A Missouri woman is suing Lambert's Cafe, the "Home of the Throwed Rolls," after allegedly suffering injury from a (you guessed it) thrown roll.
 
Troy Tucker is suing the Ozark, Missouri, Lambert's Cafe for $25,000, claiming she "sustained a lacerated cornea with a vitreous detachment and all head, neck, eyes and vision were severely damaged" after being hit in the face by a roll. Lambert's is well-known for its servers tossing dinner rolls to guests across the dining room, an act that Tucker deems to be dangerous, careless and negligent. Tucker says she has $10,000 in medical bills and legal fees, which she wants Lambert's to cover.
 
News reports indicate that Lambert's signature designation as "Home of the Throwed Rolls" is clearly posted throughout the restaurant.
 
—Source: inquisitr.com

A police watchdog who posted his arrest ordeal on his blog "Virginia Cop Block" is being sued by the Virginia state trooper who arrested him for $1.35 million.

In 2012, Nathan Cox of Mechanicsville, Virginia, got a $75 ticket from Officer Melanie McKenney for failure to display his front license plate. When the traffic stop allegedly turned contentious, McKenney ordered Cox to exit his vehicle. Cox began recording the incident on his cellphone. McKenney ordered Cox to put down the device, which he was holding over her head. According to news reports, McKenney feared it could be used as a weapon.

"There are reports of cellphones looking like guns," said McKenney, a 12-year veteran of the Virginia State Police. "I had no problem with him recording me. I was already being recorded with the dash cam."

Through a FOIA request, Cox obtained the 28-minute dash cam video, radio transmissions and text messages sent between McKenney and her colleagues. Cox posted the encounter on the Internet and accused McKenney of molesting him. According to news reports, the confrontation was viewed on YouTube more than 600,000 times.

McKenney sued Cox in May 2013 in small claims court for $5,000, then re-filed more recently in circuit court, this time seeking $1.35 million.

An attorney for Cox maintains his client's actions are protected under the First Amendment and claims the lawsuit is problematic because a number of the claims are barred by the statute of limitations.

—Source:  Foxnews.com

A Hollywood star is suing (essentially everyone) for $55 million, claiming that her career as an actress has been ruined by her latest film appearance.

Paz De La Huerta played a nurse hell-bent on murdering cheating men in what some consider the worst movie of all time - "Nurse 3D." Now, De La Huerta claims an unscrupulous movie director and an ambulance chaser ruined her career.  According to news reports, De La Huerta says she suffered a spinal fracture when she was clipped by a speeding ambulance while shooting a scene in the movie. Plus, she alleges that the director hired a lousy actress to do voiceovers for some of her scenes, further jeopardizing her career. De La Paz wants the director to have to redub the movie with her voice.

De La Huerta has already collected over $70,000 in worker's compensation.

—Source: tmz.com

An Illinois man sued three retailers alleging they overcharged him for tax on groceries by a combined total of $1.46.

Chang Wong sued Whole Foods in January, claiming the store overcharged him by $1.39 in sales tax because the tax amount was computed based on his pre-coupon total of $22.39, instead of his post-coupon total of $7.39. In the other two instances, one involving the Jewel-Osco grocery chain and the other Target, Wong claims he was overcharged a nickel by the former and two cents by the latter, when he purchased coffee from each using a Starbucks coupon.

According to Illinois law, a retailer is required to reduce the taxable total for store-issued coupons but not for manufacturer's coupons.  Despite the distinction, in a number of similar cases filed over the years, judges have determined that if a retailer overtaxes a customer and sends that tax money to the state, the proper course of action is for the customer to appeal to the state for their money back – not to sue the retailer. Wong maintained that because the Starbuck's coupons didn't include any wording to the effect that the "consumer is responsible for any sales tax," the stores were wrong to charge it to him and not Starbucks. Jewel-Oslo spokeswoman Melissa Hill told reporters that the chain "will not be instituting any changes with our current process of collecting sales tax" as a result of the settlement.

According to news reports, Wong has reached settlements with Jewel-Osco and Target, and appears poised to settle with Whole Foods. Wong also has a lawsuit pending against Domino's Pizza for a 72-cent overcharge for tax on the delivery fee.

—Source:  couponsinthenews.com