--- 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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No, that's not a typo twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fb030cf6f2f367d/69868ffb3bc9995c881a38a7/200381413-001-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Might Be The Most Frivolous Lawsuit of All Time by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell May 17, 2014 7:02 PM UTC  Man throwing dollar bills in the air, arms raised in celebration Man throwing dollar bills in the air, arms raised in celebrationGetty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell May 17, 2014 7:02 PM UTC Here’s a math question: what is one trillion, times one trillion, times one trillion, times two? 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.) Purisima has previously sued the People’s Republic of China and several major banks including Wells Fargo, JP Morgan and Wachovia. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/103826/anton-purisima-lawsuit-nyc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/103826/anton-purisima-lawsuit-nyc/"},"headline":"This Might Be The Most Frivolous Lawsuit of All Time","datePublished":"2014-05-17T19:02:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:44.917Z","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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