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• [Lawsuit fact 1]  In 1977, singer Tom Waits was arrested outside a coffee shop for trying to stop men from bullying other patrons. These men were plainclothes officers, and Waits was charged with disturbing the peace. Waits disputed the charge, was found not guilty, and successfully sued the police dept. for $7,500

  Lawsuit, Music source

• [Lawsuit fact 2]  Pizza Hut once sued Papa Johns, claiming that the slogan "Better ingredients. Better Pizza." is false advertising.

  Corporation, Lawsuit source

• [Lawsuit fact 3]  In 2013, Federal District Court in San Francisco dismissed a lawsuit from Dairy Farmers to rename Almond Milk to "Nut Juice" for false advertising since "Nuts don't Lactate" It was rejected as "No reasonable consumer would mistake a product like soy milk or almond milk with dairy milk from a cow.”

  Food, Lawsuit source

• [Lawsuit fact 4]  A Jehovah’s Witness was temporarily incapacitated following a car accident. Her doctor transfused her with blood which saved her life, despite knowing she had signed a card requesting this not be done. Following her recovery, she successfully sued the doctor for battery.

  Lawsuit, Misc, Religion source

• [Lawsuit fact 5]  In 1919, Ford wanted to use extra profits to raise employee wages and employ more people. Dodge sued them, saying a corporation's only responsibility is to increase shareholder value. This set the precedent for current US corporate law.

  Corporation, Lawsuit source

• [Lawsuit fact 6]  In 1981, a tenant was evicted in Germany after spreading Surströmming (fermented Baltic Sea herring) brine in the stairway. The landlord was taken to court, where he brought a can of Surströmming as evidence. After being opened, the court unanimously ruled in his favor because of the smell.

  Food, Lawsuit, Places source

• [Lawsuit fact 7]  John Fogarty was sued by Fantasy Records for copyright infringement because his song (the 1984 hit “The Old Man Down The Road”) sounded too much like CCR’s 1970s hit “Run Through The Jungle”, a song that Fogarty had himself wrote and produced.

  Lawsuit, Music, People source

• [Lawsuit fact 8]  In the early 2000s, an entrepreneur named Ken Belanger sued Microsoft for illegal use of his “Pocket PC” trademark. Ken’s “Pocket PC” was a 1985-made plastic coin with 0 and 1 engraved on its front and back.

  Corporation, Lawsuit, Technology source

• [Lawsuit fact 9]  In a weird and bizarre tradition in Africa, people of the Maasai tribe (ethnic African group found in Kenya and Tanzania) spit on one another while greeting their friends.

  Environment, Lawsuit, People source

• [Lawsuit fact 10]  On September 4, 2008, the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice ruled that Wal-Mart de Mexico, the Mexican subsidiary of Wal-Mart, must cease paying its employees in part with vouchers that were redeemable only at Wal-Mart stores.

  Corporation, Lawsuit source

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