If this guy wins his case against FAST FOOD...

[Guest Downhome]

I got this from Yahoo News...

 

"NY Man Sues, Claiming Fast Food Ruined His Health

Fri Jul 26, 5:43 PM ET

By Gunna Dickson

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 5-foot-10-inch, 272-pound man has sued four major fast food chains, claiming their fare contributed to his obesity, heart disease and diabetes, his attorney said on Friday.

 

 

 

The class-action lawsuit, filed in the Bronx Supreme Court on July 24, is seeking undetermined compensatory damages against McDonald's, Wendy's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Burger King on behalf of 56-year-old maintenance worker Caesar Barber and others.

 

The lawsuit, which estimates that millions of Americans could be included in the claim, also seeks to have the companies label individual products with fat, salt, cholesterol and other dietary content as well as to warn users of the health effects.

 

New York attorney Samuel Hirsch, who is representing Barber, said consumers are not getting adequate warning about foods that could cause obesity, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol levels.

 

"Fast food chains failed to disclose the contents in terms of calories, fat grams and sodium. Even when posted, the information is not easily understandable to the public," said Hirsch.

 

A National Restaurant Association executive said the lawsuit "gives frivolous a bad name."

 

"This lawsuit, which solely makes restaurants responsible for obesity in America, swallows a simplistic notion," said Steven Anderson, president and CEO of the Washington-based association. "It is a blatant attempt to capitalize on the recent news stories on the growing rates of obesity."

 

LABELS FOR ROCKET SCIENTISTS?

 

Barber told MSNBC he didn't realize fried food was bad for him until three years ago, and that he had been eating fast food for decades because it was convenient.

 

"I didn't find out how bad it was until 1999," he said. "I ate a lot because I was by myself."

 

Hirsch, who accompanied his client on the MSNBC show, said they particularly wanted better labeling for the "real offenders--the Big Macs and Big Whoppers." Now, he said "you have to be a rocket scientist" to be able to read labels that he said were deliberately designed to be confusing.

 

McDonald's spokesman Walt Riker called the claims "ridiculous," saying: "Our menu features choice and variety with lots of options for consumers."

 

In Miami, a spokesman for Burger King, which was bought by Texas Pacific group on Thursday, declined to comment as the matter is under litigation, but referred calls to the National Restaurant Association.

 

"There are 858,000 restaurants and food service outlets in the country serving a variety of food that will meet anyone's specific dietary needs," said the association's Anderson. "The nutritional information usually appears on a chart at the right of the counter and is as easily understood as any nutrition label you would see at the retail store."

 

"The important thing to remember is that there is a certain amount of personal responsibility we all have... the issues of obesity and nutrition are much more complicated than this and involves factors such as genetics, medical conditions and the level of physical activity," Anderson added."

 

...call me crazy, but never before have I wanted to just kick somone right in their testicles because of their decisions, more so than right now. I mean, really...

 

...if he wins, can I now sue AND WIN against say, oh, ice cream companies for their sh*t giving me a headache? Or, how about this, sue WWE for their lackluster product for the past year and a half on grounds that their putting that on TV took away time in my life when I could be doing something productive. Or, ummm, you get my point!

 

Sincerely,

...Downhome...

[Guest Cancer Marney]

If you want to kick this guy in the nuts, I imagine you'd have to get in line.

[Guest Downhome]

If you want to kick this guy in the nuts, I imagine you'd have to get in line.

Seriously, how could someone be as big an asshole like this guy?

 

[Guest Powerplay]

I remember a case way back where a robber sued the man he was robbing because he injured his back while trying to take his big screen T.V. I forget the result, but I think this case ranks up there with that type stuff.

[Guest Mr. Slim Citrus]

...The class-action lawsuit, filed in the Bronx Supreme Court on July 24, is seeking undetermined compensatory damages against McDonald's, Wendy's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Burger King on behalf of 56-year-old maintenance worker Caesar Barber and others...

 

Barber told MSNBC he didn't realize fried food was bad for him until three years ago, and that he had been eating fast food for decades because it was convenient...

 

How does someone this stupid manage to live to be fifty-six years old? The court ought to sue him for taking up their time, and throw him in jail for being a moron.

 

Somebody tell me where that line forms up...

[Guest Sandman9000]

The line's right behind me, everyone.

 

And I got mah steel-toed shitkickers on, and bullseye is right on his groin.

 

Of course, I gotta finish my whopper first.

[Guest jimmy no nose]

This case is retarded, but I think it would be a good idea for companies to include the nutritional information on this fast food whether they lose the case or not. That would prevent anyone from saying they didn't know ever again without them being the lone person at fault.

[Guest redbaron51]

Fast food companies do have nutritional packages on the front counter incase anyone wants to know how fatty the food is

[Guest Vyce]

There really is no such thing as personal responsibility, is there?

 

Here's a hint to everyone: if the food you're eating is cooked in enough grease to lubricate your car engine, it's probably bad for you.

[Guest EricMM]

But damn tasty.

 

What?

 

I said it's damn tasty.

 

Clearly moderation is key. One day of 1252235 calorie diet will not make you a slob but a lifetime of it will.

 

Eating a steak can't kill you. Eating steaks repeatedly will. In that way heh, this guy has noone to blame but himself. Also, if this guy gets the paper or sees TV, he has no case NONE because health news is ALL over EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!

 

Sigh.

[Guest Downhome]

Here's a hint to everyone: if the food you're eating is cooked in enough grease to lubricate your car engine, it's probably bad for you.

Quote of the day, congrats!

[Guest DrTom]

"There really is no such thing as personal responsibility, is there?"

 

Nor common sense. Nor ethics among the shyster attorneys who take cases like this. Nor enough stones on the bench to laugh assholes like this out of court before they even finish reading the charges.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

Everyone go right ahead and kick this moron in the nuts. I'll take batting practice on any jury that awards this guy any money.

[Guest the 1inch punch]

I'm telling you, you Americans and your obsession with suing ANYONE leads to this sort of nonsense

 

Put me down for kicking him in the nuts aswell

[Guest Daredevil21]

Who doesn't know that fast food is bad for them? Seriously, I knew this shit when I was a little kid, what kind of rock has this poor excuse for a human being been living under? What a jackass.

 

"Fast food chains failed to disclose the contents in terms of calories, fat grams and sodium. Even when posted, the information is not easily understandable to the public," said Hirsch.

 

The general public is dumb, but for god's sake, even they can understand a fucking chart.

 

"I didn't find out how bad it was until 1999," he said. "I ate a lot because I was by myself."

 

Hmm, I wonder why he's alone? Could it be because he's a fucking idiot? Ding ding ding ding.

 

I truly find it hard to believe that someone could actually be unaware that fast food is bad for you. I mean, I really hope he's just bitter that he's dying, and wants to take someone down with him. If he honestly was unaware that it was bad for him, then God help his soul. People that stupid shouldn't being living among even our society. I mean, did the brainiac ever wonder just why he was getting so fat? Probably, but he just kept on eating, and now, it's time to pay up, and guess what? He doesn't want to, so he's going to place the blame on someone else, totally disregarding just how idiotic his claims are.

 

I can't imagine even wanting to be involved in a case like this. Would you actually admit that you didn't know something as commonly known as fast food is unhealthy for you? I don't think I would want people to know that I'm that God damn stupid. I hope this jackass gets laughed out of the courtroom. Regardless of the outcome, methinks he's about to get even lonlier than he is now. I don't think people want to associate themselves with someone who is that oblivious to common sense and knowledge.

[Guest midnight_burn]

He better just be trying to get some easy money from this, if not he must be completely devoid of any common sence at all. Who the hell doesn't know fast food is bad for you, honestly...

[Guest DrEvil]

"There really is no such thing as personal responsibility, is there?"

 

Nor common sense. Nor ethics among the shyster attorneys who take cases like this. Nor enough stones on the bench to laugh assholes like this out of court before they even finish reading the charges.

The lack of common sense is the entire problem with the system. Every case, no matter how frivolous or how legitimate, must be taken equally. Allowing common sense into the equation would stop a lawsuit like this at the grass roots level, before it even came close to a courtroom. But a lawsuit like this is put on the same level as one where there actually is another party at fault.

 

An attorney will always take the case, number one because he can, the system as it is allows for such things, number two because it can set him for life. On the off chance he can actually win with such bullshit, the settlement and/or the publicity he would gain would be worth millions.

[Guest PlatypusFool]

Are you guys kidding me? This is FANTASTIC!

 

Obviously, he's going to lose, it's an open and shut case without a shadow of a doubt... but, if he wins, we all win.

 

I'd be willing to bet that each and every one of us has had a McDonalds at some point in our lives. I'd also be willing to bet, since we're members of the internet wrestling community, that none of us are entirely skinny. Basically, if he wins his case it sets a precedent for everyone in the world who has eaten fast food and has any fat on them at all. If he wins we can ALL sue the corporate bastards and get windfalls of our very own!

 

Of course, he ain't gonna win...

[Guest Choken One]

This reeks of an similar lawsuit with the Idiot ldy who sued McD's because she burnt herself with the coffee. Se wound up winning the damn case..so there is precedent for idiotic juries.

[Guest LooseCannon]

That's not exactly true platypus fool. That he didn't know it was unhealthy for him until 1999, and the lack of warning on the part of the fast food companies are the important parts of the equation that would allow it to even get to trial and explore issues such as failure to warn, design defect, etc.

 

To join the class action, you'd probably have to show a similar lack of knowledge. Also depending on the type of class action filed, future suits may be barred by res judicata -- meaning you have to join this guy's suit if you want any money.

[Guest LooseCannon]

This reeks of an similar lawsuit with the Idiot ldy who sued McD's because she burnt herself with the coffee. Se wound up winning the damn case..so there is precedent for idiotic juries.

Yeah, but McDonald's fucked themselves on that one. They had been warned before by the FDA that their coffee's temperature was too high, and the burns on the woman's legs were severe. I mean way more severe than you would expect from a cup of coffee. McDonald's had plenty of opportunity to settle it, but like everyone else they didn't take the lawsuit seriously, and they ended up paying for it. I don't feel bad about that one at all.

[Guest DrTom]

"This reeks of an similar lawsuit with the Idiot ldy who sued McD's because she burnt herself with the coffee. Se wound up winning the damn case..so there is precedent for idiotic juries."

 

To be fair, I have to mention two things:

 

1. McDonald's had (and probably still has ) a policy where they keep their coffee hotter in the vain hope it will taste fresher longer. It's above what is defined by the FDA as the safe norm, and they'd been advised before to change this policy.

 

2. The woman only sued for her medical expenses, which is quite reasonable. It was THE JURY who decided to award her $4 million in damages. That was reduced on appeal, but it's not the lady's fault she ended up winning such a ridiculous sum.

[Guest DrTom]

"The lack of common sense is the entire problem with the system. Every case, no matter how frivolous or how legitimate, must be taken equally."

 

Right, and that's a big problem when cases like this come up. It's one thing if he got deathly ill because he ate contaminated food. It's quite another to eat like a pig and then blame the restaurant for taking your money all those times.

 

"But a lawsuit like this is put on the same level as one where there actually is another party at fault."

 

This is something I would love to see changed, but I'm not sure how that can be done without making the system more unwieldy than it already is.

 

"An attorney will always take the case, number one because he can, the system as it is allows for such things, number two because it can set him for life. On the off chance he can actually win with such bullshit, the settlement and/or the publicity he would gain would be worth millions."

 

Of course. I understand why they take the cases; there's no reason for them not to, with the ridiculous incentives in winning something high-profile. I don't have a problem with lawyers making money they've earned, but to see them get rich off of a farce like this makes my dwindling faith in the legal system ebb a little more.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

It would not shock me if this guy won at least something.

Why do I picture the episdoe of the Simpson's when Homer sues the All You Can Eat Seafood Restraunt, and they show the fat guy in jury saying "that could've been me. This jury will probably consist of 12 fat people.

[Guest hardyz1]

"There's been a sort of unwritten etiquette about this, but you dropped the gloves first, so now I can say it: Stop eating so much, you fat fuck!"

--Dennis Miller, July 26, 2002

[Guest saturnmark4life]

if he won, i'd kick him in the nuts, and presuming my foot came out again, i'd sue Ronald McDonald's ass off!

[Guest Retro Rob]

Nor ethics among the shyster attorneys who take cases like this.

That's what bothers me the most. There are actually attorneys willing to defend jackasses like this guy without thinking twice about it.

[Guest danielisthor]

Let me set this up. I am 5'10 and currently 304lbs. This is down from the 343 lbs i was in April. Type 2 Diabetes makes you do somethings you never thought possible like : STOP EATING Fat endusing greasy freaking foods. i probably had a fast food lunch everyday for the past 12years, never thought any thing of it. Considering i weighed 240lbs when i left highschool, playing left guard on the football team i was actually 79% muscle mass. That easily all turned to fat and i just kept gaining weight. I know its my own damn fault, i blame nobody but myself, not McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King, Taco Bell, Jack in the Box, Hardess, Miami Subs or any other fast food restaraunt that i have been to in the past.

 

Get the steel tipped shoes on take a 10 yard running start and just kick that fuck right in the "jimmie" . Stupid ass shouldn't even be allowed to live and neither should his lawyer.

[Guest Nighthawk]

Okay, so this moron is suing because he didn't know that fast food would make him fat. I bet his mom sued his dad because she didn't know that having sex with him meant that she would get pregnant.