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ET Awful

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19. Complete and utter nonsense.

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 04:46 PM

Nov 2013

The information wasn't available to McDonalds until after the verdict?

The hundreds of documented cases prior to this one don't constitute making information available?

Seatbelts are a very good analogy to this case for anyone approaching it rationally. No manufacturer wanted to implement them until they were liable for the damages caused by their absence.

Did they intend to hurt their customers? No. Did they display completely willful negligence in ignoring all the prior complaints? Yup.

You can try to pretend that McDonalds wasn't duly notified of the risks of their product, but the fact that they were notified was the very reason the jury found as they did. The jury would not have reached that verdict if the Plaintiff had not shown that McDonalds was well aware of the hazards of the product.

But keep on living in your little bubble.

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Easy to say in hindsight zipplewrath Nov 2013 #24

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