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The 7 Most Bizarre Fast Food Industry Lawsuits

cracked.com — We've all heard the infamous story of the lady who sued McDonald's after getting burned by a cup of hot coffee, or the woman who found the chicken head in her McNuggets.

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  • DismantleRepair, on 07/20/2008, -2/+6It's only wafer thin!
  • AsSubtleAsABrik, on 07/20/2008, -17/+76I'm not a big MrBabyMan hater, but dude, why do you feel the need to submit stuff from cracked? It's not unique or cool, anyone can submit it, and he or she has an equal chance to get it to the front page. Use your powers to get stuff no one else can to to the front page. When you submit stuff from places like cracked, xkcd, apod, etc. it just proves that you are some big nerd who needs to constantly increase the size of your e-penis by having your name on the front page. Let someone else get their name on the front page.
    • Zarokima, on 07/21/2008, -14/+3Shut the ***** up. If you like the article, digg it. If you dislike the article, bury it. The submitter has no bearing on the article provided they don't do something in the title/description to ruin it. By bitching so much about MrBabyMan, you're just showing who the real baby is (yay lame puns!).
    • dupek11, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1Yeah Dude. I want to see my e-penis on the front page of digg too.
  • bertsbrother, on 07/20/2008, -7/+69I would never have known this was a MBM submission unless you guys mentioned it. I only look at the content. Is that wrong?
    • cesclaveria, on 07/20/2008, -2/+33I don't think so, you should digg because of the content (or bury because of it) not because of the submitter.
    • ExRe, on 07/21/2008, -1/+2Just block all the assholes complaining. Whiny jealous bitches should just STFU.
  • Fhwqhgads, on 07/20/2008, -1/+8"McJOBS is trademarked and is the name of the program McDonald's uses to train mentally and physically disabled employees."

    So if mentally disabled people can work at your business, then the dictionary definition holds true, does it not? Way to shoot yourself in the foot, McDonald's.
    • Fhwqhgads, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1... the part of the definition about no skill.
      • PosedMagnet, on 07/21/2008, -1/+0...what about it?

        Are you claiming retarded people have skill?
  • SarahSue, on 07/20/2008, -2/+36dugg for the honorable mention. i thought i was getting 7, but I got 8 items. i love a deal.
  • migshark, on 07/20/2008, -1/+7#9 Class action lawsuit by aforementioned fast-food outlets against cracked.com for vilification.
  • netgeek06, on 07/20/2008, -1/+5Bear Boobs is hilarious.
    • pendrachken, on 07/21/2008, -1/+3Bare boobs are still better though.
  • jakash, on 07/20/2008, -0/+6McDonald's have managed to have their fair share of lawsuits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_legal_ca ...
    • joemofo214, on 07/21/2008, -0/+2wow, some of those are from using Mc infront of a name... Maybe the Country of Ireland should sue McDonalds for stealin Mc off of them
  • ericdano, on 07/21/2008, -22/+12Mr. Babyman.....buried.
  • JeremyGrieves, on 07/21/2008, -8/+3Terrible to see the legal system used for pointless things like this when aspartame is in every diet product under the sun.
    • JeremyGrieves, on 07/21/2008, -1/+0Didnt think this one posted.
      digg this one down please. Its pretty much a duplicate of my other one.
  • JeremyGrieves, on 07/21/2008, -5/+5Such a waste of the courts time while companies get away with using aspartame in their diet products.
    • jerrycurley, on 07/21/2008, -2/+1blah blah blah. Reguritate some more anti-everhthing websites, why don't you.
  • Drogoganor, on 07/21/2008, -2/+13McDonalds were totally in the wrong with the coffee lawsuit, but yet the popular myth persists that they weren't at fault. Learn the facts please.
    • Stroggoth, on 07/21/2008, -0/+8Absolutely correct - McDonalds was responsible and they rightfully lost. People should stop quoting this as an example of the system gone wrong!
    • bc289, on 07/21/2008, -0/+8absolutely agree. Coffee was heated to ridiculously high temperature, the woman had to get skin grafts because of how hot it was.

      People just look at the first couple sentences, scoff when they see the lawsuit is for a coffee burn, and use it as an example of how the system is messed up.
    • Fritzed, on 07/21/2008, -0/+4Reference: http://www.caoc.com/CA/index.cfm?event=showPage&pg ...
  • cowsgonemadd3, on 07/21/2008, -9/+1WARNING bad language alert!
  • Owwmykneecap, on 07/21/2008, -3/+3Fastfood is not the reason for obesity in anyone.

    Fat people are not because of McDonalds
    McDonalds is because of fat people.
    • phaedrusnz, on 07/21/2008, -4/+1If that's the case, why have obesity levels sky-rocketed after McDonalds and other fast food outlets went supernova and ended up being the de facto food substitute for Americans?
      • Owwmykneecap, on 07/21/2008, -0/+7Nice try.
        Correlation does not equal causation.
        Weasel words like "food substitute" belie you feelings here...

        In the 70s the average British person had far higher calorie diet than today and with "worse" foods, from a health perspective.

        Why was there no obesity crises then eh?
        People got of their arses more that's why.

        Even still, to blame a fast food joint for fat ***** being fat ***** is pathetic, people make themselves this way, by being lazy gluttonous stupid bastards over the course of years.
        Take some personal responsibility.

        the astounding lack of personal responsibility is one the worst aspects of society today, everything is always someone else's fault.

        Boo Hoo!
  • denizen42, on 07/21/2008, -0/+4The Angus case is hilarious.
    • yacks, on 07/21/2008, -0/+2the commercials.. more so.. lol
    • CCawthon, on 07/21/2008, -0/+0Especially because Angus is a grade of beef/type of cow, while Carl's Jr.'s Sirloin burgers are a cut of beef, granted a decent one, but off of any grade of animal. But Carl's argument is that you'd be better off buying their product from grade B short bus retarded beef than a burger coming from a known quantity, high grade animal. Gotta love advertising.
  • jerrycurley, on 07/21/2008, -6/+0It is amazing...VERY single time that cracked.com's staff attemps humor, they fail miserably. You'd think at some point they would succeed by accident.
  • lmp49, on 07/21/2008, -2/+2Talk about an all-American article - fast food, lawsuits, and crude and witless humor, all rolled into one!
  • mozert, on 07/21/2008, -0/+4"In 2004, Krispy Kreme, riding high on a curious wave of people treating their donuts as if they were made of cocaine and titties, decided to sue donut maker Entenmann's for copyright infringement."

    lol, article written with a lot of finesse, Hyllarious.
  • truebeliever83, on 07/21/2008, -2/+2Why are there so many haters on digg? Cracked IS funny and who cares if MBM submitted it. If you like it, digg, if you don't, bury it and then shut up about it.
  • digglet08, on 07/21/2008, -1/+1"epic assholes"


    who wrote this?!?!?
  • aislinnmarie, on 07/21/2008, -0/+3okay that's too funny!!!!!
  • yogurtslinger, on 07/21/2008, -1/+2OK, a little off topic here but I was fortunate enough to see an ad on the left side and found this....
    http://www.grassrootsinfo.org/csawelcome.html
    Recognize the lady on the left?
    It's Sandy from "you suck at photoshop"
    Looks like donnie was able to fix her face. LMAO!!!
  • amida, on 07/21/2008, -0/+3Slipknot? I thought that was GWAR at first... so much for their originality.
    • yacks, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1make-up bands with little talent..
      GWAR
      KISS .. can be argued talent wise
      Slipknot..
      Insane Clown Posse..

      If you have to dress up as a band... you must suck because you need to rely on a physical gimmick as opposed to say a musical one.
      • Goblin, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1Don't diss the KISS.

        God Gave Rock & Roll To You brought peace and enlightenment to the whole world. Thanks George Carlin.

        But seriously, KISS and Alice Cooper make great rock songs and I *know* you're not going to diss on Bowie. It was the 70s, it was what people did.
      • jxfallout, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1The thing about GWAR is that their live shows really set them apart from other bands being listed (of course, ICP and Slipknot suck as a whole, so there's really no reason to compare anyone to either of them). Trust me, even if you're not a fan of their music, their live shows will make almost anyone leave with a huge smile on their face. I still got my old white t-shirt(which is now stained as a result of being drenched in fake blood and guts) that I wore to one of their shows about a year ago during some metal festival. Now THAT is a souvenir!

        :D
  • twigboy, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1love that picture!
  • SugeKnight, on 07/21/2008, -0/+3Great picture of the Critic!
  • terajoule, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1Colonel Sanders is NOT impressed.
  • centran, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1The McDonald ones are interesting.
    #3 McDonald's and the Case of the Mean Italian Critic - critic said the ambiance was mechanical in 02. Strangely a year or two after that McDonald starting renovating it's location with a new look. They made it seem more spacious and flowing. Many locations received Flat screen TV's and some even got a lounge type area with couches.

    Honorable Mention: McJob - Webster defined it as "a low-paying job that requires little skill and provides little opportunity for advancement."
    Didn't McDonald's do a commercial campaign tied into their "I'm loving it" about how employee's loved work for McDonalds?

    It appears McDonald's learns from its mistakes.
  • axisdelasal, on 07/21/2008, -2/+1Mcjobs are no longer in the dictionary now had been change with Walt-jobs
  • davideparker, on 07/21/2008, -3/+1Buried for overposting. Give it a rest.
  • Tostito, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1Holy *****, the first one is hilarious.. Robble Gobble. Haha.
  • 2oonhed, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1Finally...a Cracked.com article with something I can actually use, a picture of the The Colonel flippin the bird, to add to my "Flippin the Bird" folder. Thank you.
  • findgoods, on 07/21/2008, -0/+0Talk about an all-American article - fast food, lawsuits, and crude and witless humor, all rolled into one!
  • robertmules, on 07/21/2008, -0/+0The BofA results and reaction are further validation of what we call the ‘glass is half-full’ rally. The fact is, that the results are really pretty bad but expectations have been lowered to such a degree that even bad news can be spun to look good. For more just go at http://www.smallcappulse.com/index.php/commentary/ ... .
  • ScienceDoc, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1LAME!
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