A man by the name of Benjamin Careathers, from litigation-hungry America, decided to sue The sports drink company Red Bull after not gaining wings like the slogan said it would.
Now no I don't believe that anyone should've taken that slogan literally, because it is absurd to believe that you would actually gain wings. But after 10 years of drinking this sports drink and not gaining wings or any any enhanced athletic or intellectual performance, Benjamin was getting upset at Red Bull. According to Benjamin the Austria-based firm misled unsuspecting customers to spend millions of pounds on this drink hoping to gain an edge on the competition. Fearful of a costly and time-consuming trial they decided to settle the case out side of court. they decided to pledge 10$ to any US customer who bought the drink since 2002, and agreed to change their advertisements. Red Bull GmbH must pay $13m to settle the suit, $6.5m of which will go into a fund that will be paid out to an estimated 1.4 million consumers, who can apply for the refund through a specially created website.
https://fox17online.com/2019/10/28/lawsuit-against-red-bull-alleges-attack-at-gr-distributor/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11155731/13m-lawsuit-proves-Red-Bull-doesnt-give-you-wings.html
I personally believe this is ridiculous. Nobody should be able to sue for cases as absurd as this. Any one can figure out that an energy drink is not going to give you wings, regardless of what its slogan says. The man who argued this suit, claimed that Red Bull was at fault for "fraudulent and misleading" advertising. Although the slogan may be "misleading" to some, I don't think this can be considered fraudulent or be taken to court. Regardless of the slogan Red Bull would still be doing well, and it isn't trying to take the buyers money because the consumer believes they will actually get wings as an outcome of drinking it.
ReplyDeleteIt is crazy how someone could actually get away with suing a company for something so absurd as growing "wings". When did an human have wings or have the ability to grow wings. How and why did these people away with this law suit. It doesn't make sense because like couldn't you say that about a lot of companies claiming their products are life changing and magical ? What if someones life didn't change after having their product? Would you be able to sue the company too ?
ReplyDeleteWe have looked at many different case studies and some that are very weird, like the hot coffee case. These cases are ridiculous are sometimes are only started because people are just looking for money. I believe that this Red Bull case is one of those. No person would actually believe the slogan "Red Bull gives you wings" literally grows you wings and allows you to fly. I think that this person was just looking for money. Additionally, all of these cases are directed at large corporations. It is easier to sue huge companies such as McDonalds or Red Bull and get lots of money out of it.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is crazy and absurd that someone will actually believe that they will gain something like "wings" from a drink. I believe that there should be a limit to what people can sue a company for. Something like this should have not gone through and been able to file a law suit. A company will always make an Ad that is over the top and not fully true just to sell their product.
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