Crybaby Of The Year Award 2011

[AZhitman]

Let's keep this one going all year... In December, we'll take a vote.

Bring on the challengers:

Dennis "I have a frail mouth and my boyfriend loves it" Kucinich:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_kucinich_ ... NpbmljaHM-

[srellim234]

Since no one is commenting, we have no idea the actual circumstances. If it is verifiable that the "injury" resulted from that specific food wrap, he should at least be able to recover dental expenses. If the companies have consistently stonewalled paying for it or flat out refused to address the issue with him then he has no recourse but to seek a solution in court, going for punitive damages for the companies' behavior.

I have a cap on a tooth that was damaged 20 years ago from a bone fragment in some Jimmy Dean sausage. When I contacted the company after the tooth cracked, they were extremely cooperative in looking into it and took care of having a local lab verify that it was a piece of pork bone. After that, no questions asked. They paid the dental bills and offered a few extra bucks for the inconvenience. I let them pay the bills but turned down the additional, believing that accidents do indeed happen and it wasn't intentional on their part.

We don't know yet what communication (or lack thereof) has transpired between defendants and plaintiffs prior to the filing. Years have already passed; something must have led up to the decision to file the suit. If he started out as a "crybaby" intent on filing it would have happened a long time ago.

[Eikon]

$150,000 for a hurt tooth? He's a scumbag.

[IBCoupe]

I'm with srellim. It seems to me that if you wait almost three full years before filing suit, it's not because you're overreacting to the actual injury. The amount sought is probably a message to the people he's dealing (or not dealing) with.

That's a "No" vote from me.

[BusyBadger]

It seems to me that if you wait almost three full years before filing suit, it's not because you're overreacting to the actual injury.

Absolutely correct, like all good politicians he's leading by example. In this case, Special K is showing the people how easy it is to wait his turn until the doctor can see him.

[bigbadberry3]

What no picture of Boehner?

[IBCoupe]

Let's keep it clean.

[AZhitman]

What no picture of Boehner?

Keep your boner to yourself.

$150,000 means he's a douche. I don't believe in karma, but if I did, I'd support someone showing him what $150,000 of dental work feels like.

Way to file a frivolous suit against what is VERY likely a small business owner who's barely making it. Jackass.

[srellim234]

Compass Group USA is the world's largest food service company doing over $14.5 billion a year in over 10,000 accounts. Performance Foodservice (I am assuming that's the division of Performance Food Products Co. involved) has 18 distribution companies distributing from "Maine to Miami, and the Atlantic to the Pacific".

Way to shoot from the hip without even doing a simple search for the companies, AZ.

http://www.cgnad.com/

http://www.pfgc.com/About/Pages/Perform ... rvice.aspx

[stebo0728]

I never got this whole, "i bit into this" crap. I dont know about anyone else, but I chew my food carefully, biting down slowly at first in case of foreign material. My gosh if he was famished from weathering one his own filabusters, he shouldnt be scarfing his food down so damned fast - LAWLS

[AZhitman]

Compass Group USA is the world's largest food service company doing over $14.5 billion a year in over 10,000 accounts. Performance Foodservice (I am assuming that's the division of Performance Food Products Co. involved) has 18 distribution companies distributing from "Maine to Miami, and the Atlantic to the Pacific".

Way to shoot from the hip without even doing a simple search for the companies, AZ.

http://www.cgnad.com/

http://www.pfgc.com/About/Pages/Perform ... rvice.aspx

Means nothing to me. In my defense, the article says "suing a congressional cafeteria". The cafeteria in the State Capitol (where I eat 3 times a week) is owned and operated by a blind guy and his disabled wife.

$150K for a cracked tooth still makes him a vindictive little pantywaist. An olive pit? In a dish that includes olives? It's not like he bit into a broken-off drill bit (WTF is THAT doing in my wrap?)

If he hadn't been a wanker, I'm sure they'd have been more than happy to take care of his dental work, and maybe even compensate him for the hassle - THAT would be fair.

I hope PFGC's lawyers rip him a new one.

[srellim234]

Try again. The Longworth Cafeteria is operated by Restaurant Associates, who operates (in their own words) "over 100 prestigious locations". Reading the reviews, it is absolutely not a mom and pop type operation. Nothing but the best for our poor pampered congresspeople.

You actually are sounding like those who incorrectly blamed Palin for the shooting in your state. You are assuming things about people without the factual evidence to back it up.

http://www.restaurantassociates.com/aboutus/

http://www.yelp.com/biz/longworth-cafeteria-washington

[AZhitman]

Ok. Whatever. DON'T CARE. I thought my last post made that clear. Guess not.

Let me make myself crystal-clear: I don't give a rat's tofu-flavored a$$ if the company he is suing has more money than Bill Gates and Warren Buffett put together. I don't care if they have more locations than McDonald's, I don't care if they're more profitable than Subway, and I don't care if the CEO of the company worships the devil and shoves kittens in a meat grinder for entertainment while whistling a Katie Perry song.

Rep. Kucinich is an a$$ for thinking his chipped tooth is worth $150K.

[AZhitman]

You actually are sounding like those who incorrectly blamed Palin for the shooting in your state.

Uhh, what?

Quite a stretch there. In fact, there's no "blame" theme to this thread...

...well, other than the pathetic libby who wants to blame someone else to the nth degree for a simple accident.

[n00b240]

I saw this on the news this morning. What tha f***. A f*** Olive Pit. 150k, got damn, some dentist robbed him!

[srellim234]

"Means nothing to me. In my defense, the article says "suing a congressional cafeteria". The cafeteria in the State Capitol (where I eat 3 times a week) is owned and operated by a blind guy and his disabled wife." _ AZHitman

"Way to file a frivolous suit against what is VERY likely a small business owner who's barely making it." _ AZHitman

In fact, You were the one who brought the size of the business into this discussion and tried to drum up sympathy for the "small business owner". If it didn't matter to you why did you bring it up on multiple occasions?

As I put in my first post, we don't know the circumstances, communications, etc. that have gone on between the two parties for the years since the incident. If the companies have refused to even consider the incident, ignored the possibility that one of their products caused an injury, instead told him to go to h*ll and otherwise behave like pr*cks he would have no choice but to file a suit large enough to get the multimillion and multibillion dollar corporations' attention.

I'm reserving judgement on him at this point since I've been through a very similar situation. I was fortunate to deal with a company that was very cooperative. Once more comes out about what has transpired the last couple of years I may very well decide, like you, that the politician is being unreasonable. I have already decided that it was most likely an accident and not a major flaw in procedure the company ignored or we would have people all over the country complaining about olive pits in sandwiches. If the company took his initial complaint seriously then I will side with the company. But I want EVIDENCE before I decide one way or the other.

[AZhitman]

Fair enough. I mistook your lack of rush to judgment for a defense of the aggrieved. My bad.

[C-Kwik]

$150,000 for a hurt tooth? He's a scumbag.

$150,000 means he's a douche.

I saw this on the news this morning. What tha f***. A f**king Olive Pit. 150k, got damn, some dentist robbed him!

It is unlikely that the parties settled at $150K. Like IBC stated this likely has more to do with posturing. Legal strategies are not so straightforward as what you see. Consider that filing the suit helps to communicate how strongly the plaintiff feels about the value of his case (that it is higher than was being offered by the defendant). If the defendant felt just as strongly about their number or more, then they likely would have postured to defend the case. Think of the notion of walking out of a car dealership when you feel the deal is not what you want. This can be done purposefully to see if the dealer will bite and keep you from walking off the lot by taking your offer more seriously. This kind of thing typically goes on all the way through to a jury verdict. Negotiations still occur even during trial. Its not uncommon to see a case settle just before a jury verdict is even read as each side might feel a little shaky about the strength of their case during trial. A defendant might offer a larger settlement because they are worried about the potential that a jury may come back with a huge judgment against them. Or the plaintiff may accept less than they wanted because they are worried that the jury will come back with a small award. The fact that it settled out of court means the settlement was agreeable for both parties.

And as far as the size of the business, it makes no difference. It could be run by a cripple and it would have no bearing on the value of the injury (except maybe in terms of jury sympathy which technically shouldn't happen but does). And even a small business owner would be dumb not to carry a liability policy for just such a circumstance. Hell, its probably required by the lease agreement.