People file lawsuits because someone has caused them injury, pain, property damage, or more. The law is in place to make sure people are protected from theft, defective products, medical mishaps, and many other types of incidents. However, there are some people who abuse the court system and file suits that are just downright weird, and for the most part, their cases never see the inside of a courtroom because they get thrown out before they get there. Here are a few of them:

One woman filed a lawsuit against her dentist claiming she could no longer eat after being told she had so many cavities. She said she felt “too guilty” eating food, and that she had lost 25 pounds so far because of it. And don’t misunderstand; she wasn’t saying she felt guilty eating junk food and sugar. She said she could no longer eat anything, and that it was all her dentist’s fault.
 
Custody battles aren’t just over kids anymore. They’re over the dog, or the cat, or….the goldfish. A couple in California recently battled over their pet goldfish (who will remain nameless) during their very heated divorce. The husband claimed he bought the fish, the wife claimed she cared for it. Both claimed they couldn’t live without it. Ultimately it was decided that the two would share custody of the fish, trading off every other week.
 
A woman filed suit against a supermarket after it wouldn’t give let her return a used tube of lipstick. The woman claimed she bought the lipstick “and it changed colors” on the way back to her house. Apparently, she put it on before a first date with someone she had met a few days before. Because the lipstick was such an awful color, she said, the man didn’t want to see her again. It wasn’t until she got home and looked in the mirror, she said, that she realized that the lipstick was entirely to blame. However, the store would not take the lipstick back, so she decided to file suit, blaming the store for her botched first date.
 
A man who was skateboarding down a busy street decided to grab onto the back of a truck to get pulled up a hill. The driver of the truck had no idea the man was holding onto the back, and made a last minute turn while still driving a bit fast. The skateboarder was propelled forward, fell off his skateboard, and broke his arm and several ribs. He sued the truck driver for his injuries.
 
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