Happy Meal lawsuit dismissed by Calif. judge

AP via SFGate ^ | 4/5/12

[SmithL]

Children in California will still be able to get toys with their Happy Meals.

A San Francisco judge has dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit that sought to stop McDonald's Corp. from using toys to market its meals to children in the Golden State.

[LadyBuck]

That’s good news.

The toy is the only edible thing in a Happy Meal :-)

[max americana]

They have better coffee than Starbucks tho ;), I’ll give em’ that.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

A judge in SF with common sense? How did HE get appointed?

[NormsRevenge]

That Judge deserves a break today.. at MCDonald’s!

[Persevero]

I don’t understand. I thought the Board of Supervisors had made it illegal in the City and County of SF to include toys with kids’ meals.

So why would CSPI be suing to make it illegal?

[SmithL]

San Francisco made it illegal to include toys in a Happy Meal. (McDonald's got around that law by selling a toy if you buy a Happy Meal)

This was a suit to bar toys with Happy Meals, state-wide.

[LadyBuck]

...but doesn’t everybody make better coffee than Starbucks?

:-)

[BlueLancer]

" I thought the Board of Supervisors had made it illegal in the City and County of SF to include toys with kids’ meals."

My understanding of this was that they made it illegal for McD to "give away" the toys with the meal. McD got around that by charging an extra minimal charge (not sure if it was 1 or 10 cents) for the toy with the meal.