I've broken fillings, chipped teeth, and done other costly damage while eating sandwiches, popcorn, grapes, yoghurt, soup, and other items that I reasonably expected to be bone-, stone-, pit- and kernel-free. And yet it never once occurred to me that the suffering and expense should be blamed on someone, preferably someone other than me, and with deep pockets. Accidents happen. Life is not pain free, and I believe that when something bad happens it doesn't always need to be someone's fault.
Unlike Dennis Kucinich, eight-term Representative from Ohio, who is suing the House cafeteria for $150,000 in damages incurred three years ago when he bit into a sandwhich and had an unpleasant encounter with an olive pit.
What was Kucinich thinking? Like a spoiled toddler or delinquent teen, does he believe negative publicity is better than none? Could $150,000 possibly make up for being remembered as the politician who sued a sandwich-maker over an olive pit? He should have learned a lesson from Stella Liebeck, whose name became synonymous with frivolous lawsuits after she filed suit against McDonald's over hot coffee.
