America-land of the lawsuit.....

This I got from Yahoo news:


Obesity Cited in Fast Food Suit
Fri Jul 26,12:09 PM ET

NEW YORK (AP) - A man sued four leading fast food chains, claiming he became
obese and suffered from other serious health problems from eating their
fatty cuisine.



Caesar Barber, 56, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Bronx Supreme Court, naming
McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

"They said `100 percent beef.' I thought that meant it was good for you,"
Barber told Newsday. "I thought the food was OK."

"Those people in the advertisements don't really tell you what's in the
food," he said. "It's all fat, fat and more fat. Now I'm obese."

Barber, a 5-foot-10 maintenance worker who weighs 272 pounds, had heart
attacks in 1996 and 1999 and has diabetes, high blood pressure and high
cholesterol. He said he ate fast food for decades, believing it was good for
him until his doctor cautioned him otherwise.

"The fast food industry has wrecked my life," Barber told the New York Post.

Barber said there is no history of heart disease or diabetes in his family.
He said he started eating fast food in the 1950s because it was cheap and
efficient.

His lawyer, Samuel Hirsch, said the restaurants should list ingredients on
their menus.

"There is direct deception when someone omits telling people food digested
is detrimental to their health," Hirsch said.

The four chains have been providing nutritional information, including
carlorie and fat content, of their meals for many years.

Steven Anderson, chief executive and president of the National Restaurant
Association, called Barbers claim "senseless and baseless."

"Obviously the lawsuit is a blatant attempt to capitalize on the recent
publicity and news stories on the growing rates of obesity," he said

 

wow, geez, you are right, lawsuits popping up everywhere, nobody takes the blame for themselves anymore.

do you really think that fried food is good for you? who gave him THAT idea? oh yeah, 100% beef, THAT'S healthy!

comparably even more stupid is the lawyer who supported him. cares even more about money than sensibility.

but then, this has been going on for quite a while, i'm sure you heard about the lawsuit where some woman sued MickeyD's because she spilled the coffee over her hand and stated that it was too hot.

 

Well the lawyer is taking the case in the hopes of getting known. For him, it's free advertisement.

Anyway, this guy might have genuinely believed that it was good gor his health and that's the worst of this story...

 

here's another one.......

Is it any surprise?

Woman sues Delta over sex toy incident
CLEARWATER, Florida (AP) -- A woman who says she was pulled off an airplane
and asked to take a sex toy out of her luggage after it started vibrating is
suing Delta Air Lines, saying she was publicly humiliated.

Renee Koutsouradis, 36, said she was with her husband awaiting takeoff from
Dallas in February when her name was called over the loudspeaker.

She said she was met by a Delta security agent who told her something was
vibrating in one of her bags. She said she explained it was an adult toy
that she and her husband had just bought on a trip to Las Vegas.

She said the agent took her to the bag on the tarmac and made her remove the
toy and hold it up, according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday. Some
passengers on the plane saw everything, and three male Delta employees
"began laughing hysterically" and made "obnoxious and sexually harassing
comments."

Koutsouradis was allowed to repack and return to her seat.

A spokeswoman for Delta would not comment on the specifics of the lawsuit.

"We have an obligation to protect the safety and security of passengers,"
said spokeswoman Katie Connell. "If there's anything questionable about a
bag, we have a responsibility to investigate."

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, accusing Delta of negligence,
intentional infliction of distress and gender discrimination.

Koutsouradis' lawyer, Brad Tobin, said Delta agents should have escorted her
to a private area.

"She was pretty horrified by the treatment," he said. "She never contended
that Delta doesn't have the right to investigate a security issue. It was
their total lack of professionalism."

 

Re: here's another one.......

<font color="pink"> LOL...Drew Carey Show featured just such an incident! Life immitating TV. /versus/images/icons/wink.gif Removal of batteries before packing will be on my to do list for flight prep. /versus/images/icons/blush.gif
My favorite species law suit was the recent story about a woman filing suit because she fell off the toilet after experience of bidet wash applied vigorously to tender private parts caused an explosive orgasm that made her teeth chatter and she hit her head on floor after the shudders subsided. /versus/images/icons/blush.gif </font color>

 

Re: here's another one.......

Whoa, what a law suit. lol. Funny as heck. How do they come up with the charges? lol. Who knows.