Kucinich sues for $150k over olive pit

[danielan]

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[lxskllr]

Weak... I thought everyone knew to be careful with pitted fruits. Even if the pit's /supposed/ to be removed, sometimes they aren't; Even my daughter knows that. Must suck to be less competent than a 12 year old girl :^D

[sgreger1]

Damn Danielan, your gonna be in the money my man! Your gonna be rich!


One time I pimp slapped this hooker and stole her cash, then caused a traffic jam which I would later destroy with an RPG. At first I thought that it was probably my bad for causing all that carnage, but my lawyer convinced me that it was really this GTA IV video game that caused me to do it. And he convinced the jury too!



/Hurray for no responsibility!

[raptor]

Yeah, it's pretty frivolous, but Kucinich is probably the least corrupt politician on Capital Hill

[Darwin]

Just because he isn't corrupt doesn't mean he isn't a careless twit--and a jerk for suing someone for his own negligence. If it had been Kerry the suit would be a class action affair involving everyone who ever broke a tooth on a fruit pit and would be asking for 100 billion in damages.

[BradenL]

Honestly, I mean once you bite a sandwich and find a pit in your mouth you stop right? Clearly those in Capital Hill don't understand tthat which children do

[GoVegan]

There has to be something to this story we are missing.

[Bigblue1]

Well if the Olives weren't pitted at all then put on a samich I could see their being some liability. I mean come on you can't bury some rocks in a pita and expect people to reasonably suspect that there'd be rocks in there. If it was just a partial pit then totally frivolous.

[raptor]

True, pits and such can easily crack fillings or teeth when unexpected (like in a sandwich)

[SnusoMatic]

i managed restaurants for a while when i was younger. ive had people break teeth on bread and cuss me out. i had one man find a wall nail in his food and just hand it to me and smile. anyone who sues that much over a pit that he should have watched for should be made example of. how? i donno but it would be something legal and really bad.

[Owens187]

Well if the Olives weren't pitted at all then put on a samich I could see their being some liability. I mean come on you can't bury some rocks in a pita and expect people to reasonably suspect that there'd be rocks in there. If it was just a partial pit then totally frivolous.

Actually I agree with this. Before switching careers, I was a chef for a little over 10 years. Myself, and the folks under my supervision, were absolutely required to thoroughly check each and every peice of any type of pitted item that was going to be "hidden" from view (ie. a sandwich, wrap, burrito, pasta, etc etc. If in fact it was just some plain olives, and he didn't look for himself - well then he's a fu *king moron and deserves some busted teeth. But if it was in a sandwich, then any normal person would reasonably believe that they shouldn't need to check for themselves, and on those grounds he will win.

[internope]

I suppose that some of you actually take apart every sandwich that you eat to exam it for concealed olive pits?

You can bet your ass that if my teeth had been busted up from an olive buried in a sandwich that either I or my insurance company would ask the restaurant to take responsibility for their negligence and pay for the damage. If the restaurant would not pay then we would be going to court. Nothing frivolous about it.

[dpete]

There has to be something to this story we are missing.

I am on the Kucinich mail list and received this from him today.

"Regarding Settlement of Dental Injury Law Suit

Though I would prefer to focus your attention on my work dealing with the profoundly important issues that face our nation, such as job creation, getting the economy back on track, and ending the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - it seems that some are more interested in discussing my personal dental issues. Given the degree of public interest you should know some details:

This injury required nearly two years, three dental surgeries, and a substantial amount of money to rectify.

The legal action you have heard about was filed due to the severity, expense and duration of the dental injury, the complications which followed and which still persist. I wanted to resolve this matter without filing a lawsuit. The events below involved numerous dental visits, more than are detailed in this summary.The dental injury set in motion a chain of dental and medical events.

When I bit into the olive pit, (unbeknown to me at the time), upon impact the tooth split in half, vertically through the crown and the tooth, below the level of the bone. Externally there was no evidence of a break. This was not about aesthetics. The internal structure of the tooth was rendered nonrestorable.Although the pain was excruciating, I shook it off and I went right back to work.

This tooth is a key tooth which anchored my upper bridgework. The injured tooth and the bone above it became infected. I took a course of antibiotics for the infection, had an adverse reaction to the antibiotics which caused me to have an intestinal obstruction and emergency medical intervention.

Later, my dentist referred me to a specialist who informed me that the damaged tooth had to be removed. A third dentist removed the tooth and I was fitted for a temporary partial. I waited for the bone to heal. An implant was placed, but it failed. Many months later still a second implant succeeded. My bridgework had to be completely reconfigured, a new partial was designed, so this injury did not affect only one tooth, but rather involved six (6) replacement teeth as well. A new crown with a new precision attachment was engineered and put in place. To clarify, no dental expenses were covered by any health plan, nor did I have dental insurance that covered the injury, which, until it was resolved, affected my ability to chew food properly.

The clamor for information about this incident requires that I provide at least this much information. I would have liked to provide such details sooner but did not want it said that I was trying the case in the media. So that is why I declined any interviews about the matter.The parties have exchanged information and after some investigation and discussion have resolved the matter for an amount all parties believe reflects the actual out-of-pocket expenses related to this incident. The terms of the settlement are confidential; however, I feel that the defendants have responded fairly and reasonably. I don't want to have to make another dental visit for a very long time, and will be making no further comment on this matter."

[Slydel]

"To clarify, no dental expenses were covered by any health plan, nor did I have dental insurance that covered the injury, which, until it was resolved, affected my ability to chew food properly."

I don't know if this is complete BS, but it sure reeks of it. Do not our representatives have one of the best insurance programs in the nation? Please! Even if insurance did not cover the problems associated with him biting into food that might contain a pit, it is still his problem. He had all sorts of dental problems ("exceptions") that caused the massive problem. Get over the fact that you had all sorts of pre-existing conditions and be thankful that you are still alive because you might have died from that pit!

[Jwalker]

Oh boy I would say you could argue that they should pay for the tooth, but everything else is his own stupidity, he doesn't think hey I wonder if my mouth hurting is bad, he just ignores it, it gets infected and then he ignores the list of side effects and what to look for which I at least do (honestly that's I believe one of the most common ways people die), and needs surgery, I do have to hand it to him though he didn't try to do some multimillion dollar suit for "grievances" which is common, and he has to have insurance he's in congress. What's next your going to sue jack daniels because you drank seven pitchers of whiskey somehow survived and have brain damage and you want them to pay you in lost work and medical expenses.