Comments on: Rep. Dennis Kucinich sues House cafeteria over olive pit in sandwich

By: Kucinich vs. The Olive Pit in a World of Injustice - She Negotiates - And changes everything... - Forbes

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:13:43 +0000

[…] And, if you’re a Democrat, known to be in tight with the trial lawyers who represent injured people on a contingency fee, you don’t want to fuel the whole anti-lawyer-frivolous-lawsuit bias in American politics. Meticulously covering that scene is my friend Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Blog which, of course, covers the Kucinch suit today. […]

By: Update: Kucinich settles olive-pit suit

Update: Kucinich settles olive-pit suit — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:52:06 +0000

[…] Ohio lawmaker gives his side of the story. Earlier […]

By: Jason Barney

Jason Barney — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:04:20 +0000

I’m surprised to learn that Kucinich claims no costs were paid by any health plan and that he had no dental insurance. As a federal employee I would suspect those benefits would be available. And, if the injury occurred at an employer-sponsored cafeteria on a typical meal break I would expect workers’ compensation benefits to apply. I’m aware collateral source rule applies–I’m just saying it seems odd that he claims he had no other way to offset the costs he incurred.

By: John L

John L — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:29:58 +0000

Would this clear things up?
http://kucinich.us/index.php

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:53:46 +0000

Really, this seems to picking up steam around the net.

By: CarLitGuy

CarLitGuy — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:25:34 +0000

Saw it mentioned today on the news while grabbing some quick calories at the local Taco Bell. Manager there claimed ignorance of the proposed class action filed against them. My order number was similar to prior visits at about the same time. Doesn’t appear that their business has been affected by the claims, though “Taco Bell – 35% beef?” is apparently moving up in search frequency, according to my home page…

Its a strangely ignorant world, in spite of all the sources of news and/or gossip now available to us.

By: captnhal

captnhal — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:37:05 +0000

“Even if he were to win his $150K, can it be worth it, considering the extensive negative publicity he is now getting? Is this the kind of “sound” judgement we want in higher level elected officials?”

Except for this web site and its links it doesn’t seem to me that this story is getting a whole lot of publicity. I haven’t heard it mentioned anywhere else. As DK has no chance of winning his party’s nomination in 2012 or ever, I don’t see that his opponents will bother to make an issue of this.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:22:08 +0000

Even if he were to win his $150K, can it be worth it, considering the extensive negative publicity he is now getting? Is this the kind of “sound” judgement we want in higher level elected officials?

By: Jason Barney

Jason Barney — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:10:50 +0000

My working knowledge in this area of claims is the “consumer expectation test”. That is, can a typical consumer reasonably expect pits in olives, even those advertised at pitted? Probably. However, when you put olives in a sandwich (as opposed to, for instance, serving them directly from a can) I believe the answer is a clear “no”. No consumer reasonably expects a pit in a sandwich any more than one expects chicken bones in a chicken salad sandwich.

By: GregS

GregS — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:07:34 +0000

I guess this is Kucinich’s way of announcing that he isn’t planning to run for President in 2012, since this single action has rendered him unelectable. I mean, if you can’t cope with an olive pit in your sandwich, how can you be qualified to handle the leadership of the entire United States?