So, it is your contention that McDonald's corp had to have intent? Their employees are not their responsibility?

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nice idea :)

People seem to be forgetting that it's not just the pictures, but posting her personal information (name, address, etc.) alongside them that's an ADDITIONAL violation. I doubt the husband did that himself.

To what extent would they be responsible? There's limits to everything, the entire suit is foolish. :2 cents:

Foolish? Your personal data is posted on the internet with naked pics and you don't think someone should be held responsible?

Unless of course the couple set the whole thing up / did it themselves to try to get money . . .

Really? You have proof that McDonald's causes cancer? That would be a nice lawsuit.

"respondeat superior" would be a start.

Thats like giving the ciggarette companies a big hand for funding lung cancer research.

alot of diseases and illnesses stem from unhealthy living and parents feeding their kids that garbage on a frequent basis.

10s of thousands of children can thank the donors, it sure as hell isnt all on McD's shoulders. They ask for money and have corporate and celebrity sponsors.

Because the people who actually may be responsible only make minimum wage. therefore, have shallow pockets

Wow...eating a Big Mac can cause birth defects, childhood diseases and cancer.

Who knew.

Please tell me you don't actually believe the ridiculous nonsense you've expressed above. If so, following your logic...your parents must've eaten a lot of Ronald burgers. :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

50 million Happy Meals

Thats scary baddog :1orglaugh

I worked at McD's back in 69, and the sign said "Over 1 Billion Served." Eventually they changed it to billions and billions.

I am sure 50 million happy meals is a safe bet.

I wasn't aware that McDonald's forced people to feed their children. Wow.

I never said they forced anyone to eat it.. they use their deceptive advertising and adding toys to market to the children. Can you imagine if it wasnt made available. How many health problems would or could be avoided.

Do you have kids? And what is deceptive about their advertising?

Wake up and smell the scalding hot coffee.

Read Fast Food Nation. See "Supersize Me".

Not that I don't love eating total crap and sorely miss the old lardy-fries.

I saw Supersize Me. I didn't get anything out of it that I didn't already know.

Yes, eating crap food nonstop for 30 days will make you sick. Eating crap food for 36 hours makes me feel funny. This isn't rocket science.

Exactly.

Its amusing how some people thinks its a startling revelation...or something.

Oddly, the guy in Supersize Me - didn't come down with cancer.

I guess he was lucky. :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Your point being?

where are the damn pictures?!

Amazing that nitwits sue a big corporation for their own negligence, fucktards!

Honestly McDonald's does not cause people problems. Putting toys in a meal is not why parents go there. They go there when they either do not want to cook or do not have time cook. You can also get healtier food there. When I eat there I get a yogurt parfait and a fish sandwich plain. Many people are unhealthy because of their poor food choices. That is not any fast food chains fault.

Supersize Me was lame. People need to take responsibility for their own eating habits and stopping trying to blame it on fast food chains. No one forces anyone to eat fast food. I hardly ever eat fast food because I do not want to.

For pictures that are supposedly causing $3 million in emotional distress, they sure aren't easy to find...

How hard would it be to set up a scam such that you "forget" your phone in a McDs, a friend picks it up, quickly uploads the pic somewhere public and puts it back, then the couple calls McDs to "keep the phone secure" until they can go back and pick it up? I'm too lazy to look up the exact details of the situation but just sayin'...especially after the McDonalds coffee lawsuit a long time ago, I wouldn't put anything past people wanting to make a quick buck.

Birth Defects: http://articles.latimes.com/2007/aug...e/sci-obesity7

See Also: Obesity, heart disease, high levels of cancer causing acrylamide, etc.

That was my first thought after reading the news article.

McDonalds has little choice other than fighting this in court, no matter how much it costs, because if they don't, zillions of other people will try doing scams centered around purposedly leaving cell phones, usb sticks, cameras, etc in McDs restaurants.

On a related note, many establishments provide WiFi service, which, to me, seems very legally risky ... because many of them do not post disclaimers / warnings that such data may intercepted by others.

Ron

You sounded totally flabbergasted by the accusation that they engage in deceptive advertising, etc.

Sure, everybody needs to take responsibility for their own choices . . . including huge corporations that need to figure in the business cost of unethical practices like targeting little kids for their brainwashing ads. I think it's funny how eager people are to cast McDonald's in the "victim" role here.

Why is it unethical to have a playground and toys in a kids meal?

Did you fall asleep during the movie and not remember or absorb anything beyond that? I'm not saying it's rocket science, either, but I'm also not one of the people in this thread acting like they can't possibly conceive of McDonald's being guilty of ANYthing. Apparently it *is* rocket science for those people who don't realize that McD's (and tons of other corporations and business entities) will do anything and as much as they can get away with to make a buck. Sure, we consumers have to assume responsibility for things . . . but does that mean corporations shouldn't have to shoulder ANY responsibility? That's just nuts.

How about an example of their "deceptive" advertising? And how does that have anything to do with your comment?

Do they advertise their coffee as being lukewarm? Did they ever say that if you eat there daily it would be good for you?

I guess you've never heard of the phrase "long term effects".

I'm not saying I believe McD's causes cancer, I'm just saying that your logic is flawed. Just because someone doesn't get cancer in a month or a year or in five years from something they did for one month, doesn't mean that they won't get it later or wouldn't if they'd done the risky behavior for a longer period of time starting when they were younger.

Did they ever advertise that their coffee is as hot as magma from the core of the earth?

Just because I don't feel like spoonfeeding you information that you'd clearly REFUSE to believe anyway because you've obviously been brainwashed into thinking "all lawsuits consumers bring against corporations are frivolous and detrimental to society" doesn't mean it's not out there. Google the shit or read a book or something. For real.

Here, lazybones:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck...;s_Restaurants

When you became a tranny did you have part of your brain removed along with your cock? Did Mc'D's get sued for deceptive advertising in that case?

Did not think so.

See, how the insults to ones person come out when you try to make a point around here...

for an old geezer..you sure need to grow the fuck up.

Trixie is a woman..always has been. You sound like you are the one confused.

I know you're overwhelmed by the variety of issues and situations brought up in this thread: there are more than one. It must be a challenge for you to get through life when things are complex and you NEED to simplify them (like when you "figured out" that I'm a tranny -- same problem yet again with you not being able to comprehend that there's MORE THAN ONE PERSON listed in my sig/we are all not one).

For future reference, I am not a tranny. Furthermore, a relatively small proportion of transgender people have surgery on their genitals.

So you are just naturally limited? Again, where is the false advertising claims? I only asked for one. Your link had nothing to do with false advertising.

deceptive and false.. two different things. You can google. Its no secret that corporate america targets children to sell their garbage..its not only McDonalds.

The thing is that the pics were apparently forwarded over to someone, so why not look up phone records and contact the number it was sent to, chances are, the person sent them to himself, then go after him, even though he probably doesn't have much if he's working there.

I don't think McDonalds should be sued over one of their employees in a case like this. Hell, if that's the case, I'm gonna have a friend start working there, take some pics of myself fucking my wife on my phone, then leave it there, then have him pick it up and "secure" it for me, and post the pics online, so I can sue them for a few million, then give my friend a cut.