MEAT DOESN'T PAY

That's what a restaurant in Georgia is learning as its profitable business gets slammed with a food-poisoning lawsuit after a deadly salmonella outbreak. 17 people suffered the same strain of salmonellosis after eating at the restaurant recently, and one died. Four-year-old Allison B. Luster was rushed to the hospital on Aug. 23 with bloody stools, constant vomiting,severe stomach pain and a high fever. Perhaps bearing in mind recent news that many children who survive this kind of attack wind up with long-term kidney problems, the grandmother is suing for "medical bills, attorney fees and any other fees the court may deem appropriate." Boy, I'd like to do some deeming there.