a bar and on a quiet day I was talking to a barrister who defended companies against ridiculous lawsuits. The one that sticks out most is a 40+yr old woman went back to work, after her kids grew up, in a sandwich shop (Greggs for anyone from the UK). When making sandwiches they were trained to put the teacake/bread bun on the table, hand on top and slice through sideways. She held it in her hand and cut through too far slicing into her hand. Apparently the lawsuit was "no one told her the bread knife was sharp". After a very stunned pause it took me quite some time to stop laughing! 🤣😂

[@inconnu4961]

Dont laugh! In my country, we would elect these people to high office (if they are democrats)!!

[@deviantlegion]

@@inconnu4961 to be fair, they've elected republicans and they're far worse. I mean just look at trumperton, he was just staggeringly dumb with no concept of reality outside the fantasies of godhood outside his own head. The entire republican party is just full of corrupt, misogynistic conspiracy theorists. At least the Democrats seem to have got their heads out of the 1800's and are pushing for decent healthcare and human rights for POC and women. The US isn't even vaguely a democracy (or Republic/Democratic Republic) though, it's a Corporatocracy, it's run by big corporations via politicians owning them/being part of their board or being bribed by them. At least your politicians didn't deliberately cripple your economy by destroying the value of the currency purely to make them and their friends money (that's what Brexit was all about, that and dodging having to declare offshore holdings in tax havens).

[@MrPiptron]

Well I guess one silver lining is that Brandon let a lot of potential dates know exactly why they should run away as fast as possible if he asks them out >>

[@OrangeCat1992]

Yeah, he has a permanent red flag over his head. 🚩

[@littleloner1159]

The girl on the other hand Interrupting what she's doing to be there for a friend, knowing when to leave a date, her whole reaction to the lawsuit, going there giving him his money She sounds like a pretty decent human and I am so glad she ditched that bullet as early as she did

[@Vinemaple]

Meh, there are still a lot of women out there who believe they "deserve" jerks like him. Ladies, nobody does!

[@krustykringle]

100% sure this dude is the kind of man who believes feminism is why he can't get laid

[@Vinemaple]

@@krustykringle feminism and the Deep State lmao

[@hyperbiscuit2284]

The best part of the dude suing David Copperfield is that he wasn't rejected because he couldn't prove that he had godlike powers. There were so many other holes in his argument, that proving he didn't actually have powers wasn't even necessary.

[@annburlingham4563]

The Roller case makes me sad. A close relative developed grandiose delusions with paranoia, and they also think there's a tv show based on them and that the whole world is watching and discussing their life. It's really hard. You cannot make someone get help, and delusions are probably the mental illness most resistant to treatment. As with Roller, such delusions have real-world effects, in taking up so much of a person's time and energy.

[@brandonwilliams957]

That guy was a psycho suing his date for $17 dollars. It costs about $165 just to file a lawsuit where I live. I'm glad she got away safely.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

She didn't, she got extorted $17.31. That's a crime. An actual crime. And a fairly serious one at that.

[@garethhughes7430]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 Yeah. If you buy someone something, you bought it for them. Doesn't matter if its an experience, food, or diamonds. You don't get it back if they don't act in a certain way. You don't buy people things to control them or make them be nice to you. Anyone who's niceness is dependent on the money you spend on them isn't worth it anyway.

[@brandonwilliams957]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 Filing a lawsuit isn't extortion. It's super creepy, and I'm sure the judge probably was in a bad mood having to deal with it.

[@LeScratch89]

@@brandonwilliams957 Given that you *have to respond and defend yourself or you default lose the suit*, yeah, it IS extortion.

[@ZackC]

@@LeScratch89 ​That’s true for any small claims filing, though, and doesn’t inherently make it extortion.

[@BloodPheonix137]

12:58 "I don't know where this disrespectful attitude came from" caught me off guard and I died

[@zenleek2129]

Sue him

[@CommieHunter7]

In the slack fill suits, did the judges address the clear criteria that should apply to non transparent packaging? Or did they simply assert that the net weight label was enough?

[@maurer3d]

The slack fill in the Junior Mints box is the help prevent the candies from congealing into one giant candy if the box gets a little to hot.

[@havenbastion]

@@maurer3d no it's not

[@MugRuith]

@@maurer3d No way. They don't need that much slack.

[@Kahadi]

@@maurer3d Partly, but, like anything in a bag, it's more so they don't smash to dust bouncing around

[@camadams9149]

18:25 DAMN. Turns out that girl was RIGHT. Good for her, she got those people skills. Anyone willing to sue you over movie ticket costs is a walking red flag

[@rodneywarren1905]

I LOVE junior mints, but I fully condone this savage beating the candy just took from my favorite lawyer.

[@jnerdsblog]

I object to it. Defend that which has been wronged!

[@nerfherder4284]

Junior mints are delicious, but air is not.

[@SILVERF0X13]

I object to the claim that Good and Plenty is better. Licorice candy (the flavor, not twizzlers) is always bottom tier.

[@xToddmcx]

Junior mints are as good as anything else at the theatre I think. Mass market cheaply made candy so they're not great. I certainly object to Good and Plenty being better though, those are just colored sugar pills.

[@ryanbill8692]

its a imitation dentist visit whats not to like the mint toothpaste is the best part usually anyway...unless you have a hot dentist

[@Julia-lk8jn]

The slack fill sentence makes more sense than the judge gives it credit for - I have no idea how many mints would be in 1 ounce of mints, but the packaging size gives me a rough idea. That, and it's just waste: not just on the individual packages, but also on the larger boxes all the way up to how many ounces mints you can fit into a truck.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

You do know exactly how much would be in 1 ounce of mints, though. 1 ounce. Clearly labeled, in a way that is impossible to misunderstand.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 how very true. And in the same way: if it says the 32 quint I also know that it's 32 quint of mints, clearly labeled. Is the name "don't misunderstand" supposed to be some meta-joke? As in, the funny part is that it's not funny?

[@Draganot1]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 so uh, what exactly does 1 ounce of mints look like? sure, its 1 ounce in the box, but how much is that exactly? Are you able to imagine a fairly accurate estimate of how many mints of the particular size are in the box? what about 1 pound of mints, how many mints in a pound? if i have a box thats a bit bigger than a larger phone how many mints would you think is in that box if i told you there was 2 ounces in it? The answer to all this, you will estimate how much is in the box by the size of the box. A reasonable person would assume the company is using an appropriately sized (or at least close) box for the product being sold.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@Julia-lk8jn No, the name is the result of a long history of full grown adults and my own peers constantly failing to understand my words and the intent behind them, for longer than I can remember. Much like you've done here.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@Draganot1 The size of those mints is irregular. That's one of the many reasons they're sold by weight instead of volume, so that the customer can know the amount they're getting. There's also the basic fact that all things change their density with the temperature, so the volume contained within the package would vary regardless. You're also being quite obtuse with those rhetorical questions. You would know how much an ounce of mints is by either A) having personal experience with mints, or B) asking someone who does, things a normal person would do before making a purchase of any product. There's also the fact that the *number* of mints in the product is irrelevant to how much product you're getting. 1 ounce of mints? Could be 100000, could be 4, both would be within the range of expectations measuring solely by volume. That's, again, why they're sold by weight in the first place.

[@dragnflye3797]

Suing a date for walking out on a date is the epitome of self-entitlement.

[@eatingketchupchips9567]

yeah kind of bummed legal eagle kind of played this as *~wild and kooky~* instead of toxic masculinity and just an extreme of a very normal pattern of harrasment/threats/violence women face when they reject men.

[@sarahmiller4980]

@@eatingketchupchips9567 Yeah, I was upset that she ended up paying him on television and he counted the money and didn't apologize. That sounds kind of like extortion to me. Even with the fact that he paid for the movie and pizza, there is an assumption that paying for a date's expenses is a gamble -- if you don't like the date, you don't get your money back. Just don't date them again. Paying for a date is not a purchase of services -- it is a gift given freely and does not entitle the giver to anything in return, other than a reasonable attempt to make the date work. (I would be pissed if I bought my date a ticket to a theme park and they showed up without me and didn't meet up with me at the park at all, and posted pictures of their 3 hour stay on insta afterward. That's not a good faith action -- accepting the gift means making some attempt to go on the date. But that's it. A reasonable attempt at a date. Nothing more. If they leave after 15 minutes, oh well, that's fine. Emergency comes up 2 minutes in? Leave if you need to. Want to text during the movie? I might not invite you again, but you don't owe me money. That's my take, anyway.)

[@sarahmiller4980]

BTW a side note to this, consider sugar babies. Being a sugar baby sounds like a very scary game to play, because you kind of are implicitly promising something in return for receiving money and expensive things. Like, if you get an allowance, I could understand why the richer person might expect something from you in return. I wonder if would be better to be a sex worker outright and be clear about what services you're giving and what you're charging. Dating a rich person and being their sugar baby sounds like a recipe for communication failures and exploitation.

[@Karajorma]

While I agree with that, anyone who texts in a movie theatre deserves every ounce of trouble they bring on themselves.

[@m4ster_root]

Suing was probably a bit too much... Especially not worth the time! Sure, you simply shouldn't pay for someone on the first date unless you're willing to take the risk. I wouldn't call his behavior self-entitlement though,. She seems like the entitled one, but I guess I mainly feel that way because I too hate people who can't keep their phones off the few hours modern movies usually take. Would I have sued, no. I wasn't there, but from what have been said, I'd consider her the entitled one.

[@khaerinaenno]

That's actually interesting. Can the fact that there is a number of lawsuits about slackfill AND the existence of specific legalization about it be used to claim that person of ordinary intelligence and reasoning would, indeed, expect less slackfill?

[@drewhickcox4611]

My man really puts Good & Plenty over Junior Mints. Absolute madness

[@randomjunk1977]

My brother has been mistaken for Ben Roethlisberger several times. They are only two years apart and there is a passing resemblance, but much like with Jordan's look alike there is a 6 inch height difference. I think part of the problem is that these athletes are mostly seen on the field next to other athletes of similar size and we don't realize how much bigger they usually look next to average people.

[@GingerGM01]

I’m excited to get your take on the Federal Pardon news today and the legal ramifications. Something tells me there were some people putting in some major overtime tonight.

[@danatowne5498]

I heard that it probably won't have that much of an impact because "mere possession" is usually a 'lesser included charge' and you can actually get jail time for charges you were acquitted of in a sentencing phase of a trial - crazy as that is. But it's great for people jailed for possession only. Better late than never, I suppose.

[@kemarisite]

@@danatowne5498 Yes, thank you. My response was, "Is there actually anyone (maybe two, because you can find one of almost anything) in federal prison only for possession of a personal use amount of marijuana?" That is, not a dealer or smuggler, not someone in prison for a bunch of other crimes along with possession, not in state custody for simple possession, etc.

[@oliversteiner9019]

@@kemarisite to my knowledge, it effects about 6.500 people in jail or having it on their record. Why? Because most of them are sentenced by state, not federal. Hence, i assume it was rather symbolic and a “hey states, look at this issue” thing

[@MB-xw1tu]

@@oliversteiner9019 Yes... its most important impact will be at the state level. I imagine states could view it as instructive... and in some way permission for states that have legalized marijuana (while it remains illegal federally) to pardon anyone with a possession conviction, and states that haven't legalized it either of course. The impact of a drug conviction is immense and long lasting, because of it's impact on employment and a variety of other things which require reporting of any drug convictions... especially as possession convictions are biased both racially and socioeconomically. So, those 6500 federal convictions didn't set anyone free from prison, but will substantially improve the lives of those individuals, as well as anyone who is pardoned by states.

[@ticotube2501]

So the girl was willing to pay $17.31 to make officially sure that she never ever has to interact with that person ever again - after half a date? Ouch.

[@rainrope5069]

I feel bad because the magician lawsuit sounds like major psychosis

[@Gilhelmi]

Maybe, but it might also be that he was trying to scam a magician out of his trade secrets. But probably not.

[@idontneedaname318]

Yea that sounded like he might suffer from schizophrenia if it's not drug related :/

[@BlindGirlUK]

Paranoia and grandiose delusions are both symptoms of Paranoid Schizophrenia. (I'm training to be a therapist).

[@sonorasgirl]

Yeah same…I was genuinely wondering if there’s protections for folks like that, cause 😢

[@ConejitoPequenito]

The "conspiracy theorist" obviously suffers from some sort of psychosis, unless he's flat-out lying. I hope he's well

[@marcoschagas9646]

Yep, he's clearly delusional

[@dreadedevil4055]

2:10 Objection: Good & Plenty is not something that humans should actually consume. It is actually poison disguised as candy.

[@spectralplayz9168]

I second this😂 milk duds are top tier but I’ve hated good and plenty’s since I was a child. Mike and Ike’s are alright but🤷🏻

[@rusticgiraffe4262]

I love the idea of saying “Legally I can make fun of you” very very much. Good show sir.

[@SaltyRxtech]

I’m just so happy he acknowledged and joked about the Disney look a like😂. Flawless execution of a joke as always.

[@sgttomas]

😂

[@Kevin-zt7lb]

I love your work. Is there any chance you can cover Darrell Brooks' attempts to represent himself. I feel like it would be a great chance to show why those of us unfortunate enough to not be lawyers should remember that we aren't lawyers.

[@AgtPaper665]

Fun fact: the amount of slack fill in packaging can also be mechanically (if maybe not legally, based on that list) functional because of oxidation prevention. Ever open a box of junior mints or milk duds that are kind of crumbly and/or have a cloudy film on the chocolate? That's because the nitrogen that the sealing machine pumps into the wax or silicon impregnated box has leaked out and allowed oxygen to get in, which can also lead to the chocolate becoming more sensitive to temperature changes and losing its temper. Same thing is done to keep coffee and chips fresh during shipping.

[@bunzeebear2973]

Or THAT IS A REALLY "OLD" BOX OF CHOCOLATE. It loses eye appeal because chocolate "rusts"(oxidizes) It harms the looks but not the flavor.

[@mercedesswan7205]

Legal Eagle: "Now, when people say I look like a Disney character, or a dad from a Pixar movie, THAT, is defamation! Me and Legal Eagle's editors: "Yeah, okay Riley's dad."

[@PhantomNull13]

I love that he included the least trusted professions with absolutely no comment, just in case we needed a reason to doubt him

[@SvenElven]

Funny that a majority of US presidents have been lawyers..!

[@glaceRaven]

That magician lawsuit is literally the stupidest thing I have ever heard in my entire life, and that says a lot. The others _kind of_ had a point (even if it wasn't a very good one) but that one was just insane. That man needs help, and I hope he got it.

[@dsmiley53]

13:42 the shade from the editor was amazing, I laughed out loud

[@JamieMacia]

Imagine arguing that Junior Mints are bad because they taste like you're at the dentist and then defending Milk Duds, a candy that will rip out every filling in your mouth so you *literally* have to go to the dentist...

[@KnakuanaRka]

If they rip out your fillings, you need a better dentist.

[@vanesslifeygo]

The court doesn't just "dismiss" these lawsuits...these frivolous and harassing actions force the other side to have to answer properly.

[@ssj2dougie]

Something I've learned is that lawyers come out of law school educated about the law, but don't really know how to apply it or properly file motions or anything else. It's almost like a rite of passage in our office for the clerks to go back and forth with the lawyers teaching them how to file motions or petitions by telling them what they messed up and need to correct.

[@Ajehy]

Sounds like nurses teaching green doctors. You may have the fancy degree, but you NEED to listen to the experienced hands.

[@leow.2162]

Legal academia is almost a parallel universe to actual courts. It's a lot more idealized in both good and bad waya. E.g. they'd assume a judge would recuse themselves when they have a conflict of interest, which barely ever happens.

[@panagea2007]

"See that guy? If he ever asks you for a date, watch this video first." I think he found an effective way of castrating himself without even dropping his pants.

[@Malicious2013]

I love this. Also I'm waiting for my summons to court for claiming that you look like a Pixar character, which is apparently defamatory.

[@lockwoan01]

If you ever get around to doing movies, 4 I'd like to see you do are - Zootopia - Rookie cop teaming up with a con-artist to solve a missing person's case, and breaking a bunch of rules. The Bad Guys - group of criminals try to pull off a Going Straight con, only to actually go straight.... by the end at any rate. Then, there's the Maraschino Ruby short where the Police Chief tries to trick them into stealing a ruby, but they get arrested for stealing candy, only for the "Lawyer" to spring them free. Sing 1 and 2 - the fact that one guy wanted their son to join a criminal gang of bank robbers, then broke out of Jail (to see their son perform) and then in the next movie violated terms and conditions of their parole (to protect their son from an even more dangerous criminal) is possibly the most simplest of crimes to explain in this one.

[@lockwoan01]

@wispirate Funny thing is, someone has done a few videos on some of them.

[@woltersworld]

Please talk about the protestor who filed the police report against the Rams football player. Wondering how that might go

[@eksno]

Love how matter of factly very ordinary stuff is presented. > She was then confronted with the claim, at which point she responded "Oh my god, that is crazy" Paraphrased since I won't bother copying exactly.

[@KingKool2099]

Devin: "Junior Mints are bad." Me: (drawn-out suspicious squinting, one lip curled up in a sneer)

[@MatthewCSnow]

My favorite is when Gwen Stefani and her band “No Doubt” sued “Band Hero” (guitar hero’s answer to rock band) not for using their songs and Gwen’s likeness, they gotten permission for that, but the fact someone could use Gwen’s character model to sing *other* peoples songs

[@LoserHands]

iirc they had curt cobains likeness 'exploitable' the same way, sing anything lol. if they shoulda been more diligent about it, then they're def in violation of some contract (bet my left nut they listed when she could appear). what sucks is patching a console game before they sic lawyers on you full-on. imagine thousands and thousands of dollars to patch gwen from an oldass game

[@themoops4006]

"While damages sought are modest the principle is important as Defendant's behavior is a threat to civilized society." Did George Costanza file that one, sounds like it could have been the B-plot in an episode of Seinfeld lol

[@inconnu4961]

LOL it does doesnt it!

[@Ultimatedogfan]

I lost it in that part

[@lnterceptor00]

The issue I have involves the "slack fill" of the Junior Mints box and the statement that the court "cannot countenance" that an ordinary consumer would be fooled by the packaging because they "could" investigate further and learn the reality, but the packaging does in fact imply that you are getting a larger volume of goods than you actually are.

[@TheBulletTrain]

I am far from an attorney, but that first lawsuit, while indeed silly, feels like it has merit with section 6 of that slack-fill law. They have reduced the number of mints in the box (I like them so not sure why so much shade lol), but the box has remained the same size. There is no need for the large box beyond appearing to be more full than it is. Add to that most movie theatres I have been to have them behind glass and you have to ask for them, so you don't get to heavily inspect before approaching the counter. Still indeed a silly thing to sue over, but the judges throwing it out full stop seems wrong. Would love to hear opposing view or where my view is incorrect.

[@johanrunfeldt7174]

Has the weight decreased or has every mint gotten larger, reducing the number that way?

[@TheBulletTrain]

@@johanrunfeldt7174 Just from my experience (so nothing concrete), there are just fewer than their used to be. Same size. But also just going from my memory over the years which is hardly valid data. That being said, I believe the boxes are half empty nowadays which is a lot of empty space.