From the Tennessean:
A Cheatham County woman who said she was beaten after giving a homeless man a cheeseburger outside a Nashville McDonald’s last year is suing the restaurant, a nearby liquor store and her alleged attacker.
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According to the suit, both husband and wife allege that the McDonald’s and the nearby liquor stores, “knew, or should have known, that their mode of operating their particular stores attracted persons prone to criminal acts and provided an environment to crime.”The suit states that both stores failed to provide a reasonably safe place for their customers.
Why is this the best lawsuit ever? Because if she wins, then any company located in The Crappy Part Of Town has a “get out of town FREE” pass. Companies will initially be forced to leave bad neighborhoods due to the threat of getting sued; but they will soon come to understand that this isn’t a problem, it’s an opportunity. They can bail at at no risk of a PR disaster. “Why are you moving from Detroit to Idaho, and leaving all those people without jobs?”
“Why, the courts have ruled that it’s the companies responsibility to not do business in crime-riddled areas. Gee, we’d love to stay, but… shrug. What can ya do? See ya!”
<> Companies like Dominos Pizza and UPS – and more specifically, their delivery people -should be overjoyed.
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