Obesity Cited in Fast Food Suit
Obesity Cited in Fast Food Suit
Fri Jul 26,12:09 PM ET
NEW YORK (AP) - A man sued four leading fast food chains, claiming he became obese and suffered from other serious health problems from eating their fatty cuisine.
Caesar Barber, 56, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Bronx Supreme Court, naming McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
"They said `100 percent beef.' I thought that meant it was good for you," Barber told Newsday. "I thought the food was OK."
"Those people in the advertisements don't really tell you what's in the food," he said. "It's all fat, fat and more fat. Now I'm obese."
Barber, a 5-foot-10 maintenance worker who weighs 272 pounds, had heart attacks in 1996 and 1999 and has diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. He said he ate fast food for decades, believing it was good for him until his doctor cautioned him otherwise.
"The fast food industry has wrecked my life," Barber told the New York Post.
Barber said there is no history of heart disease or diabetes in his family. He said he started eating fast food in the 1950s because it was cheap and efficient.
His lawyer, Samuel Hirsch, said the restaurants should list ingredients on their menus.
"There is direct deception when someone omits telling people food digested is detrimental to their health," Hirsch said.
The four chains have been providing nutritional information, including carlorie and fat content, of their meals for many years.
Steven Anderson, chief executive and president of the National Restaurant Association, called Barbers claim "senseless and baseless."
"Obviously the lawsuit is a blatant attempt to capitalize on the recent publicity and news stories on the growing rates of obesity," he said.
stop acting like a fat piece of crap
I agree with you durbin.
WTF? It seems like a story of some fat SOB trying to cash in. Like the rest of us, he should take responsobility for his life, eat well, diet, and stop acting like a fat, lazy, piece of crap.
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maybe i was a little to harsh
Sorry about the insults that I was hurling at the guy trying to sue because Burger King so effectively markets their Whoppers.
I just like to think that I am responsible for my own actions, and I resent people who try to abuse our free society by making false accusations.
However, there is one potentially valid point in this lawsuit. Given that nothing McDonalds or Burger King sells ever needs to be eaten, and can only be considred unhealthy, should they be allowed to market to children? One could imagine a lawsuit where a young obeses man sues McDonalds for getting him hooked on the fatty foods marketed to him while he was a child. This is the basis of many of the lawsuits against the tobacco companies.
Here is an idea:
Maybe I should I sue my old man because I got his bad genes and have to work twice as hard to put on any weight in the gym. That sounds like a good idea..... Maybe I will sue for a couple of thousand.... enough for 10 weeks of sust/deca/fina..... and a couple of million for emotional stress. Not to mention pain and suffering for all of those injections
;)