Mixed news in the world of Frivolous Suits (TM) today:
1. Winner: MickeyD's
http://www.msnbc.com/news/862802.asp#BODY
2. Winner?: The 'Gay-Straight Alliance' (in high school)
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/page1/1747136
3. Winner?: 'Slave descendants'
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/1743670
1. Winner: MickeyD's
http://www.msnbc.com/news/862802.asp#BODY
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 — Saying the law is not intended to protect people from their own excesses, a federal judge threw out a class-action lawsuit Wednesday that blamed McDonald’s food for obesity, diabetes and other health problems in children.
2. Winner?: The 'Gay-Straight Alliance' (in high school)
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/page1/1747136
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit in federal court here Wednesday on behalf of a Klein High School lesbian who wants to start a Gay-Straight Alliance, the first time a Texas student has taken such legal action.
3. Winner?: 'Slave descendants'
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/1743670
AUSTIN -- The descendants of Texas slaves plan to file a class-action federal lawsuit today in Galveston against numerous U.S. corporations, accusing them of profiting from slavery.
Against the backdrop of Martin Luther King Jr. festivities Monday in Austin, the Texas NAACP announced plans for the lawsuit against J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., WestPoint Stevens Inc., Union Pacific Railroad and 100 unnamed defendants on allegations that they profited from slavery, which the lawsuit defines as a crime against humanity.