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Frivolous Lawsuits: Part 1
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Sara quizzes Kristina on whether the plaintiff won a case or not. Kristina shares silly food-related lawsuits. Should you expect a Milky Way to be made in the Milky Way? Join the gingers and find out!
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Meet the Hosts: Laughing with Gingers
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Hi, Sarah. Hi, Christina. Thanks, everyone, for tuning in to Laughing with Gingers. The podcasts were two feisty redheads with loud laughs, shared crazy stories, play games, and spread silliness and joy. That beautiful voice you hear over there that's just so sing-songy and delightful is my partner in crime on the Laughing with Gingers podcast, Christina Curry.
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Okay, and that is Sarah elephant the snickering you heard during her ad was her my co-hosts of laughing with gingers I Just cannot like that ad is so I know. I know we make a comment about it every time because it is ridiculous We can't get over ourselves
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You know, we can write one heck of a script if- I agree. Yeah. Yeah. Nailed it. Nailed it. Okay. Speaking of nailing it, this week- That was a good segue.
Frivolous Lawsuits: A Humorous Dive
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Thanks. We are coming at you with frivolous lawsuits. I'm curious if we have the same ones this time.
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I mean, there's a lot of frivolous lawsuits out there, but it is quite possible we've reiterated each other's topics, but you know. Yeah, it's fine. You all have to see. I'm excited. I feel like this is something that will be entertaining. Yeah, yeah. Every time I read one, I was like, what? Really?
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So I gamified mine. I'm sure this is shocking. So for mine, we are going to do either it didn't go to court in some capacity or I guess, I mean, we're going to lump all of them together if it was dropped or dismissed or whatever.
Game Segment: Predicting Lawsuit Outcomes
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So if it was thrown out or dropped or whatever, those are getting lumped. OK, got it. Or if the plaintiff won. Got it. OK. Or settled. I thought you were going to gamify it and say, was this Florida or not? Is that which state you came with? No. Actually, when I did some research and maybe this article told me that this was the top
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state with the worst lawsuits. And last year, California regained its position. And they call it the judicial. God, that word is so hard. Judicial? Yeah.
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Hellhole and they they What's the little R with the circle around it? Like it's like they've branded it they oh they registered it Yeah, yeah, they registered this term. So I think that they do it annually and and yeah, California
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regained its position last year. Below them was New York, which kind of doesn't surprise me, and then Georgia, then Philadelphia, then Illinois, Louisiana, and South Carolina. I like how Philadelphia, the city, has state status here. Well, it's because they led with Philadelphia Court of Common,
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Blah, blah, blah, Pennsylvania. So I just like landed on Philadelphia first. That still tells you that Philadelphia probably has a lot more than like everywhere else in the state. Yeah, you're right. That's true.
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Are there other cities in Pennsylvania besides Philadelphia? Well, Pittsburgh would definitely, definitely go to bat against. That's true. That's true. I'm surprised. I'm surprised it wasn't like they were neck and neck. Yeah, I mean, Pennsylvania is a crazy state that none of us really talk about that often. Why don't we talk about it more?
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Florida gets so much shit, but I know they really do. It's easy to pile on. Yeah. Yeah. Well, anyway, I so then I googled like top California silly lawsuits and I just these are all not related to California, the state, but just like weird, weird random lawsuits. So I feel like it's not California specific, but it might be.
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Interesting. Okay. Well, at the top of this, I do want to point out that we are not attorneys and we do not speak for the law or the legal system here on Laughing With Ginger. But we do play one on TV. And if you want to watch it, you can find it on YouTube. Oh, goodness. I love it. Okay. You want to start? I feel like you have brought way more than I did.
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I did not not intentionally. I got mine from USA today. So these are these are that's where I'm getting my source from. So was the result of the case? Was it either dismissed or thrown out? Or do you think the plaintiff won?
Absurd Lawsuits: Age Change & Dating Drama
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Man wants to legally change his age. Hmm. I think he won.
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He lost, womp womp. In 2018, a 69-year-old Dutchman, I don't know if he lived in the Netherlands or if he lived here. It feels a little bit messed up if you're just calling that forward if he lives in the States, but whatever. He wanted to legally change his age in order to avoid ageism.
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So he felt like he was discriminated against because his real age was affecting his job prospects, which at that point, like, please retire. You're 69. You've earned it as well as his chances of success on Tinder. Oh, my God.
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Okay, it's kind of gross when you're thinking about lowering your age so you attract younger ladies. Yeah, seriously. Because I started dating Philippe before, where everything was so heavily behind a paywall if you did any sort of online dating, I do not know anything about it. It never occurred to me that you probably do have to verify your age on Tinder.
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Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Which is also weird, because that means they have a lot of your information. Do they just believe you if you put in, like, my birth year is, you know, 1927?
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I actually don't remember I did it so long ago. I was on it for three days and got two dick pics, so I was like, nope. That'll put you off. Yeah, this is not for me. I don't remember if I had to send in a screenshot of my driver's license. I feel like I didn't, but if this guy is trying to legally change it, then maybe there is a legality around it.
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Yeah, I'm kind of wondering. I mean, it could be newer too that they're having people verify. Yeah, that's true. I don't know. I don't know. Okay, so one point for me. So did this lawsuit get dropped or dismissed or did the plaintiff win? A man sues his date for being on her phone.
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No, that got dropped. Definitely. It did get dropped. Thank God. Also rude. Don't be on your phone on a date. That's rude. Come on. I know. I almost feel like I get it. I get it. Yeah, I get his annoyance. Yeah. Super annoying. In 2017, this lawsuit went or they
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he tried to take this woman to court. So he is a 37-year-old from Austin, Texas, and he just could not let go of the bad experience, and he sued his date. He was so offended that his dates spent time while they were... God, this is even better. They were at the movies, which don't be on your phone in the movies either, because it's like a beacon for everyone around you. But the funny thing is they were watching Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
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I like her even less like doing it in the movie theater. Don't be that way. I was picturing like dinner time and she's like little up on the phone. Yeah, me too. Also, like we don't know why she was on the phone. He doesn't say. But he claimed that her behavior was breaking theater rules and affected his movie watching experience.
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She agreed to pay him 1731 for her cinema ticket and he left her alone. Yeah, that's well worth $17 to be like, just go away, dude. Here you go. I'd pay it too. Okay, was this case dismissed or settled or did the plaintiff win?
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A foot long sandwich is not actually a foot long.
Food Lawsuits: Subway Footlong Fiasco
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I'm going to say they won. It was settled, which I think is kind of winning. Yeah, kind of winning, right? Because you're still getting something. I don't know what he got yet. I have to read the description here. I did my homework last week, so I don't remember any of this information. So this was in 2016.
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that it was settled. It started in 2013 when he measured his, I kind of remember this happening too, a teenager measured his subway footlong sandwich and it turned out to only be 11 inches, which was obviously an inch too short. Fast forward three years later, the company was settling a class action lawsuit in court promising to make its rolls 12 inches. The only people to benefit from the lawsuit were the attorneys,
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who were about to receive $520,000 in fees, and the judge agreed with the activist and legal writer that this was not fair and dismissed the settlement and the entire case. Yeah. Marketing can be deadly. Yeah. Yeah. Don't lie, kids.
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Yeah, if you make a promise, you have to keep the promise. Yeah, absolutely. But also, consumers need to be reasonable too. Well, that is true. The one thing, and I think this is a common thing that people say about Americans is that we just sue for everything. If it's a get rich quick suit, I think it's lame. But I do remember that this dude,
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that measured his sandwich. Like this was a big deal. Do you remember that case? No, I don't. I don't remember it at all. Yeah, it was like a very like gotcha kind of thing. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, Subway and their, you know, footlong sub is such a huge marketing piece that to falsify consumers by one inch, you know, that's an enticing title.
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I mean, it's it's also like to be clear that is one twelfth of the sandwich that you are facing. Yeah, it's bullshit. I mean, what, didn't their bread have like yoga mats or something? Gross. I have not eaten a subway in a very long time. I feel like it just doesn't go well for me.
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Oh my God. It has to be a road trip situation for me where it's either McDonald's or Subway and then I'm going to be choosing Subway. They are accurate. All right. What do you have for me?
Misleading Product Names: Texas Pete & Velveeta
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Well, speaking of silly lawsuits.
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A man sued a Texas, sued the, I guess there's a brand of hot sauce called Texas Pete and he sued them because it's actually made in North Carolina and not Texas. And the lawsuit alleges that the product label is misleading because it features a stereotypically white Texas Lone Star reminiscent of the Texas flag and also includes the word Texas. So silly.
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The articles like let's not tell them where Milky Way Milky Ways are made. Oh my god. Yeah, that's another one where it's just like a get rich quick. Like did it? Did you buy it because of Texas loyalty? Or did you buy it because you know that Texas means spicy? Right, right exactly. Or a flavor profile.
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Yeah. Also, why does it matter that it isn't made in Texas? Like that's so silly. Did the person win?
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I have no idea. I don't know if they won or not. Oh, I don't think any of these actually won. Okay. Yeah. Okay. So one more. So there's this woman who sued Kraft Heinz company because she said the Velveeta's microwavable mac and cheese cups are not actually ready in three and a half minutes.
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And she claims that the time on the front of the package does not include other time consuming steps like tearing off the lid. And letting it cool down. That was part of it too. Oh, was it? That is so dumb. It's so dumb.
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So I think this person actually won. I remember this case too. Oh, serious? Yeah, because it was like, it ended up, they timed it and it took like double the amount of time because you had to like fill it with water. Like you had to like do all of these different things that were involved that
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It's only the microwave time that they list. And I think she was like, had just had it. Like she was like, I want to say it was like a mom who had just like absolutely had it. And like, you know, like a really tough day situation. And she was like, this is not the time it was advertised at. I was like. Oh my God. I was surprised at how long it actually took.
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I mean, I guess, yeah, that is a little bit of like falsehood, but it seems a little extreme too. Yeah, I mean, you can't expect to, I don't know, if it's double the amount, if it takes double the amount of time that they're advertising, then that really like, that is a lot more time.
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Yeah. Yeah. No, it is. I get that. Okay. So maybe these aren't all like pass or fail because I just clicked into the Texas Pete and it's there still there. It's still in court. Like it's still happening. Oh my God. This is from like late last year and an update says of 2023. So it must still be like going on. Wow.
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I don't think they should win. This seems ridiculous. It's not like Texas owns hot sauce, you know? No. And it's, I mean, it's like, I don't think Texas owns its brand either. Like, no. And, and like the article says, like, what about Milky Way? Is there definitely not made in the Milky Way? Come on. Yeah. I mean, I don't know. Like I could make Memphis barbecue here.
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Well, I guess technically I could. I wouldn't because I don't cook.
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I mean, yeah, that just opens up a whole can of worms, you know, all these different restaurants that, you know, what about Texas Roadhouse? Or other states besides Texas. Or Kentucky Fried Chicken. Yeah, it's not made in Kentucky. Or the chicken isn't like born and housed in Kentucky.
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Those mashed potatoes were not grown in Kentucky. Probably Idaho. Probably. Don't stir them with your onions. Call back. Well, I don't even know what episode that was. I think it's the last episode, isn't it? Oh, I don't know. I don't know, but you're more right than I would be. It's silly laws in some way.
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I think it's the most recent episode. All right. You want another one? Yes. All right.
Sweet Rolls & Golf Cart Mishaps
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Was this case dismissed or thrown out or settled or whatever? Or did the plaintiff win? They sued for empty space in the junior mints boxes.
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they sued because there was too much empty space. I mean, if they won that, like there's about 100 dozen other companies that I feel like we could sue too. I say they didn't win because like, honestly, I'll open a bag of chips and it's like, it's ridiculous, right? I mean,
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It makes more sense with chips because if they are packed in in that kind of bag, they would all be broken. Yeah, but not like pretzels, you know, and and I'll open that bag and they're just like a quarter. It takes up like a quarter. It's ridiculous. All the chips are the worst. Pringles are all the way up to the top, man. That's true. The premium chip in the chip world. They're like the
00:21:13
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They're like the, you know, I don't know, Tiffany and company of chips. Classy.
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So you are correct. Ding, ding, ding. This case was dismissed in 2018. This one was actually in New York and someone else sued in Mississippi as well. They felt like Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. tricked people by underfilling the junior mince boxes. They sued the company because more than a third of the mince box was empty.
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Which makes sense. The judge who dismissed the case wrote in a 44 page decision that it is or that a reasonable customer can expect some empty space. But more than a third is a lot for something that's solid and chocolate. Yeah, yeah, I would agree with you.
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At some point, that just feels like a lot of additional waste. And like, can we maybe be kinder to the planet and more eco friendly and not just need the biggest box on the planet? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I agree. 100 percent. OK, was this course settled or this case settled, dismissed, et cetera, or did the plaintiff win?
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Customers were disappointed that Red Bull did not energize them. I almost thought you were going to say did not give them wings. That is part of this. Oh my God, that had to have been dismissed. It was settled out of court. Oh my God.
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So in 2016, Red Bull's famous slogan, Red Bull gives you wings, got the company in trouble. A class action lawsuit accused the company of having misleading ads with false claims. Plaintiffs said the energy you drink did not give people wings, even figuratively speaking, that is because they didn't feel energized. They said the company lacked evidence to claim the beverage could improve one's focus.
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Red Bull settled out of court and agreed to pay $640,000. Jesus. Oh my God. If it has caffeine, maybe they're just not affected by caffeine. I don't know. I don't know. That seems crazy. Doesn't it have 500 times your daily dose of vitamin B or something?
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I have no idea. Oh, I don't know. I don't know about vitamins. I can't drink it because my heart palpitates. I just don't. It's disgusting. Yeah, well, that too. It doesn't. It smells gross, right? Yeah, it's like it's too sweet and it's like fake sweet, like sweetener sweet. Mm hmm.
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I don't know. My brother-in-law drinks like some version of that that Coke makes and he has to order it online because he can't like find it in stores and he doesn't drink coffee. And I'm just like, I love him. But yeah, I don't like him. I don't like him. No, just not for me. Anything that's sweet, not for me or anything that like doesn't
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tastes like natural sugar. Yeah. The worst artificial flavorings for me are banana and peach. Oh God, I can't. I can't handle those. I can't do it. What about you? As soon as you said that, it immediately transported me to, what is the banana, like 100 proof
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liquor, like. Oh, gross, I have no idea, ugh. And peach schnapps, those were the two flavors that immediately popped into my mouth. And then immediately following that was raspberry. So if it's like raspberry stoli or like schmearnoff, oh my god. Like cough syrup. Ugh, yeah, not good.
00:26:03
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It can be done well in candies, but it does not do well in liquor. Oh man, that's a hurting tomorrow. Honestly, and for some reason, I only get hangovers when I have something important to do the next day.
00:26:26
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It's like a random Tuesday, I'm fine. I could drink the bottle and be fine. If it's like the next day is Mother's Day and we're going to brunch, then I'm going to be like trying not to barf the entire time. Oh my God. You're like, damn that raspberry shot. Okay. Do you want to give me one?
00:26:53
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Okay. Yeah. I don't remember how many you have. I have a lot. I have a bunch still. It's fine.
King's Hawaiian: Not from Hawaii?
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Okay. Okay. So a man sued King's Hawaiian sweet rolls and he wanted a lot of dough for his suffering.
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I clicked on the link to see if it was like, oh, he won, but it's just like a loud video. Okay. So he claims that he bought the rolls thinking that they came from Hawaii because the bag says the company was established in Hawaii, but the back of the packaging clearly states that the rolls are actually made in the California bakery. I think he's suing them for like millions of dollars, which is an insane amount of money.
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Why do Californians care where their food is made? I don't know. I don't know. Why does it matter? Does does this person also think the king made them? Does he know that there is no longer a king in Hawaii? And does does he believe that their name this because the king liked
00:28:11
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Like what exactly did this have to do with, does he know there isn't a king in Hawaii? Good thing they're sweet. Okay, here's one that's not food related. But I wish they had like video of what happened, like what went down because I think it would be really funny to watch.
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Six golfers were driving four golf carts and got into two crashes, one after the other. After one golf cart crash, the second swerved and landed upside down. The golfers sued the course. It took 10 years, but the lawsuit was eventually tossed.
00:28:56
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What? I know. Why would the golf course have anything to do with your shitty driving? Well, I guess if there was a hole or something, like a big dip or something. Yeah, I know. They didn't shape that. I wish we had video of this whole situation. Golf cart pile up. Oh, God. Hi. Yeah.
00:29:23
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You know that I lived on a golf course growing up. Oh, you did? Our house backed to it. Yeah. So of course my parents signed my brother and me up for golf lessons and Dan was just terrible. But my best friend growing up who is still my best friend today, her mom is like one of those people who just like
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doesn't always think things through all the way. We'll see. And she we were in a tournament and she drove like I was in my backswing. She drove in front of me in the golf cart. The ball hit the top of the golf court. Oh, my God.
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I was like, oh, what are you doing? Oh my God. That's going to be a redo, right? You got to be able to redo that one, right? I don't remember anything other than the fact that it was the only time I ever had to yell for on the golf course. I had a mini moment of panic because there wasn't anything I could do. I couldn't pull my swing all the way. I was moving forward. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:30:42
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Oh, my God. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. You should sue her. Seriously. OK, do you want one more and then maybe we should do. Maybe we should do a part two. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right.
Kidnapper's Lawsuit: A Breach of Contract?
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Was this the plaintiff win or was the case dismissed, settled or thrown out? Those are all lumped together.
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Kidnapper sues hostages for escaping. Kidnapper sues hostages for escaping. No, they did not win that. It was dismissed, but that means it was actually like fully filed and like
00:31:27
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Like someone had to rule out, like make some sort of ruling. I just don't understand how you did something really bad. You kidnapped people and now you're turning around to sue them because they escaped. But in what, in what world is that okay? Oh my God. Okay. So this is a fugitive who is facing a murder charge.
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in this moment that he did the kidnapping. He kidnapped a Kansas couple in September 2009. At some point, he fell asleep and they escaped. The couple sued him for $75,000 in damages. His response was a countersuit for breach of contract.
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He claimed that he and the couple had a legally binding oral agreement for them to hide him from the police. His case was dismissed. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. That is dumb. Yeah. Yeah. All right. How did I do? Honestly, I stopped keeping track, but I think you only got one wrong.
00:32:45
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I think I won this round. Yeah. Yeah. I think you won this round. I'll keep better track. Or I'll settle. I'll settle. Same thing. Winning or settling? I know. Are you the defendant here or the plaintiff?
00:33:05
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I don't know, actually. You won some banana and peach flavored sweetener. Oh, I don't want it. Can I just settle for nothing? Gross. Worst prize. Worst prize. I'm going to countersue you for the worst prize ever.
00:33:37
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Oh my God. Okay. Well, that was fun. Yeah. Thanks everyone for joining us on Laughing with Gingers today. We are so happy to have you listening to our silly podcast. And if you like the show, give us a follow rate and review on your preferred podcast platform.
00:33:56
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And follow us on Instagram at LaughingWithGingers. We'll post some stuff and do some things and it's fun. By the way, it definitely looks like something super inappropriate is happening in the last picture you posted.
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I know I did that on purpose. That was totally intentional. For reference, I spilled wine in Christina's lap and I was trying to help clean it up. She chose a picture that makes you look really bad.
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I was giggling the entire time I posted that reel. Oh my God. So you're going to have to check that out. And if you want to send us funny stories or episode ideas, you can even share your most ridiculous lawsuit situation on our Instagram at Laughing with Ginger's like Christina said.
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