"Hopefully it will change the eating habits of the American public," he said.

Gah...more like, "Hopefully it will settle out of court so l can get a sweet fee." Being a law student fascinated with class action suits, I can tell you that this is really just another way for the attorney to try to sneak a percentage of $$ out of a potentially huge recovery. No matter how asinine the charge, if a judge certifies the class the chances for a hefty "get oudda my face" settlement arrangement are quite good.

After all, none of the major food chains want to see this go to trial, because 12 overweight jurors just might be bitter enough about all those milkshakes they were 'forced' to consume to find the companies liable. And once they set THAT precedent you'd see some litigation, people.

-Jinkster

Yeah right! Like the defense would let that happen!

Grin, even with voir dire the statistical chances of getting a primarily overweight jury box is high, especially depending in what district the suit is filed. You can only strike so many jurors...and the percentage of overweight folk is only getting higher.

-Jinkster

SPAIN!

Instead of suing McDonalds, Burger King, etc., the lawyers should be suing the U.S.D.A., who came up with that ridiculous food pyramid!

I just learned that lawyers came up with the food pyramid, NOT nutritionists.

Lawyers made the food pyramid?? I knew that there was some lobbying involved, but...

Anyhoos, along these same lines, I had a conversation with my mom last night. She said that when I was little, I would beg to go to McDonalds every day. This is the same mom who, in her early 20's, low-carbed and lost a lot of weight. So, I kept wondering why my mom took me there, when she knew it was bad for me. Until a month ago, I had no idea that carbs were bad for you! But part of me blamed my mom for raising me in such a way as to be a fat and carb junkie, and for not telling me that carbs were bad. And on the other hand, once I was old enough to know better, I didn't stop eating there. It was only the fear of people looking at me and whispering "that's why she's fat" made me stop going to fast food places.

In other words, despite being raised in a food-poor way, once I grew an independant brain, I was able to easily avoid the "addictions" of fast food. McDonalds has rarely said any of their food was healthy. Maybe these people will blame Ronald McDonald for sucking their brains, too. (I'm more likely to believe that one. Clowns are SCARY!)

Gee, let's see:

By his own words, he states that he ate at these places more often than not because:

• He was single
• It was quick
• He's not a very good cook

So McDonald's wouldn't let him get married?

So Wendy's is guilty because they are quick?

So Burger King barred him from learning to cook?


Of course, people like Rush Limbaugh are laughing and yelling, "I told you so." This is precisely what they all predicted would happen as soon as the tobacco class action lawsuit was settled for a huge amount of money.

What we need is a class action lawsuit against LAWYERS for all of the costs they have saddled us all with through these assinine, responsibility-sherking lawsuits!

I saw the guy whos sueing (sp) all the fast-food joints on Good Morning America and he looked like a total loser.

He couldnt pronounce sodium, cholesterol, and saturated fats. He repeated the same 4 sentence comment everytime the anchor woman said "Isn't this a little bit silly?"

And his lawyer had a greedy money sign on his forhead (well maybe not the money sign)

This law suit isnt gonna go anywhere and he's going to be the laughing stock of the US.

Well, whether he looks like a loser or not or whether he is totally illiterate or not has no bearing what-so-ever on whether there is merit to his claims and that is what the focus should remain centered on. A bumbling idiot that never made over minimum wage deserves to have their claims taken just as seriously - and dismissed just as preemptively if appropriate - as the most wealthy, articulate person around.

I would like to sue that little boy in the third grade who repeatedly pulled my hair.

(I'm sure he is the reason why I sometimes have "bad hair days".)

*LOL* Y'all are a witty bunch.

Anyway, this is indeed frivolous.

However: it wouldn't surprise me to see masses of heart/diabetes/obesity patients, who got worse eating the way the ADA/AHA/USDA/etc told them to, considering legal action. hmm...

Now, I will jump on THAT bandwagon!!!

Ok, so if this guy wins his lawsuit and gets big money, will that take away from the government benefits he can get for claiming his obesity as a disability?

No I don't believe that anyone forced you (maybe a friend or something, but not the company). You are the one to make your own decision, no one can change your mind if you don't want to. If you eat at Mc D, or Wendy's, or KFc, or BK it was most likely your idea! Anyway they should get over it

SooCee

take at look at this pic...

it is McDonald's type of burger they sell in Japan

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