Girl ‘Disfigured’ by Chicken Nugget
Americans began to question the judicial system when McDonald’s customer Stella Liebeck spilled coffee in her lap while driving. When the public got wind of the news, the question everybody sardonically asked was “Didn’t she know that coffee was served hot?”
Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants was a 1994 product liability case that questioned the scorching temperature of the coffee that was served to her. After much debate, Stella Liebeck was awarded $640,000. Her compensatory damages were reduced by 20% because a jury ruled that her injuries were 20% her fault because she should have known not to have held her coffee in her lap without a lid.
McDonald’s and a franchise holder are now at fault after a hot Chicken McNugget from a Happy Meal fell on a little girl’s leg, got caught under her seatbelt and caused burns, a jury in South Florida found. McDonald’s USA was not found to be negligent, and the jury dismissed the argument that the product was defective. “Our sympathies go out to this family for what occurred in this unfortunate incident, as we hold customer safety as one of our highest priorities,” McDonald’s owner-operator Brent Upchurch said in a statement. “We are deeply disappointed with today’s verdict because the facts show that our restaurant in Tamarac, Florida, did indeed follow those protocols when cooking and serving this Happy Meal.” A judge later reduced the $2.7 million award to $480,000, which he said was appropriate for the “willful, wanton, reckless” and “callous” behavior by McDonald’s.
But wait! there’s more:
How about a lawsuit from a woman suing Kraft Heinz Co. because she says Velveeta’s microwaveable mac and cheese cups are not “ready in three and a half minutes.” In the lawsuit, the woman claims the time on the front of the package does not include other “time-consuming” steps such as tearing off the lid.
This lawsuit has us a little spicy. A man is suing “Texas Pete” because their hot sauce is made in North Carolina, not Texas. “Let’s not tell him where Milky Ways are made.”
Kellogg’s faced a lawsuit regarding their Strawberry Pop-Tarts earlier this year that claimed there weren’t enough strawberries inside their pastry filling. The judge agreed that no reasonable consumer would believe from the packaging that the breakfast pastry contained only strawberries. We’re berry glad to see this lawsuit get tossed.
You can sue a ham sandwich.
In New York a 21-year-old inmate of the state prison is suing the state for $5 million for an injury that occurred while he was playing basketball. Isn’t this backward, don’t you have to start in the NBA and then go to jail?
Judge threw out a lawsuit against Starbucks,
said the Plaintiff had no grounds.
When I was in America, I really got into the culture.
I went into the shop and the guy said, ‘Have a nice day’ and I didn’t. So I sued him.
Donald Trump finds a magic lamp. He rubs it, and a genie comes out.
Genie: “I grant you three wishes.”
Trump: “I’m tired of getting sued for everything I do. I want there to be no more courts.”
Genie: “Granted. You have no wishes left.”
Trump: “What the hell? You told me I had three wishes, and I only used one!”
Genie: “Sue me.”
May 16th Birthdays
1966 – Janet Jackson, 1986 – Megan Fox , 1973 – Tori Spelling, 1955 – Debra Winger
1970 – David Boreanaz, 1969 – Tucker Carlson, 1982 – Joseph Morgan, 1953 – Peirce Brosnan