Court Reinstates McDonald's Obesity Suit

[pinniped]

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=442756

Court Reinstates McDonald's Obesity Suit

Appeals Court Reinstates Class-Action Lawsuit Blaming McDonald's for Making People Fat

NEW YORK Jan 25, 2005 — An appeals court Tuesday revived part of a class-action lawsuit blaming McDonald's for making people fat, reinstating claims pertaining to deceptive advertising.

A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a lower court judge erred when he dismissed parts of the lawsuit brought on behalf of two New York children.

U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet dismissed the lawsuit in 2003 because he said it failed to link the children's alleged health problems directly to McDonald's products.

But the appeals judges said New York's general business law requires a plaintiff to show only that deceptive advertising was misleading and that the plaintiff was injured as a result. The panel upheld other parts of the dismissal.
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I knew this would be making the rounds and coming back.

[Redstone]

1. Baloney!

So exactly how were the ads deceptive? Did they say "you can eat all of our fatty food you want to and not gain weight?"

Actually, I guess they are kind of deceptive, because they claim McDonald's food tastes good. But even that isn't grounds for a lawsuit.

Redstone

[Moderator]

2. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1183490