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Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit
« on: April 20, 2012, 03:53:13 PM »
30 year old New Zealand mother of 8 dies of a heart attack in 2010.
Doctor testifies depressed potassium levels brought on by poor nutrition of Coca Cola and not much else.
30 cigarette a day habit probably didn't help.

Reported today by Trace on Studio B.

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Re: Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2012, 04:12:22 PM »
They were talking about this on the news today and said that her family is planning on suing coca-cola.  :thatsright:

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Re: Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2012, 04:32:22 PM »
They were talking about this on the news today and said that her family is planning on suing coca-cola.  :thatsright:

Yeah....  Cuz we all know the company held a gun to her head and made her drink it.
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Re: Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2012, 04:34:34 PM »
Yeah....  Cuz we all know the company held a gun to her head and made her drink it.

Yeah, they will be laughed out of court. People will sue for anything these days.

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Re: Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2012, 04:37:40 PM »
Yeah....  Cuz we all know the company held a gun to her head and made her drink it.
I think you are a little off on this. You got the gun right, but they offered her a choice of dogmeat or coke.
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Re: Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2012, 04:39:36 PM »
Yeah, they will be laughed out of court. People will sue for anything these days.

The courts allow the most idiotic lawsuits these days.
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Re: Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2012, 04:42:24 PM »
The courts allow the most idiotic lawsuits these days.

And lawyers take any case these days. Anything for them to make a dollar.

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Re: Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2012, 04:48:39 PM »
Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit sounds like it could be a thread in the DUmpster, if you change what sort of 'coke' it is referring to.  

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Re: Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2012, 05:04:09 PM »
Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit sounds like it could be a thread in the DUmpster, if you change what sort of 'coke' it is referring to.  
Ah, a true aficionado of phrases. I was hoping that interpretation would be a draw.
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Re: Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2012, 05:25:20 PM »
And lawyers take any case these days. Anything for them to make a dollar.

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Re: Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2012, 05:41:23 PM »
And lawyers take any case these days. Anything for them to make a dollar.
Will they take their fee in "cases" ?
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Re: Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit
« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2012, 07:17:33 PM »
Will they take their fee in "cases" ?

Maybe, they probably drink as much as the woman who died does.

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Re: Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2012, 11:51:23 AM »
Yeah, they will be laughed out of court. People will sue for anything these days.

Which is why we need loser pays tort reform. You bring a frivolous lawsuit and lose, you pay for the company's attorneys (I would set a cap on it to keep the company being sued from just loading up on attorneys to price it out of reach)

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Re: Woman Dies Of 2 Gallon A Day Coke Habit
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2012, 02:11:44 PM »
Which is why we need loser pays tort reform. You bring a frivolous lawsuit and lose, you pay for the company's attorneys (I would set a cap on it to keep the company being sued from just loading up on attorneys to price it out of reach)

Exactly. Loser pays tort reform will stop a lot of frivolous law suits.