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So Called ‘Reforms’ Put Consumer, Small Business Rights at Risk |
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 |
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ST. PAUL, MN – Legislators are moving swiftly to pass a package of bills that will have a devastating effect on consumers’ and small businesses’ ability to seek justice. Four bills to be heard today and tomorrow are sponsored by big insurance and big business special interests in the form of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Minnesota’s legislators are introducing cookie-cutter bills written in D.C. and claiming them as their own.
“On the heels of the biggest economic downturn since the depression—fueled by fraudulent business practices which robbed Minnesota’s hardworking, honest consumers of their houses, jobs and pensions—our legislature wants to reward these wrongdoers by passing legislation that will allow companies to cheat consumers; hurt small businesses by shifting costs to private health insurers and remove Minnesotan’s constitutional right to remedy when harmed by negligent wrongdoers and fraudulent business practices,” said Brian Wojtalewicz, President of the Minnesota Association for Justice.rm efforts are unreasonable,
unfair and unconstitutional.”
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Myth busting HBO documentary Hot Coffee makes Twin Cities debut |
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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Tonight’s Minneapolis screening of the 2011 Official Selection of the Sundance Film Festival tells the story of what really happened to the 79-year-old grandmother who was severely injured by McDonald’s hot coffee
Additional screenings of the jaw dropping documentary are planned for Fargo, Duluth, Rochester, International Falls, Bemidji and Alexandria
The story is infamous. A woman buys a cup of coffee at a McDonald’s, spills it on herself and experiences insignificant burns. Claiming that McDonalds should have warned her that the coffee was “hot”, she gets an attorney to file a lawsuit suit against McDonald’s and, incredibly, a jury awards her millions of dollars.
Clearly, there is something terribly wrong with a justice system that would impose such an outrageous judgment against the most respected and adored hamburger joint in America--just because some lady couldn’t hold on to her coffee. Right?
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THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT – BRIAN WOJTALEWICZ |
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Tuesday, October 04, 2011 |
 With a theme of “Speak the Truth ” Brian Wojtalewicz becomes new President of the Minnesota Association for Justice.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Appleton attorney Brian Wojtalewicz has been elected as the Minnesota Association for Justice President at the association’s annual convention in Alexandria, Minnesota. With a theme of “Speak the Truth,” Mr. Wojtalewicz pledged to use his term as President to debunk unfair myths about the civil justice system in Minnesota and fight efforts to slash citizens’ constitutional rights.
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"Cheeseburger Bill" Vetoed by Governor Dayton |
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011 |
On May 27, 2011 Governor Dayton vetoed the so called "Cheeseburger Bill" – legislation granting broad immunity to manufacturers and retailers of food products. Here you will find a link to his veto message: http://mn.gov/governor/multimedia/pdf/CH-101-HF-264.pdf
On its face the bill appears to require consumers to be responsible for
their own food consumption habits. No one disagrees with this notion of
personal responsibility, but this bill clearly went too far. To
overcome the immunity granted in the legislation a consumer would have
been forced to establish the impossible – that a manufacturer "knowingly
and willfully" violated food handling laws that resulted in harm.
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was considerable pressure on Governor Dayton to sign this legislation
from anti-consumer groups like Minnesotans for Lawsuit Reform and the
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). However, the effort
lacked bi-partisan support and had many unintended problems.
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CONSUMER’S LOSE, WHEN ‘CHEESEBURGER’ WINS |
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Friday, May 20, 2011 |
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House bill has nothing to do with obesity and everything to do with putting consumers’ rights at risk
ST. PAUL, MN – Unable to resolve important budget bills to address the state’s $5.2 billion deficit, the Minnesota Legislature has resorted to passing bills that eliminate the responsibility of corporations when their products cause ill health effects to consumers.
On Friday, in the waning days the session, one of those bills passed was
the so-called “Cheeseburger Bill.” The bill, branded the “Cheeseburger
Bill” because it would provide immunity to food manufacturers when their
products cause “adverse health conditions”. The legislation is promoted
as a response to lawsuits – however no such case has ever been filed in
Minnesota. This bill sets a dangerous precedent for Minnesota’s
consumers.
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