8-Year-Old Boy Sued by Aunt for $127,000 Over "Negligent Hug"

In one of the most heartless and bizarre lawsuits of 2015 (still cited as incredibly strange), an aunt sued her 8-year-old nephew for $127,000 over a hug gone wrong at his birthday party. The woman claimed the boy's enthusiastic greeting caused her to fall and break her wrist, resulting in medical bills and ongoing pain. She testified in court that the injury made it difficult to hold her hors d'oeuvre plate at parties. The lawsuit drew national outrage and mockery, with the public rallying behind the boy. Legal experts called it one of the most frivolous personal injury cases ever filed. The case was eventually dismissed, and donations poured in for the traumatized child. The aunt later claimed the lawsuit was necessary for insurance purposes, but the damage to her reputation was permanent. The "negligent hug" became shorthand for absurd liability claims.