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Confucius
07-25-2005, 04:01 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California prison inmate has sued a Florida food packager after biting into a human fingertip in one of its packaged vegetarian meals, his lawyer said on Friday.


Felipe Rocha, imprisoned on drug charges in California's maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, is seeking at least $75,000 (43,135 pounds) in damages from G.A. Food Services after biting into the fingertip lost by one of the company's workers in an industrial accident, said attorney Jeffrey Schwarzschild.


The St. Petersburg, Florida-based food packager could not be reached for comment.


The company has apologized for the March incident but Rocha was not satisfied, said Schwarzschild.


"He suffered mental and physical injuries because of it because Mr. Rocha is a vegetarian," Schwarzschild said. "He became violently ill and couldn't eat because of the incident and he lost 15 pounds (7 kg)."


Rocha filed his lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.


In nearby San Jose, California, a Las Vegas couple face charges they planted a human finger in a bowl of chile at a local Wendy's International Inc. restaurant in a case that has drawn international attention.
jamesrage
07-25-2005, 04:32 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California prison inmate has sued a Florida food packager after biting into a human fingertip in one of its packaged vegetarian meals, his lawyer said on Friday.

I thought there was laws keeping criminal scum from profiting while in prison.Why is this inmate even being allowed to sue.A judge should slap the lawer in,sentence the inmate to more years in prison and remind the inmate that he is there as a punishment and not there on some resort vacation.Of course I bet the idiot judge will allow this idiotic lawsuit to proceed.This is even more proof that there are lawers out there who are only in it for the money.
Russikan
07-25-2005, 04:57 PM
I thought there was laws keeping criminal scum from profiting while in prison.Why is this inmate even being allowed to sue.A judge should slap the lawer in,sentence the inmate to more years in prison and remind the inmate that he is there as a punishment and not there on some resort vacation.Of course I bet the idiot judge will allow this idiotic lawsuit to proceed.This is even more proof that there are lawers out there who are only in it for the money.

Well I think that he deserves a shot at it. Of course I don't really think he should have been arrested since it was drug charges. But oh well. I think he should have his suit trashed on the basis that vegetarians shouldn't be able to complain about accidents. And then the company should be fined by some organization for saftey problems. And he probably ate meet before anyway. Probably wasn't born a vegetarian.
Confucius
07-25-2005, 04:59 PM
But you know, I really do think, despite the fact he's in Jail, he does have a genuine complaint there, I mean a finger in your food, thats bad man
Djj1973
07-25-2005, 05:00 PM
I dont think they can profit from the crime they commited but they can still earn money. Martha stewart come to mind. In fact G. Gordon Liddy talks about his dealings during watergate in his autobiography. And he certainly profited from that.
towski
07-25-2005, 05:02 PM
I thought there was laws keeping criminal scum from profiting while in prison.Why is this inmate even being allowed to sue.A judge should slap the lawer in,sentence the inmate to more years in prison and remind the inmate that he is there as a punishment and not there on some resort vacation.Of course I bet the idiot judge will allow this idiotic lawsuit to proceed.This is even more proof that there are lawers out there who are only in it for the money.


Now THAT would be an activist judge!

Stupid constitution!!!
jamesrage
07-25-2005, 05:03 PM
But you know, I really do think, despite the fact he's in Jail, he does have a genuine complaint there, I mean a finger in your food, thats bad man

He is serving time in prison to be punished.The only thing he should have a right to is bread, water and hard labor.
Djj1973
07-25-2005, 05:05 PM
^ Sure would but it would certainly cut down on lawsuits.
jamesrage
07-26-2005, 04:09 AM
Well I think that he deserves a shot at it. Of course I don't really think he should have been arrested since it was drug charges. But oh well. I think he should have his suit trashed on the basis that vegetarians shouldn't be able to complain about accidents. And then the company should be fined by some organization for saftey problems. And he probably ate meet before anyway. Probably wasn't born a vegetarian.

His suit should be trashed on the basis this guy is a scumbag serving time in prison not a resort.The only thing this scum deserves is bread, water and hard labor and if he don't like it then let him starve death for all I care.
Russikan
07-27-2005, 11:48 PM
His suit should be trashed on the basis this guy is a scumbag serving time in prison not a resort.The only thing this scum deserves is bread, water and hard labor and if he don't like it then let him starve death for all I care.

You like to say Bread and Water. You do realize that do to someonelse's as well as his incompetence he bit into a human flesh. Last I heard that isn't bread.
soundcrd
07-28-2005, 12:11 AM
His suit should be trashed on the basis this guy is a scumbag serving time in prison not a resort.The only thing this scum deserves is bread, water and hard labor and if he don't like it then let him starve death for all I care.

So no matter what he is serving time for or how long his sentence is, he has forfeited all his rights? Good thing we have rules in place to keep thinking like that from predominating.
jamesrage
07-28-2005, 12:58 PM
So no matter what he is serving time for or how long his sentence is, he has forfeited all his rights?

Correct.He gets those rights as soon as he is released from prison.He is being punished what part of that do some people not understand?
towski
07-28-2005, 01:03 PM
Correct.He gets those rights as soon as he is released from prison.He is being punished what part of that do some people not understand?


Ummmm, the constitution of the United States and federal law part?
jamesrage
07-28-2005, 01:20 PM
Ummmm, the constitution of the United States and federal law part?

Do you honestly think our forefathers wanted scumbags serving time in prison the right to sue?
towski
07-28-2005, 01:26 PM
Do you honestly think our forefathers wanted scumbags serving time in prison the right to sue?

I actually wasn't commenting on the right to sue.

I was commenting on the following statement:

His suit should be trashed on the basis this guy is a scumbag serving time in prison not a resort.The only thing this scum deserves is bread, water and hard labor and if he don't like it then let him starve death for all I care.

I do believe our forefathers wanted to prevent cruel and unusual punishment.

Or maybe I read THAT part of the constitution wrong?
jamesrage
07-28-2005, 01:36 PM
I do believe our forefathers wanted to prevent cruel and unusual punishment.

Or maybe I read THAT part of the constitution wrong?

So by your defintion of cruel and unusual people should not be sentanced to prison.
Do you really think our forefathers gave a crap if some inmate got a finger in his vegitarian meal?
serenity
07-28-2005, 01:43 PM
Well, Jamesrage, I don't really give a crap WHAT our faorefathers might or might not have wanted for our prisoners. they're not gods, or great authorities for us to refer to for every issue.

I thought there was laws keeping criminal scum from profiting while in prison.Why is this inmate even being allowed to sue.A judge should slap the lawer in,sentence the inmate to more years in prison and remind the inmate that he is there as a punishment and not there on some resort vacation.Of course I bet the idiot judge will allow this idiotic lawsuit to proceed.This is even more proof that there are lawers out there who are only in it for the money

you think he should get a longer sentence because just for wanting to sue? This is absurd, totally aside from the actual merits or demerits of the case.

We sentence prisoners to incarceration, depending on their crimes. It's not an "anything goes" system.

your post reminds me of those who laugh at incidents of prison rape (perhaps ten percent of inmates in federal prisons are raped). Now, we can point out till we're blue in the face that rape isn't actually all that humorous, and that we are, in fact, pretty much sentencing inmates with the misfortune to be physically weaker than others to rape, and that most prison rape victims are non-violent offenders (and so shouldn't even BE there in the first place, in my view).

At any rate, your post sounds awfully heartless.
towski
07-28-2005, 01:49 PM
So by your defintion of cruel and unusual people should not be sentanced to prison.
Do you really think our forefathers gave a crap if some inmate got a finger in his vegitarian meal?


Boy, that was certainly a selective interpretation of my post.

I was objecting to the "Bread, Water, and Hard Labor" portion of your post, which courts have upheld time and time again as cruel and unusual.

But, you probably don't "give a crap" about that.

I believe people absolutely should be sent to prison. I also believe it should be a punishment, not a resort. I believe they should be fed well enough to be healthy, and that they should not be beaten or raped while there. Believe it or not, committing a crime does not make one sub-human. It makes you a human in need of punishment.
jamesrage
07-28-2005, 03:20 PM
serenity said:
At any rate, your post sounds awfully heartless.

When it comes to the scumbags behind bars I have no pity for them.I do not feel sorry for those who get themselves in those situations.They made their choice to be scumbags.

you think he should get a longer sentence because just for wanting to sue?

I think he should get a longer sentence for having the audicity to try to waste the court's time.
Soc.Dem.
07-28-2005, 05:29 PM
I thought there was laws keeping criminal scum from profiting while in prison.Why is this inmate even being allowed to sue.A judge should slap the lawer in,sentence the inmate to more years in prison and remind the inmate that he is there as a punishment and not there on some resort vacation.Of course I bet the idiot judge will allow this idiotic lawsuit to proceed.This is even more proof that there are lawers out there who are only in it for the money.


:lol: :rofl: :laughter:


Thank you, Jamesrage, your hilarious remarks really made my day! :thumbsup: :jester:
Soc.Dem.
07-28-2005, 05:34 PM
When it comes to the scumbags behind bars I have no pity for them.I do not feel sorry for those who get themselves in those situations.They made their choice to be scumbags.

Yeah, sister! Sing it out loud!

If you do the crime, then you'll have to do the time, and we will force you to cannibalism as well! Your choice if you wanna be a scumbag! :D
jamesrage
07-28-2005, 05:46 PM
Thank you, Jamesrage, your hilarious remarks really made my day!

What is sad is that you find that prison should be a resort and not a punishment.
Soc.Dem.
07-28-2005, 05:47 PM
What is sad is that you find that prison should be a resort and not a punishment.

Where did I say that?
jamesrage
07-28-2005, 05:48 PM
If you do the crime, then you'll have to do the time, and we will force you to cannibalism as well! Your choice if you wanna be a scumbag!

I never said the issue of the finger being in the food should no be addressed.
Keevis
07-28-2005, 05:50 PM
I never said the issue of the finger being in the food should no be addressed.
Should he wait until his sentence is over to try and recover damages?

What's the difference either way?
jamesrage
07-28-2005, 05:54 PM
Should he wait until his sentence is over to try and recover damages?

What's the difference either way?

He does not deserve to recover damages.The issue of the finger should be brought up,but however he should not be allowed to sue.
Keevis
07-28-2005, 05:56 PM
He does not deserve to recover damages.The issue of the finger should be brought up,but however he should not be allowed to sue.
So, lets say, there was a piece of glass in his food and he swallowed it, and it perforated his intestine.

Just because he sold drugs, he has lost his option to recover damages for an injury caused by another party?
jamesrage
07-29-2005, 04:07 AM
So, lets say, there was a piece of glass in his food and he swallowed it, and it perforated his intestine.

Just because he sold drugs, he has lost his option to recover damages for an injury caused by another party?

He gets free medical so he does recover from damage.He is a scumbag behind bars he does not have the same rights that you have.

Have you considered the possibility of what would happen if a bunch of very bitter people behind bars with nothing to do were allowed to sue?
Soc.Dem.
07-29-2005, 08:10 AM
He gets free medical so he does recover from damage.He is a scumbag behind bars he does not have the same rights that you have.

But he still has certain rights, that's the point, and to suggest that he should be punished for exercising those right is in direct conflict with the principle of rule of law.