Man sues Walmart for $100 million or “unlimited free shopping for life.” Photo: AP /Charles Krupa, file (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A Texas man is suing Walmart for an astronomical $100 million, allegedly over a March 2021 incident that led to his arrest on “false shoplifting charges” at a location in Omaha, Nebraska.
In a misspelled handwritten complaint, he also demanded that Walmart pay all costs related to the lawsuit and that if it doesn’t pay the $100 million, would allow you to shop for free for life at all its facilities.
“I am suing for violation of civil rights, based on race/color,” Roderick Jackson, a resident of Waskom, a small city of just under 2,000 residents in Texas, wrote in his complaint.
According to legal documents that Fox News Digital has accessed, this is It’s the second time in three years that Jackson has filed a lawsuit against Walmart. He filed his first complaint in 2021, alleging exactly the same scenario and incident as his current complaint.
Fired for “lack of foundations”
Beyond his brief statement, Jackson did not delve into details about the reasons for the $100 million lawsuit, but claims it is linked to “false shoplifting allegations” that would have an undertone of racial discrimination.
Jackson claimed that he was wrongly arrested and that the incident caused him great consequences”emotional stress and grief for wives”. In a statement, Walmart said the lawsuit previously filed in 2021 has been dismissed.
“We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. Mr. Jackson’s allegations are nearly identical to a lawsuit filed against our company in 2021 that was dismissed. We intend to defend the company against the charges once we receive proper notification and will quickly ask the court to dismiss any unfounded claims,” a company spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
Jackson initially requested $100 million and “a huge credit for future purchases,” but later changed his request. request $175 million in damages. At the time, the case was dismissed because he had not properly filed the lawsuit with Walmart and his claims were “unfounded,” according to the multinational.
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The most ridiculous causes of the year
Jackson’s case will likely be recorded in the long history of “most ridiculous lawsuits” compiled annually by the Institute for Legal Reform of the US Chamber of Commerce, along with the famous “coffee too hot” complaint filed by McDonald’s. received in the 90s.
The 2023 list was released last month and includes the famous cases against the shoe maker Crocsover the alleged sale of clogs that “shrink in heat” and the lawsuit against the fast food chain Subwayaccused of serving “a tuna sandwich without tuna”.
Of course, the ranking didn’t ignore the infamous lawsuit against Burger King in August, when a group of plaintiffs complained about undersized Whoppers, which they said were much smaller than the ads showed.
Another fast food chain, Taco Bell, She was also taken to court for false advertising. In a complaint filed in July 2023, a customer said there was “not enough meat” in the popular Crunchwrap and Mexican Pizza dishes and asked the company to compensate him $500 for each item purchased.
Meanwhile, the food manufacturer Kraft Foods was hit with a $5 million lawsuit from a client dissatisfied with the cooking time of your Velveeta macaroni. The appellant argued that the instructions for use were misleading because the time required to open the package, add water and add the cheese was not taken into account. A federal judge dismissed the case.
Number one on the list is the kidnapping drama of Lady Gaga’s dogs. In February, the pop star was sued for failing to deliver a promised $500,000 reward for the theft of her French bulldogs, along with $1.5 million in damages. Finally, the woman who reported it was accused of being connected to the theft of the dogs. The judge ruled that the case was “legally insufficient in its entirety.”
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