I just don't understand this lawsuit. McDonalds clearly had no knowledge or had ANY part of the fraud mentioned.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
This is easily explained.
#1. He's a lawyer. #2. He's from Chicago. #3. We live in the most litigous society in history, where even a frivolous lawsuit can net some idiot millions (of which the lawyer gets 30%.)
Posted by MeGotBeer (Member # 411) on :
Actually, since McDonald's knew about the fraud for at least the past year, and knew that their last games were being rigged (which they and the Justice Department used to nail those responsible), one could very easily make the case that McD's very well knew that their games were rigged ... Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :
Bad tort, bad tort.
Clearly Simon Marketing should be the defendant in the case and not the Big Mac.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
'Course McDonald's should turn around a sue the criminals, thereby getting their money back. Then everyone's happy.
The thing I really don't understand is the arguement that people went to McDonald's more often and bought super-size fries instead of regular, and so on. If this behavior cost anyone so much extra money that it's worth suing over, they're probably already dead of a heart attack from eating so much McDonald's food.
Posted by MeGotBeer (Member # 411) on :
When I was working at Blockbuster (many years ago during High School), the rental fee was raised a penny.
Why?
Because a lawyer thought the tax was too high on the video rentals, and threatened to sue. Blockbuster did some checking, and realized they were rounding the tax down a penny, when they should've been rounding up.
Of course, that could just've been the story they were feeding everyone to keep people from getting too upset.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
While I would agree that this particular case doesn't appear to be McDonald's fault, I'm not at all sure I see why they should be automatically exempt. This was their contest, after all. They hired the company they did. They still have some responsibility. Don't you remember Star Trek VI?
Posted by MeGotBeer (Member # 411) on :
quote:Don't you remember Star Trek VI?
There was a fast food resteraunt running a rigged game in Star Trek VI? I must've missed that ...
Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :
Kirk's ship, Kirk's mission, and Kirk's crew.
McD's is having a new contest give away about $10 Mil in prizes. I think this was their plan in order to find a way to nail the culprits and apologize to the customers.
So they feel a measure of regret and are providing compensation. What more do you want, beat their heads down with a crowbar?
And besides, in a case like this, you do not want to let their culprits know they've been watched. Course McD's knew. The FBI told then while they were holding a contest. They wanted to flush out the culprit, not scare them away.
Sue Simon Marketing. They're the real culprit.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
To clarify, if I recall correctly, the FBI made their case to McDonald's last year, and requested that they hold another contest this year to catch the bad guys, as Tahna said.
