Earlier in the week we discussed the spate of lawsuits against the food industry filed by many of the same lawyers who negotiated the 1999 Master Settlement Agreement with Big Tobacco. Unfortunately, while the claims against the tobacco industry were entirely justified, the allegations in these latest suits can only be described as spurious. (Something about the absence of real berries in Cap n Crunch Crunch Berry cereal, we believe.)
Not one to let the more ridiculous news items pass without comment, ACSH's Dr. Josh Bloom provides more commentary (and more entertainment) on this dismal instance of the American legal system gone awry. Read his remarks over at Medical Progress Today.