Courier Journal story on continuing trial in Bullitt County. McD's lawyers may finish up case today.
A McDonald's executive testified yesterday that Louise Ogborn should have known she had the right to stop a humiliating strip search at its Mount Washington restaurant under a company policy that prohibits offensive conduct in its stores.
This tale just got worse. Apparently, McD's $55,000.00 psychiatrist has testified that Ogburn is "better off" for having gone through this. If I were a juror, that nasty attempt would justify at least 8 figures' worth of damage before I even considered anything else.
I guess they're going to rely on decades of "we need tort reform, look at the coffee case" propaganda - I've noticed that on some boards, that little nugget is starting to pop up. I'm also wondering whether anybody is planning to empanel a grand jury on the maintenance man's affidavit or the alteration of time records? Was there a lawyer involved in those preparations, and has his/her state bar been notified?
Anyway, the McD defenders really aren't looking at the Milgram or Stanford experiments to see how predictably the whole thing played out.
Posted by: Todd K. Bolus | Friday, September 28, 2007 at 02:48 PM