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A 5 page paper that argues against class action lawsuits against fast food restaurants for causing someone to get fat. The writer reports some of the pending lawsuits and the absurdity of them. As one Senator said, this is another case of legislation through litigation, a very dangerous condition this society has fostered. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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chained to the counter? Have you ever seen an employee of a restaurant force-feeding someone a triple burger? Of course not. Greedy lawyer types are now bringing class action lawsuits
against fast-food restaurants because their clients claim it is the restaurants fault that they got fat and are experiencing other health problems. What is worse, courts have ruled in favor
of the plaintiffs or, wanting to avoid the time and costs of a lawsuit, the companies have paid huge amounts of money to settle the cases outside of court (Banzhaf,
2006). Banzhaf, a law professor and public interest lawyer, is the lawyer who began promoting these kinds of lawsuits. He was successful in his quest to destroy tobacco companies and
his new "cause" is fast food restaurants. He is successful because we live in a society where very few individuals accept responsibility for their own actions. In July 2002,
Samuel Hirsch, a lawyer in New York City, filed class action lawsuits against KFC, McDonalds, Wendys and Burger King (Park, 2002). The charges were: these companies did not post accurate
nutritional information about their foods, they should offer "healthier options on their menus, and that they create a de facto addiction in their consumers" (Park, 2002). A "de facto addiction"?
The dictionary defines this phrase as: "in fact, whether with a legal right or not" and "acting or existing in fact but without legal sanction", the first is the adverb,
the second is the adjective (Encarta World English Dictionary, 1999). The client was addicted to the food, to the super-sized burgers and fries? A spokeswoman for the National Restaurant Association
said: "There are choices in restaurants and people can make these choices, and theres a little personal responsibility as well" (Park, 2002). A representative for KFC noted that: "KFC offers
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