Lawsuit of the Day: And Would You Like (Oversalted) Fries With That?
Words to the wise: be extra careful when preparing food for law enforcement officers. From the Associated Press:
A McDonald's employee spent a night in jail and is facing criminal charges because a police officer's burger was too salty, so salty that he says it made him sick.Kendra Bull was arrested Friday, charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct and freed on $1,000 bail.
Bull, 20, said she accidentally spilled salt on hamburger meat and told her supervisor and a co-worker, who "tried to thump the salt off."
Police Officer Wendell Adams got a burger made with the oversalted meat, and he returned a short time later and told the manager it made him sick.
Clearly it was Kendra Bull's fault -- 'cause people never get sick after eating McDonald's.
Also, did Officer Adams eat the whole darn burger? If so, why, if it truly was insanely salty? If not, could he really have gotten sick from a bite or two of super-salty hamburger? Regular customers of McDonald's presumably have a high tolerance for sodium.
Bull ended up getting charged with a misdemeanor. But what about when employees, to retaliate against customers who piss them off, add "extra-special sauce" to Big Macs? Would that be a felony?
(Gavel bang: commenter.)
Oversalted Burger Leads to Charges [Associated Press via Drudge Report]
(43) Comments
FIRST
She should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Serving bad unhealthy food is a crime.
"Accidentally" spilling salt all over a cop's burger and then serving it to him anyway sounds a bit implausible.
hooray I inspired an ATL post!
now i can go screw up my callback.
I'm aware of at least one case where a [really big fast food company] employee decided to put his own blood into a taco served to a police officer. The officer somehow detected the blood. The employee was charged with assault.
I found this article after a few seconds of googling:
http://www.careerjournal.com/myc/officelife/20010607-ordonez.html
Blood and salt are two totally different things - who knows what's in a person's blood - it could give you a disease. We're all pretty certain what's in table salt
Not just salt, but deliberately excessive salt. I can see some interesting legal arguments coming out of this at an assault (a salt, ha ha) trial.
Paul, Wiess Pro Bono Matter on front page of New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/us/10prison.html?em&ex=1189569600&en=cd6a5ca459e2b6a2&ei=5087%0A
You'd think reading comprehension would be a strong point for legal blog readers. The salt was spilled on burger meat, only some of which made it into the pig's burger.
More plausible as an accident, no?
It was sickeningly salty, yet he (apparently) ate the whole damn thing?
12:51 - Nasty. I'm glad we lawyers don't have to wear conspicuous uniforms.
I would have capped her ass on the spot!
I guess no one has seen "Super Troopers"?
Don't spit in that cop's burger.
Put their hand in the oil used to make the fries and I bet it wouldn't happen again. This is a comment on the link posted by 12:51.
I wonder what else they've had to "thump off" their burgers?
1:04,
you are an ass and sound like a immature child calling a police officer "pig". grow up.
I'll have a litre of Cola.
Say "Car Ramrod"
Say, I smell bacon. Does anyone else smell bacon?
Yeah, I definitely smell a pork product of some type.
Yeah, yeah. I know what you're doing. Bacon, pig, oink-oink, police officer. I said that to cops when I was your age.
As a Jew who loves Jew food, I am insulted that there is people even utter the phrase "too much salt." It's akin to saying "too much love and happiness." Please.
Also, when are we going to talk about Britney? I know it's not entirely law related, but being that her performance sealed the deal for KFed's custody battle, I can see it fitting in nicely as a "family law" type post...
more like "there are people who even utter the phrase"....
Sorry, I'm on a sodium high...
well i know from first hand experience that this does not only happen to cops, so next time you should really think twice about getting pissy with your waitress or while on the phone ordering carry out.
'cause a pig is a cop!
Massachusetts bar failer dropped his lawsuit over same-sex marriage question.
Or better yet a terminator
like Arnold Schwarzenegger
don't try to play me out like
as if my name was Sega
I want a liter cola: Mr. 1:18!!!!
gimme 6 schlitz.....or whatevers free....
Good thing she didn't try to give him incorrect change:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaHyuWgir8U
Hey Farva what's the name of that restaurant you like with all the goofy shit on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?
Sorry 3:14 I don't want to get pistol whipped . . . . . SHENANIGANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Littering and? Littering and? Littering and? Littering and? Littering and? Littering and? Littering and?
This is a bit off topic but what is the going rate for a decent prostitute in Union City, GA?
My penis to fully erect!
1:04,
Do you really think McDonald's is hand-shaping each burger patty to order? "Spilled on burger meat" means "poured onto the frozen patty that was going to become the cop's burger," genius.
It's way more interesting if it really was an accident. The story doesn't make sense as deliberate foul play; there are PLENTY of easier ways to corrupt a cop's burger, I'm sure.
Anyway, assuming it was an accident, I love that McDonald's supervisors are such cheap a-holes that this one would a) not just throw the $0.08 patty away and grab another one and b) would, after taking the time to help "thump off" the burger, when faced with the complaint, throw his/her poor stupid 20yo "family member" under the bus and let her get carted off to jail instead of taking responsibility.
Seriously, why did the cop eat the whole thing if it was so salty that it made him sick? Wouldn't he have know that after the first bite?
Christian Lawsuit Passachusetts bar-failing dude did in fact dismiss his lawsuit.
http://www.christianlawsuit.com/
Somehow he managed to paint it as a victory for his ideology...
Christian Lawsuit dude is also taking down most of his site. Google caches are still available, like this howler:
tephen Dunne, 30, of Boston is a law clerk. After completing a three-year program at Boston’s New England School of Law, he is preparing to pass the Massachusetts bar examination. In the evening he attends Northeastern University’s Masters in Business Administration program in Boston, hoping to someday become a prosecutor with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The first in his family to attend college, he graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Crime, Law and Justice. He made the Dean’s list three times while working full-time to pay his way through. Part of that work included six years with the United States Army National Guard based at Fort Indian Town Gap, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was commander of an armored personnel carrier. Stephen’s future plans include re-enlisting in the Army.
Stephen is a native of Dublin, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States on July 4, 1988 and became a United States Citizen as a result of his military service. While still attending college, he started a very successful landscaping business on the outskirts of Philadelphia that is now being run by his father. Upon graduation from law school, he would go on to start another business, this time inspecting real estate properties.
Stephen most enjoys spending time with his family, friends and girlfriend. He enjoys attending Red Sox games, the theater, reading about philosophy and history and outdoor activities, including running marathons. And don’t let him start talking about his love of old Ford Mustangs—he’ll never stop.
Most importantly, Christianity is what mostly fills his heart and shapes his life. Jesus Christ is his guiding light, his most important philosopher and friend.
i can has salty cheezburger?
I heard on CNN that the burger is actually being tested by the crime lab right now. Just speculation on my part but, maybe the cop suspects that it was so "salty" for reasons other than too much salt. We'll see what the lab says.
Anyone who lists Jesus Christ as his favorite philosopher not only does not enjoy reading philosophy, but likely does not understand what philosophy is.
arrested because the burger was too salty? moron cop on a power trip anyone? a hope this employee finds a good plaintiff's lawyer and brings a sec. 1983 suit.