Victoria McArthur
Fox News – June 27, 2007 via Overlawyered.com:
Starburst Fruit Chews are exactly as their name would indicate: chewy. But one Michigan woman says the candies are so chewy, they should come with a warning label.
Victoria McArthur, of Romero, Mich., is suing Starbursts’ parent company, Mars Inc., for more than $25,000 for “permanent personal injuries” she claims she sustained after biting into one of their yellow candy in 2005.
“I don’t know, maybe about 3 chews and it literally locked my jaw … and it just literally pulled my jaw out of joint,” she told MyFoxDetroit.com.
McArthur’s lawyer, Brian Muawad, says the candies caused her to develop a condition known as temporal mandibular joint dysfunction. McArthur says she has had trouble chewing, talking and sleeping since the incident.
39—What caused you to yawn? Most directly some of my positing?? Sorry, you lose, everyone knows I am boring. You assumed that risk. Read the fineprint when you log onto this site.
36–Your argument sounds good when applied to candy, but all the same concepts apply directly to immunization programs and that is AFTER the pharmco’s do everything they can (supposedly) to make their drugs safe. So, their is a bit more meat to this case that warrents more than an immediate dismissal. As #38 counsels==she got past a lawyer and gets to make an argument in court.
36–Still, you got my motor running. Why are so many in Congress lawyers? Were they corrupt people who went to law school to learn how the system works–ie, corrupt to begin with, nothing to do with the law, or as you suggest is going to law school a corrupting enfluence. Anyhoo, I’m going to spend some time to research a bit. Some sociologist must have looked at this some time?? Let me know if you have anything, as will I.
Another court case that should be decided in small claims. Yeesh.
What gets me is this is the old, “There should be a warning label” bullshit.
Right, as if this whale is even going to bother to read the label say “I may get TMJ” and not eat it.
I could literally list potentially 100 medical conditions associated with the chewing of one starburst.
” ‘A very good case,’ my hairy yellow ass.”
Lauren – Really?!
I can’t believe Angel didn’t comment on this.
Nah. Angel got bored and tuned out when lawyers were mentioned…
Victoria McArthur; It’s called cock suckers cramp.
youuuurr stupid.
its a starburts, you hick!