Where's The Personal Responsibility?

It's lawsuits like this one that infuriate me. A Morgantown man, his mother and his friend are suing McDonald's for $10 million. According to the Charleston Daily Mail here's why.

Jeromy Jackson says he bit into a hamburger and had a severe allergic reaction to the cheese melted on it. His mother Trela Jackson and friend Andrew Ellifritz are parties to the lawsuit because they say they risked their lives rushing Jeromy to the hospital.

The lawsuit alleges Jeromy "was only moments from death" or serious injury by the time he reached the hospital.

"We're interested in seeing McDonald's take responsibility and change a systemic quality control problem that endangers the lives of up to 12 million Americans with allergies," said Timothy Houston, their lawyer.

Jeromy did his part to make it known he didn't want cheese on the hamburgers because he is allergic, Houston said.

He told a worker through the ordering speaker and then two workers face-to-face at the pay and pick-up windows that he couldn't eat cheese, Houston said.

"By my count, he took at least five independent steps to make sure that thing had no cheese on it," Houston said. "And it did and almost cost him his life."

It's a shame Jeromy didn't take the step of personal responsibility and check the burger himself. He is an adult. If you knew something had the potential to kill you would you put your life in the hands of the staff at a fast food eatery? This Einstein claims he did and they screwed up his order. Who hasn't had an order filled incorrectly at a junk food dispensary? For pity's sake, it's not a pharmacy.

Even though McDonald's offered to pick up the cost of the medical bills, that's not enough. Jeromy, mama and the friend want 10 million. If they succeed in extorting McDonald's like the infamous coffee burn idiot did back in 1992 we will never be safe from the cretins who are too obtuse to watch out for themselves. We will all pay increased costs and perhaps even not be able to get cheese, lest it fall into the wrong hands. Our judiciary system needs to stop the madness and keep compensation reasonable and just. And also, let them disbar the shyster lawyers that promote such ludicrous litigation.