Nutjob Dennis Kucinich Sues Cafeteria Over Olive

[I Ratant]

Wow. I've had several root canals and several crowns. None have ever approached $4,000, much less $40,000.

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I had a root canal -on- a root canal, among others, and have paid nothing but the office visit fee, if memory serves.
I think the insurance I have now would have me assist more.

 

[I Ratant]

There is absolutely no question that the case has merit.

The question is, how did the cafeteria operators respond to any complaint they may have recieved?

Beyond the cost of getting his teeth fixed, there is the issue of the pain he suffered. I am sure it must have hurt like a mofo. I would consider it an additional grievance if the operators just figured to pay the dental bill and say "Stuff happens, let's move on." They go on with their business and Kucinich has to live with the memory of a meal gone horribly wrong.

Excuse me, but I have always felt that if you cause someone to suffer pain or hardship in your pursuit of profit, you owe the victim some recompense. You have no intrinsic right to serve an unsafe food. You have a right to expect that the food you purchase is safe.

If you commit a tortious act, you need to be prepared to pay a penalty as well as just fixing what went wrong. It keeps people a little more honest to have to worry about that sort of thing.

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Dunno 'bout you, but I prefer my food un-prechewed!

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

And they don't owe him anything for the pain they caused him?

I have no idea how you can reach such a conclusion.

$150,000? I'll sign up to crack a tooth if that's what I get.

And how long did he "suffer"? A day? Two? You crack your tooth, you go to the dentist and get it fixed.

I bet if this was Rush Limbaugh or a teabagger, your opinion would be a bit different. Odd, that.

 

[I Ratant]

And they don't owe him anything for the pain they caused him?

I have no idea how you can reach such a conclusion.

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There is something awry with using unpitted olives in a sandwich.

 

[sadhatter]

Sometimes i think i am an overly nice person I got Broken glass in "puck bits " ( little garlic bread balls. And i only requested $50 worth of free food. Which i ordered after my mouth was back to normal.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

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There is something awry with using unpitted olives in a sandwich.

I'm pretty sure they weren't intentionally unpitted.

 

[JoeTheJuggler]

When I saw the thread title, my initial thought was "what did he think the olive was saying to him?"

When I read it, I wondered whether the defendant would be Bluto or Popeye.

 

[portlandatheist]

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Dunno 'bout you, but I prefer my food un-prechewed!

I do as well. It's difficult to see how the cafeteria was negligent here. Should they pretest each and every olive? This story reminds me of folks that get injured paragliding or hang gliding and they sue their instructor, the land owner, and the manufacturer of their equipment when nobody was negligent and thus ruins the sport for everybody else (Edel was sued out of business, most land owners won't let us anywhere near their land to fly for liability reasons).
Every now and then, pitted olives actually have pits. Be careful and buyer beware.

 

[I Ratant]

Yeah, and the occasional mouse in the Diet Snapple just adds some chewiness to the beverage.
Protein and weight loss!
Great combination.

 

[KingMerv00]

Insurance is legally irrelevant. Even if insurance pays for your injury, you are still allowed to sue.

I do as well. It's difficult to see how the cafeteria was negligent here. Should they pretest each and every olive? This story reminds me of folks that get injured paragliding or hang gliding and they sue their instructor, the land owner, and the manufacturer of their equipment when nobody was negligent and thus ruins the sport for everybody else (Edel was sued out of business, most land owners won't let us anywhere near their land to fly for liability reasons).
Every now and then, pitted olives actually have pits. Be careful and buyer beware.

The cafeteria could haul the olive people into court for not providing pitted olives.

Personally, I wouldn't sue unless the injury was severe but he certainly is allowed to if he'd like.

 

[BenBurch]

Wow. I've had several root canals and several crowns. None have ever approached $4,000, much less $40,000.

Re-iterating the main point; When you sue you never sue for what you actually expect to get. $150K is not an outrageous starting point.

When a careless driver hit my car and sent me to a week in the ICU and 9 months in a wheelchair and on crutches and lifelong foot pain, we sued for a million and settled for $40,000.

That is just how this is done.

 

[WildCat]

Yeah, and the occasional mouse in the Diet Snapple just adds some chewiness to the beverage.
Protein and weight loss!
Great combination.

A mouse isn't part of a bottle of Snapple.

All olives, however, have pits. This is no different from a fish filet that has a bone in it. Sure, a filet is supposed to be boneless but the bone is part of the fish and you assume the risk of eating a bone when you eat fish.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Re-iterating the main point; When you sue you never sue for what you actually expect to get. $150K is not an outrageous starting point.

When a careless driver hit my car and sent me to a week in the ICU and 9 months in a wheelchair and on crutches and lifelong foot pain, we sued for a million and settled for $40,000.

That is just how this is done.

I'm focusing on the $4,000 root canal.

 

[WildCat]

Insurance is legally irrelevant. Even if insurance pays for your injury, you are still allowed to sue.

But aren't you supposed to reimburse the insurance company for what they paid out if you prevail in the lawsuit?

 

[Modified]

Every now and then, pitted olives actually have pits. Be careful and buyer beware.

I've bitten down on a few, painfully enough the last time that I'm pretty careful now.

 

[BenBurch]

I'm focusing on the $4,000 root canal.

It involved several visits an oral surgeon, three visits to my dentist, and a porcelain cosmetic crown that itself was $1500. Some sorts of crowns can run as high as $3000, and bridgework even higher.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

It involved several visits an oral surgeon, three visits to my dentist, and a porcelain cosmetic crown that itself was $1500. Some sorts of crowns can run as high as $3000, and bridgework even higher.

Don't derail the thread.

 

[BenBurch]

But aren't you supposed to reimburse the insurance company for what they paid out if you prevail in the lawsuit?

You bet you are. And your lawyer will do that before your check gets cut.

 

[BenBurch]

A mouse isn't part of a bottle of Snapple.

All olives, however, have pits. This is no different from a fish filet that has a bone in it. Sure, a filet is supposed to be boneless but the bone is part of the fish and you assume the risk of eating a bone when you eat fish.

Which is why I have seen notices on menus that say "Filleted fish may still contain small bones, exercise care when eating" which I am sure were put there after a successful lawsuit.

 

[dirtywick]

i think my one crown was $1200 before insurance. probably if i hadn't had insurance it would have cost whatever my copayment was, which i think was like $250.

I just got a crown last week, no insurance. $1041 + $91 for x-rays. The recement of another crown was $130.

It involved several visits an oral surgeon, three visits to my dentist, and a porcelain cosmetic crown that itself was $1500. Some sorts of crowns can run as high as $3000, and bridgework even higher.

That doesn't sound uncomplicated. Either way, a crown and a root canal are two different procedures as not all root canals require a crown.

But yeah, dental work isn't cheap.