LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE JAILHOUSE

Reuters reports on that fast-food lawsuit that was so laughable when it was filed: "A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived part of the widely-watched obesity suit against McDonald's Corp. that accuses the world's biggest fast-food company of using misleading advertising to lure children into eating fattening, unhealthy foods. The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a trial judge wrongfully threw out certain portions of the complaint in September 2003 on grounds that it lacked information linking the plaintiffs injuries with eating McDonald's foods." Keep laughing, folks - laughing past the stockyard...