Diacetyl

[jhoyda]

Can make you $7.2 million

 

[RainyDay]

People never cease to amaze me. This is one of the reasons other countries hate America so much. 2 bags a day for years and he thought there'd be no comsequence? Im appalled that he won...

 

[RainyDay]

People never cease to amaze me. This is one of the reasons other countries hate America so much. 2 bags a day for years and he thought there'd be no comsequence? Im appalled that he won...

Should have read consequence...mobile phone, fat fingers.

 

[Nightshade]

and he has no personal responsibility in the matter?

Seriously, unless Kroeger himself came to the house and forced him to eat those bags of popcorn every day then I see it as suing the spoon manufacturer for your obesity issue.

This country is going down the tubes quickly.

 

[ArcLight]

Can make you $7.2 million

Thats it for me, I'm giving up brewing.

And beer drinking.

No way I want to die from that.

I need a new hobby.

:cross:



(Actually, I had read that diacetyl may be harmful if heated and inhaled over a long time. I don't see how eating 2 bags would expose one to enough diacetyl to cause damage. I would not expect consumers to know about its dangers, because there probably isnt enough exposure.)

 

[xmacro]

There's no science behind the verdict; most like the jury just saw a big corporation, deep pockets and decided to go off the rails.

The suit was a joke, a jackpot jury.

 

[jhoyda]

There's no science behind the verdict; most like the jury just saw a big corporation, deep pockets and decided to go off the rails.

The suit was a joke, a jackpot jury.

Yep, a jury of your peers isn't necessarily the smartest group.

Remember when the guy from Blink 182 was in the airplane crash? The NTSB determined the pilot elected to abort a takeoff after V1. V1 is the speed limit established for each takeoff before which you can safely stop on the remaining runway. Essentially, if a problem comes up after V1 you are going to deal with it in the air. Should have been case closed: pilot error.

But the pilot didn't have deep pockets, so they sued the airplane manufacturer, the brake manufacturer, and the tire manufacturer. Seems logical to me.