Consumers can’t sue Mc’s for obesity as a group, judge rules

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Got this from another listserve..interesting wish the Brazilian judge agreed

with the New York court.

 

Madalyn

 

 

Consumers can’t sue Mc’s for obesity as a group, judge rules

 

By Meatingplace Editors on 11/1/2010

 

A New York judge has ruled the plaintiffs in a childhood obesity lawsuit against

Mc’s Corp. can’t pursue their claims as a group, Bloomberg reported.

Teenagers Pelman and Jazlen Bradley accused Mc’s of harming their

health and violating the law through deceptive marketing of Chicken McNuggets,

hamburgers, fish sandwiches and french fries in a 2002 lawsuit.

But U.S. Judge Pogue in Manhattan said the plaintiffs failed to

demonstrate the company’s marketing and food contributed to the same medical

problems in others, and their claims were too distinct to be addressed in a

single group lawsuit.

The plaintiffs’ attorneys had said the class size could number in the

thousands.

Since the lawsuit was filed, New York has banned the use of trans fats in

cooking oil used at restaurants and Mc’s has added healthier options

such

as apples and low-fat milk to its menu, the story noted.

Source: http://www.meatingplace.com/MembersOnly/webNews/details.aspx?item=19385

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