Backed into a foam planter by the driveway entrance steps while arriving at the job. Turned it over to insurance after finding out the lady claimed her entire front planters were a series of matched foam planters. She also claimed I chipped the corner brick on her house which I know I didn't even touch with the bumper, and she lost her flowers transplanting them, so they had to be replaced. Total claim was $1400. To boot, she has never called us again since that happened (5 years ago), and I was there to look at a spot that she caused by using bleach to get Fido's doodoo out of her BR carpet.
Had another woman claim I sliced the top back of her couch back cushions open while I was cleaning it (1' long cut). I explained to her there was nothing on my uph tool that would cause that, but the couch had recently been moved by a moving company who had wrapped it in plastic, which they cut off with a razor the day before I came to clean it. I tried to explain that to her, but she claimed I caused it. Than she called me back in a few days claiming we also damaged her chair that we cleaned, although it was clear to me she marked on it with a Sharpie permanent marker (line about 5" long). Needless to say, It would not come out. This was a very old, but not an expensive chair that her dog used for a resting place. I tured it over to my insurance company who inspected it and they offered her $600. She refused their offer saying it was an rare antique (

). She wanted more than $600, so since I would not comply, she told me she was going to ruin me with Angie's list. I told her to do what she had to do.
Used to do work for a local attorney (hot shot DUI attorney, well known) and wife. I had been cleaning for them for 2 decades, and she was always very pleased with our service. One Saturday she called me in a panic, that there were some stains on her carpet and she was going to have a party that night and needed help. I knew that her twin sister would often do cleaning for her, and found out her sister had attempted to get the area clean that morning, to no avail. I showed up and tried to get it out, using nothing severe, but noticed color loss (probably bleach), so even spot dyeing would not fix it. I explained that to customer, but in 3 days I get an "attorney" letter saying I caused the problem and needed to respond ASAP to replace the entire carpet. Even though I can do inserts, I paid a local carpet store to do the inserts. Cost us $250 out of pocket.
There are a couple more but this is enough for now. 29 years in the biz - not really too bad, eh?