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I expect Bush to sue that bag of pretzels!
WTF?
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index....ues_cafet.html
Rep. Dennis Kucinich has sued a U.S. House of Representatives cafeteria for selling him a sandwich wrap that caused dental damage when he bit into an olive pit, according to a Jan. 3 lawsuit filed in Superior Court for the District of Columbia.
The Cleveland Democratic congressman's lawsuit seeks $150,000 in damages from companies that operate the Longworth House Office Building's cafeteria.
It says he bought the su ious sandwich wrap "on or about April 17, 2008," and eating it caused "permanent dental and oral injuries requiring multiple surgical and dental procedures."
"Said sandwich wrap was unwholesome and unfit for human consumption in that it was presented to contain pitted olives, yet unknown to plaintiff, contained an unpitted olive or olives which plaintiff did not reasonably expect to be in the food prepared for him, and could not visually detect prior to consumption," the lawsuit said.
Kucinich's congressional office confirmed he filed the lawsuit. The do ent says the congressman believes he's en led to damages for future dental and medical expenses and to compensate him for pain, suffering, and loss of enjoyment.
Kucinich's attorney, Andrew R. Young, declined further comment on the litigation or the extent of Kucinich's injuries.
"It truly is a private matter," said Young, a former aide to Kucinich who has also served as a North Ridgeville council member.
A spokeswoman for the North Carolina-based restaurant company that operates the cafeteria, Compass Group, confirmed it has received the lawsuit and is reviewing the matter.
"Beyond that we don't comment on pending litigation," Compass Group Vice President Cheryl Queen said in an email.
I expect Bush to sue that bag of pretzels!
Maybe he could have taken the high road and not sued. Or at least sued only for the dental bills, that way he is setting an example. BS CRAP
Is that a crime? , we should be suing everyone in Washington then...loss of enjoyment
Is Rep. Kucinich too lofty in income or station to seek a remedy for dental injuries caused by a misrepresented sandwich?
That's what he gets for eating in the VRWC Cafe.
WTF? The House of Representatives doesn't have a dental plan?
......maybe it was really a bad sandwich
No . God forbid a congressman be a good example.
I think the problem is that the "damages caused" don't quite fall in line with the monetary amounts requested.
This will play over well when he tries to get reelected...
It's a private matter so I'm sure it would not effect his re-election,l. lol
I doubt it will have any effect on a 2012 election.
btw, who are you and DarrinS and jack to put a monetary value on another man's dental pain, probable complications, and current interruption of the enjoyment of life's ordinary procedures? Seriously.
Perhaps you'd like to share just how you arrived at the conclusion that the equities are out of whack here. Did the grandiose sum of $150,000 impress you?
(Please recall, lawyers must also be paid and court costs covered.)
One wonders, but it is hard to put an exact numerical value on pain and suffering, while giving due discouragement to heedlessness. There shouldn't be an olive pit in anybody's sandwich. Just saying.
Woe to the cafeteria, a US Rep was allegedly injured by the pit. You all suggest he's a whiny <archaic vulgarism> for suing, but would you all sue in his place? I might, and I never sued anybody.
I run a food business, and unfortunately this kind of thing can happen- you purchase pitted olives from a provider and one of the olives was not correctly processed. Besides not being practical, it is not hygenic to squeeze every olive to check for pits, or check your walnuts or crabmeat for bits of their s s, etc. The only time it resulted in injury I paid for the customer's dental bill plus a small severance payment (not sure if im using the word correctly). 150.000, with or w/o lawyers fees, is just absurd, and if someone tried to do that to me I would shift blame to the provider of the olives. Of course, its quite different to have a problem like that, then to be serving stale/decomposing food, not comply with health regulations, and things of that ilk.
I find it kind of amazing that there is this kind of legal action for one faultily pitted olive, while the US has had dozens of E coli and salmonella outbreaks in the fast food meat industry, as far as I know with no major litigation in those cases. Of course, the people eating fast food meat probably cant afford the lawyers
One can reasonably expect that something natural might be in a product. Cherries, watermelons, apples, popcorn, cantelope, OLIVES that you could possibly chip a tooth or cause pain in this all so private matter the good congressman is going though right now. This cause the little cupcake so much pain it took almost 3 years to file this ridiculous lawsuit.
My buddy cracked a tooth on kernal of popcorn. You don't sue, he didn't sue. This is what so many people talk about today that the would like to see fixed, frivolus lawsuits. Congressman Kucinich should be embarrassed to file such a lawsuit but as we know most politicians have no shame. It could be 150 dollars or in this case a whopping 150,000 dollars, it's still bull and he will lose.
Apparently if your the jackass dancing in the middle of the street on Tosh the other night, you sue if you get hit by a ice cream truck.
You're pathetic.
that's a good post.
Would it be better if he called it applying for a subsidy?
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