You may have heard this week that a woman is suing Starbucks over ice in her drink.
The woman has taken the coffee chain to court for allegedly serving her too much ice and too little caffeinated beverage.
Woman sues Starbucks
US woman sues Starbucks for putting too much ice in drinks
Courthouse News Service reports that a 29 page complaint was filed by customer Stacey Pincus who claims that the cold drinks are almost half ice and Starbucks misrepresents their fluid amount.
“Pincus says that Starbucks customers who order cold drinks are actually getting far less than the advertised fluid ounces because the company fills a large portion of the cup with ice,” the News Service writes.
So Pincus is seeking to represent all people who have bought a cold drink from Starbucks in the last 10 years.
We love a good strong coffee as much as the next caffeine addict, but it seems slightly excessive to take them to court for giving you too much ice.
This isn’t the first time a person has sued for something strange.
A woman sued her nephew over a hug.
In 2015 New York woman, Jennifer Connell broke her wrist when her 12-year-old nephew jumped in her arms for a hug at his eighth birthday party. It happened while at the boy’s family home. The aunty told NBC’s Today that she never felt comfortable naming her nephew in the case. She was trying to get his parents’ homeowners insurance to pay for medical bills and under Connecticut law she had to name an individual.
The claim for $127, 000 was rejected by a jury.
A woman sued Burger King over 20 cents for a soft drink
The New York Post reports that a woman in Manhattan went to court seeking $100 in damages against the fast food chain.
She was furious about the 20 cent difference in price for a large Coke at two different Burger King’s that were three blocks away from each other.
“The fast-food chain’s location three blocks from her home sold a large Coke for 89 cents — but one six blocks away priced the same drink at 69 cents,” the New York publication wrote.
When asked why she was suing, the lady said it was because she had to walk two extra blocks. Burger King didn’t show up to the case and won anyway.
A man sued his hostages for calling police when they promised not to
In 2011 a man from Colorado, Jessie Dimmick, tried suing a couple that he had kidnapped in 2009 for breach of contract.
The Huffington Post says that in his lawsuit Dimmick claimed that he and the couple he kidnapped (after stealing their vehicle and fleeing from authorities) reached a legally binding oral contract where they agreed to hide him for no monetary value.
Dimmick was seeking $235, 000. The couple's attorney said the legally binding contract would've been invalid.
A man sued Fosters beer because it wasn’t Australian
A beer drinker from New York, Leif Nelson filed a lawsuit against Miller Brewing Co. in 2015 for misleading advertising that made him think the beer was from Australia. The beer is not made in Australia. Nelson loves his Fosters, but apparently he won’t start drinking it again until it is labelled correctly.
The Daily News says the suit contends that Foster’s moved its beer brewing operation to Texas in 2011. There was no comment from Nelson in the media.
These are just a few of the bizarre things people have sued for. We wonder if the woman suing Starbucks will win her case against caffeine versus ice.
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