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Rep. Kucinich sues over olive pit in sandwich (for $150,000)
SFGate.com ^ | 1/26/11 | Andrew Miga - ap

Posted on 01/26/2011 12:52:47 PM PST by NormsRevenge

Democratic congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio has sued a congressional cafeteria for dental damage he says he suffered after biting into an olive pit in a sandwich wrap he bought there.

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The suit says the wrap "contained dangerous substances, namely an olive pit" that a consumer would not reasonably expect to find in the product served. The suit says that Kucinich suffered "serious and permanent" dental and oral injuries requiring multiple surgical and dental procedures.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: kucinich; napl; olivepit; sandwich; sues
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To: Venturer
IT WASN'T ME!


61 posted on 01/26/2011 2:19:28 PM PST by TheOldLady ("...Communists in Congress, and Islamics everywhere, are showing who they truly are." - Lazamataz)
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To: NormsRevenge; Slings and Arrows; Daffynition

62 posted on 01/26/2011 2:23:35 PM PST by paulycy (Liberals suck all the joy out of America. Let's make them stop.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Three years after the fact for a tort negligence or product liability claim? My first reaction was statute of limitations but it is 3 years after the fact.

The problem with this claim is that I bet it will be settled for a lower amount. Dennis gets his cut, and the liability insurance industry stays in business with their premiums. I'd like to see the $150K injuries from this. Even cores/crowns are under 2K.

63 posted on 01/26/2011 2:25:14 PM PST by Darren McCarty (We should lead ourselves instead of looking for leaders)
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To: NormsRevenge

Of course then he’ll sue the olive packer, the jar or can manufacturer it came in, then there’s the olive producer producing a dangerous product with no warning label then of course the trucking company; not to mention the person who made the sammich, - need I go on???


64 posted on 01/26/2011 2:41:17 PM PST by ReverendJames (Only A Painter Or A Liberal Can Change Black To White)
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To: fortheDeclaration

Re: Democrats being Democrats.

Amen to that.


65 posted on 01/26/2011 2:45:21 PM PST by jesseam (Been there, done that)
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To: NormsRevenge

Maybe he’s thinking of using the payoff to fund an ear job.......


66 posted on 01/26/2011 2:49:00 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (The only thing Super Glue is good for is gluing your fingers together.....)
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To: paulycy

You could drive the Queen Mary through that opening! LOL

Let’s see. Taxpayer’s provide him with the dental insurance............taxpayers subsidize the congressional cafeteria ............WHOA! We’ve just been sued folks.

>>unwholesome food???<< .. I thought Mediterranean diets were healthy...what will Moochelle say? I’ll wait for her definitive comment.


67 posted on 01/26/2011 4:13:57 PM PST by Daffynition ( Live EACH DAY as if it were your last, but EXPECT that there still may be a tomorrow.)
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To: Daffynition
Let’s see. Taxpayer’s provide him with the dental insurance............taxpayers subsidize the congressional cafeteria ............WHOA! We’ve just been sued folks.

Taxpayers pay his salary that pays for the lawyer, etc. etc. etc...

68 posted on 01/26/2011 4:23:25 PM PST by paulycy (Liberals suck all the joy out of America. Let's make them stop.)
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To: Nachum; 444Flyer

Did you hear about this one?


69 posted on 01/26/2011 5:58:33 PM PST by HollyB
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To: tsowellfan

It’s one thing to have the costs of the dental work covered, but $150,000. But, I’m sure Kucinich has a golden dental plan to cover the expenses.


70 posted on 01/26/2011 6:00:36 PM PST by HollyB
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To: paulycy

Let me tune up my banjo...


71 posted on 01/26/2011 9:03:51 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Steely Tom
I bit into a “breakfast sandwich” from a local convenience store that had something very hard in it; that something broke one of my molars, and the resulting repair, which operation involved a root-canal and a cap, cost more than $2000. It never occurred to me to sue. What a fool I am.

While in Costa Rica last October I broke a molar on a frozen Milky Way bar. I should sue myself for putting the candy in the freezer. Fortunalely a new crown down there was only $500 (porcelain crown, 24-hour turnaround).

72 posted on 01/26/2011 9:24:18 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: NormsRevenge

The House cafeteria was privatized a few years back. That’s the real reason this tin foil hat wearing commie wants to sue!!


73 posted on 01/28/2011 10:19:05 AM PST by Mier (Early Reminder - Nov. 2012.... Take Out The Rest Of Trash!!!!!)
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