# A Judge has commen sense: McDonalds lawsuit dropped.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 22, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-judge-has-commen-sense-mcdonalds-lawsuit-dropped/150311 "2003-01-22T23:39:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-judge-has-commen-sense-mcdonalds-lawsuit-dropped/150311/21 "2003-02-22T23:02:46Z")

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As it turned out, the OP was not entirely correct. The judge did indeed throw out the lawsuit–but also gave the attorneys some valuable info in how to amend it (and thus possibly get somewhere:

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**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-judge-has-commen-sense-mcdonalds-lawsuit-dropped/150311/22 "2003-02-23T18:29:42Z")

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> The amended suit quoted McDonald’s chief nutritionist, Ann Rusniak, saying last October that it was possible to eat at the popular hamburger chain “three times a day.”

Well, hell, it’s _possible_ to eat there 23 times a day - doesn’t mean it’s healthy for you.

This version of the lawsuit is almost as dumb as the original one, IMHO. (Unless there _have_ been commercials where McDonalds was trying to pass their food off as healthy, in which case I guess a “false advertising” type angle might have some slight merit.)

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**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-judge-has-commen-sense-mcdonalds-lawsuit-dropped/150311/23 "2003-02-23T19:28:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by sleestak \*  
> **The Judge threw out the lawsuit blaiming McDonalds for causing health problems.**

So when can we expect the other six signs of the apocalypse?

:eek:

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