--- title: Manhattan Man Sues City, Au Bon Pain for Two Undecillion Dollars description: A Manhattan man is suing the city of New York, along with a coffee chain, a New Jersey university, and an airport, for $2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. No, that's not a typo canonical: https://time.com/103826/anton-purisima-lawsuit-nyc/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-17T19:02:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:44.917Z og:title: Manhattan Man Sues City, Au Bon Pain for Two Undecillion Dollars og:description: A Manhattan man is suing the city of New York, along with a coffee chain, a New Jersey university, and an airport, for $2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. 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The answer is the amount that a Manhattan man is suing New York City, Au Bon Pain, Hoboken University, LaGuardia Airport, the MTA, and thousands of others for, all over an alleged dog bite. Anton Purisima filed his two undecillion dollar [lawsuit](http://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-york/nysdce/1:2014cv02755/426577) (that’s $2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) last month, after his middle finger was supposedly bitten and infected by a “rabies-infected” dog on a city bus. A “Chinese couple” took photos of him without asking, [Gothamist reports](http://gothamist.com/2014/05/17/manhattan%5Fman%5Ffiles%5Flawsuit%5Fseeking.php), and he’s routinely overcharged for coffee at LaGuardia Airport. (This is apparently related to the dog bite.) 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