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.

Woody Allen is suing a clothing company for $10 million for using an image of him appearing very scantily-clad on billboards across the country and on the Internet.

Nine months ago, 6-year-old Abigail Taylor sat on the drain of the Minneapolis Golf Club kiddie pool. The drain was so powerful that it sucked out 21 feet of her small intestine, leaving her near death.

Like father, like son. Both George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush’s administrations have been caught unnecessarily, and perhaps illegally, accessing other political candidates’ passports.

Hillbilly heroin? That’s what OxyContin is being called after its widespread abuse came in Appalachia came to light during the past couple of years.

A large 19-story crane crashed Saturday, killing at least four people. The crane was operating at a high-rise condo building downtown as it broke into pieces, completely demolishing the townhouse below it.

New York may soon be out a governor. Gov. Eliot Spitzer is rumored to be resigning any moment now, and many say it’s not soon enough.

Lawmakers can’t understand why celebrities are endorsing certain prescription medications, according to FDA news, and they are going to do something about it.

A Washington D.C. resident, Raelyn Campbell, filed a $54 million lawsuit against Best Buy for a lost computer, which she says cost her time, money, and possibly her identity.

Fosamax is prescribed to treat and prevent osteoporosis, which is a condition in which bone density begins to decrease and bones become increasingly fragile. In serious cases of osteoporosis, bones can fracture with little or no trauma. However, the manufacturers also released a warning to doctors in 1996 indicating the seriousness of side effects caused by Fosamax, specifically the esophageal complications it caused.