Mitt Romney charged for racketeering.

[Colon™]

MSNBC thinks its funny that Romney has an adopted Black grandson.

It won't be as funny when it turns out he has also bought a cotton plantation.

[Dr Strangelove]

Nor interesting. I took three tries to get through the paragraph of specific alleged misdeeds. Now regret the time spent.

Odd, I had no trouble whatsoever. While the suit is civil the allegations are criminal. It's not inconceivable that criminal charges could follow.

[pchang]

Is it called "charged" when its a civil suit?

See Chevron vs.Donziger

[The Mad Monk]

MrFun assumes that every claim brought forward against Evil Big Business by a plaintiffs lawyer is legit, because lawsuits are never frivolous. They are heroically shifting money from people who produce things of value to people too stupid to avoid dumping extremely hot coffee on their dicks.

I hadn't realized that she was a dickgirl.

[The Mad Monk]

And Republicans keep posting as if they never lost the presidential election.

If we had won the election, we would have dropped Obama like the hot potato he wasn't, like we did with Gore. You, OTOH, continue to pin every bad thing on Bush.

[Elok]

Odd, I had no trouble whatsoever. While the suit is civil the allegations are criminal. It's not inconceivable that criminal charges could follow.

It's a matter of givesadamn, not legal complexity. I got a few words in, several times, before my brain told me it didn't care enough to continue parsing and started thinking about something else.

[Hauldren Collider]

I hadn't realized that she was a dickgirl.

I didn't realize McDonald's Coffee Moron was female.

[The Mad Monk]

Yes, I noticed.

[Ban Kenobi]

MrFun assumes that every claim brought forward against Evil Big Business by a plaintiffs lawyer is legit, because lawsuits are never frivolous. They are heroically shifting money from people who produce things of value to people too stupid to avoid dumping extremely hot coffee on their dicks.

Yes, McDonald's is a heroic Job Creator valiantly creating value by serving coffee at unnecessarily high temperatures in spite of hundreds of previous complaints about customers getting burned by their coffee.

[Hauldren Collider]

If you like I can provide dozens of other examples, if you insist that that one isn't frivolous.

[Al B. Sure!]

I didn't realize McDonald's Coffee Moron was female.

She was a 79 year old woman.

[Hauldren Collider]

Not particularly relevant.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yes, McDonald's is a heroic Job Creator valiantly creating value by serving coffee at unnecessarily high temperatures in spite of hundreds of previous complaints about customers getting burned by their coffee.

And actually acknowledging the too high temperatures internally, but thinking that just paying settlements would be cheaper than actually making coffee that tasted good at normal coffee temps.

[Al B. Sure!]

Not particularly relevant.

It is. Poor grannies will always win a lawsuit.

And actually acknowledging the too high temperatures internally, but thinking that just paying settlements would be cheaper than actually making coffee that tasted good at normal coffee temps.

Yeah it's a regular Ford Pinto situation

The real reason why the coffee was so hot is because people would be complaining about cold coffee when they drink it several minutes after buying. You've never worked in fast food, clearly, and had so many people come back with coffee or french fries (fries all the time!) 20 minutes later complaining that it's cold. It was hot when you bought it!

[Imran Siddiqui]

McD's internal research showed that the vast majority of people drink the coffee immediately after purchase. So sorry, that won't fly.

The main reason Liebeck won punitive damages (which, remember are meant to punish, not for restitution) is because McD's hid and lied about a ton of stuff (so the jury decided to fine McD's for 2 days worth of sales of coffee - which turned out to be $2.7mil, of course it was dramatically reduced on appeal).