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01-22-2003, 03:55 PM
Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, if you want Mickey D's now you can go, but you can't sue.
“IF CONSUMERS know (or reasonably should know) the potential ill health effects of eating at McDonald’s, they cannot blame McDonald’s if they, nonetheless, choose to satiate their appetite with a surfeit of supersized McDonald’s products,” U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet said in his ruling Wednesday.
Plaintiffs’ attorney Samuel Hirsch had argued that the high fat, sugar and cholesterol content of McDonald’s food is “a very insipid, toxic kind of thing” when ingested regularly by youngsters.
According to McDonald’s Web site, a Big Mac packs 590 calories and 34 grams of fat while a large serving of french fries weighs in at 540 calories and 26 grams of fat.
Hirsch maintained that while people may generally understand that fast-food burgers and fries are not health food, they do not realize just how bad they can be.
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McDonald’s spokesman Walt Riker said in a statement Wednesday that “common sense has prevailed. We said from the beginning that this was a frivolous lawsuit.”
Hirsch did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
McDonald’s shares were up 5 cents to $15.39 each in midday trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
“IF CONSUMERS know (or reasonably should know) the potential ill health effects of eating at McDonald’s, they cannot blame McDonald’s if they, nonetheless, choose to satiate their appetite with a surfeit of supersized McDonald’s products,” U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet said in his ruling Wednesday.
Plaintiffs’ attorney Samuel Hirsch had argued that the high fat, sugar and cholesterol content of McDonald’s food is “a very insipid, toxic kind of thing” when ingested regularly by youngsters.
According to McDonald’s Web site, a Big Mac packs 590 calories and 34 grams of fat while a large serving of french fries weighs in at 540 calories and 26 grams of fat.
Hirsch maintained that while people may generally understand that fast-food burgers and fries are not health food, they do not realize just how bad they can be.
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McDonald’s spokesman Walt Riker said in a statement Wednesday that “common sense has prevailed. We said from the beginning that this was a frivolous lawsuit.”
Hirsch did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
McDonald’s shares were up 5 cents to $15.39 each in midday trading on the New York Stock Exchange.