22-01-2003 22:58									#1
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quote: Obesity Suit Against McDonald's Dismissed By Gail Appleson NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a major victory for the fast food industry, a federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a widely watched suit in which McDonald's hamburgers and French fries were blamed for children's obesity. U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet said the plaintiffs, including a 14-year-old girl who is 4-foot-10 and 170 pounds, failed to show McDonald's Corp.(NYSE:MCD - news) products presented a danger unknown to consumers. He also cited concerns the case could "spawn thousands of similar 'McLawsuits"' against all types of restaurants. "This opinion is guided by the principle that legal consequences should not attach to the consumption of hamburgers and other fast food fare unless consumers are unaware of the dangers of eating such food," Sweet said. "If consumers know...the potential ill health effect of eating at McDonald's, they cannot blame McDonald's if they, nonetheless, choose to satiate their appetite with a surfeit of supersized McDonald's products." Although the judge threw out the suit in it's entirety, he ruled the plaintiffs could refile claims in Manhattan federal court within certain limits. Sweet also said McDonald's had rightfully pointed out that the case was the first of its kind to reach this stage in federal court and could result in thousands of copycat cases. The suit was brought on behalf of overweight children who ate at two McDonald's restaurants in the Bronx borough of New York City. The plaintiffs sought unspecified damages, blaming McDonald's for health problems that included diabetes, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol. The suit was one of at least four cases filed against McDonald's and other fast food chains over the obesity issue. At least two cases have been dropped and another is dormant. The judge noted that Americans spend more than $110 billion on fast food each year, and cited studies showing that on any given day in the United States, almost one in four adults visits a fast-food restaurant. "The potential for lawsuits is even greater given the numbers of persons who eat food prepared at other restaurants in addition to those serving fast food," Sweet said, citing reports that show almost half of the American food dollar is spent on food eaten away from home. He said the court had a duty to "limit the legal consequences of wrongs to a controllable degree and to protect against crushing exposure to liability."

See, the American court system isn't entirely ****ed!

Now did the judge make the dumbass plaintiffs kick pay McDonald's court costs for bringing such a stupid suit?

	22-01-2003 23:02									#2
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Aye, McDoc 1- FatAsses 0

	22-01-2003 23:03									#3
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*sigh* McD is evil, but this suite stinks too.

	22-01-2003 23:04									#4
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Well, if it could be proven that McD's was addictive, we'd have something here (re: tobacco lawsuits).

	22-01-2003 23:06									#5
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Good, those fat bastards were just fishing for dollars.
(irony intended)

	22-01-2003 23:07									#6
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They should go to the FDA and try to get a ruling that the stuff McD's serves no longer qualifies as food and cannot be sold sas such.

	22-01-2003 23:09									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Andrew1999 They should go to the FDA and try to get a ruling that the stuff McD's serves no longer qualifies as food and cannot be sold sas such.

That might just work.

	22-01-2003 23:14									#8
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The next thing will be the kids sueing their parents for humiliating them by bringing up this against McD

	22-01-2003 23:15									#9
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That's not a bad idea really. But of course, you no one gets the big payoff doing THAT.

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quote: Originally posted by Datajack Franit The next thing will be the kids sueing their parents for humiliating them by bringing up this against McD

Or maybe something even dumber, like being forced to learn math!

	22-01-2003 23:39									#11
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What about a math course for obese kids! For every mistake they would be tortured with Mcrap

	22-01-2003 23:41									#12
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Or made to run 2 laps around a track! I think we're on to something here!

	22-01-2003 23:48									#13
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Good, this was a stupidass lawsuit.

	23-01-2003 00:52									#14
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I'm shocked that it took this long to throw it out.

	23-01-2003 00:55									#15
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Anybody try their Big 'n Tasty? Pretty good for a buck - sure beats the Wendy's $1 hamburgers!

	23-01-2003 02:10									#16
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but nothing beats a wendys frosty...

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ok boris, so our court system has some sense.

but i mean, come on, OJ getting off? gah.

to quote good charlotte:

quote: Did you no if you were famous you could kill your wife, And there's no such thing as 25 to life, As long as you got the cash to pay for Cochran,

	23-01-2003 02:19									#18
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quote: but i mean, come on, OJ getting off?

Blame the dumb Jurors, not the court system for that.

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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui quote: but i mean, come on, OJ getting off? Blame the dumb Jurors, not the court system for that.

You're kidding, right?

Blame the inept prosecution and Judge "I'm A Star Now!" Ito. They were responsible for that fiasco. They jurors were right. They had no choice but to acquit on the basis of what had been presented to them.

	23-01-2003 02:22									#20
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Dang it, I was going to sue McDs for making me skinny, since it was the closes FF Rest. near my house and I didn't like the stuff, and was too lazy to walk another block.

Kidding...I am acutally fat

You think I could sue Budweiser for that? That stuff is addicting.

	23-01-2003 02:23									#21
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quote: Blame the inept prosecution and Judge "I'm A Star Now!" Ito. They were responsible for that fiasco. They jurors were right. They had no choice but to acquit on the basis of what had been presented to them.

Exsqueez me? The jurors had enough DNA evidence to convict. The prosecution was retarded, but that is the problem of that city. I have no idea how Judge Ito is to blame.

	23-01-2003 03:25									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Exsqueez me? The jurors had enough DNA evidence to convict.

No. The defense was able to cast the DNA evidence into doubt, mostly because when they challenged it with expert testimony, the prosecution sat there stupified and didn't do a remotely adequate job coming back at. Remember the bloody glove disaster? What kind of idiots don't think that a blood-soaked glove is going to SHRINK?

quote: The prosecution was retarded, but that is the problem of that city.

Exactly. It's the city's problem, ergo they didn't deserve the damned conviction. Why should a jury disregard a prosecutor's ineptness? They shouldn't. Yes, it's the city's problem, not the jury.

I saw some interviews with the jurors after the verdict. Many expressed that they were not happy with the verdict at all, but under the circumstances of the trial had no choice.

quote: I have no idea how Judge Ito is to blame.

First off, his allowing cameras in the courtroom. He turned the entire thing into a spectacle. Then there was the constant indecisiveness he displayed, often allowing the defense team to run roughshod over him because they kissed his ass.

I encourage you to read Vincent Bugliosi's book Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder. One of his Reasons is the ineptitude of Ito on the bench. He was media-obsessed and incompetent at his job.

	23-01-2003 03:27									#23
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"What kind of idiots don't think that a blood-soaked glove is going to SHRINK?"

Actually, it was OJ's arthritic hand that swelled. He was just as surprised that the "stop taking your arthritis medicine until we get that glove on your hand" tactic of Johnny Cochran's worked as the jury was - at that moment, you can see it in OJ's eyes... the dawning of actual hope.

	23-01-2003 03:36									#24
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quote: McDonald's Obesity Suit Thrown Out

faithInHumanity++

	23-01-2003 03:41									#25
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT "What kind of idiots don't think that a blood-soaked glove is going to SHRINK?" Actually, it was OJ's arthritic hand that swelled. He was just as surprised that the "stop taking your arthritis medicine until we get that glove on your hand" tactic of Johnny Cochran's worked as the jury was - at that moment, you can see it in OJ's eyes... the dawning of actual hope.

Did you actually think he was going to put that glove on easily and say, "Look at that, a perfect fit, guess I did do it."?



ACK!

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The problem in the justice system is that lawyers don't care about the law any more, they just protect their @sses to get $$$ from lawyer fees. Prosecuters always say "if this man is not convicted it will start a bad precident" if they are loosing a case, and the defense is insanity plea happy. When peolpe go on the Today show suing somebody and say that they are not in it for the money, I go, "Sure, and you are just hummble by going to the media."

	23-01-2003 04:03									#27
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quote: Then there was the constant indecisiveness he displayed, often allowing the defense team to run roughshod over him because they kissed his ass.

Usually the defense team was correct in what it asked for. Like you said the prosecution was inept. I still don't see how that is damning Judge Ito. And cameras in the courtroom? Do you get Court TV?! It isn't like that is a rare event in big time cases.

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big 'n tasty is my nickname for my penis. Just thought I'd let everyone know that.

	23-01-2003 11:35									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui quote: Blame the inept prosecution and Judge "I'm A Star Now!" Ito. They were responsible for that fiasco. They jurors were right. They had no choice but to acquit on the basis of what had been presented to them. Exsqueez me? The jurors had enough DNA evidence to convict. The prosecution was retarded, but that is the problem of that city. I have no idea how Judge Ito is to blame.

Because Ito let Johnnie Whats-his-face bring the race card in. He definitely should have brought his foot down.

	23-01-2003 11:38									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov I encourage you to read Vincent Bugliosi's book Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder. One of his Reasons is the ineptitude of Ito on the bench. He was media-obsessed and incompetent at his job.

Good book.

The sad thing is everybody tried to cash in on the case. Darden, Clark, even the jurors wrote books on it. Go figure.