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Frivolous law suits?

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karmanya Original post #1
May 25, 2008 at 7:41 PM
*tinyurl.com/64pn4q
Haven't seen something this wierd in a long time
praka123
May 25, 2008 at 7:53 PM
^what are you saying man ?the link points to reueters site. :|
praka123
May 25, 2008 at 7:56 PM
Guy loses lawsuit over fly in bottle of water
^now?

@cyrus:kya re?:D khelta he apun ke saath?lafda aadmi re tu:rolleyes:
K
May 25, 2008 at 8:02 PM
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the case of a man who said he lost interest in sex after he found two dead flies in an unopened bottle of drinking water.

Waddah Mustapha sued the bottling company, saying he had suffered psychological damage, including depression, phobia, anxiety and damage to his sex life after the unpleasant 2001 discovery.

He won C$340,000 ($343,000) in damages in a lower court, but the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that he had not proved his case.

"Mr Mustapha must show that it was foreseeable that a person of ordinary fortitude would suffer serious injuries from seeing the flies in the bottle of water he was about to install. This he failed to do," the court said.

Mustapha said he vomited after finding the fly and now found it hard to shower. He also said he was afflicted by visions of flies walking over feces.

Mustapha -- who will lose the award and must pay the costs of the case -- was not immediately available for comment.

($1=$0.99 Canadian)
I find it very hard to believe that people actually fight these sort of cases in court.
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legolas #6
May 25, 2008 at 8:04 PM
eeeeeeeeeehhahhahahahaahahhahoooooooooo
ROTFL
dheeraj_kumar
May 25, 2008 at 8:09 PM
OMG

if a person goes to court for a fly in the bottle, Indian courts will have a looooooooooooooooooooong waiting queue :)