00:55.16 | Maloeran | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1276819.stm - Ahah, 110kUSD for a McDonald's hot pickle |
00:55.54 | Maloeran | This is so amusingly wrong, I feel like studying american laws just to understand how such a thing is possible |
01:56.37 | brlcad | they didn't win the case |
01:56.47 | brlcad | they just settled to make it go away |
01:57.12 | brlcad | you can file a lawsuit for just about anything against anybody pretty easily, some people make a living out of it |
02:18.51 | dtidrow | and yes, it's pretty disgusting that U.S. civil law allows such things to happen |
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