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Amy Mueller announced in July that she’d filed a $50,000 lawsuit against Samy’s Bar and Grill in Joliet. Claiming she fell and badly broke her right ankle there in May 2006, she alleged that Samy’s shouldn’t have allowed her to try to climb up on the bar and dance without providing “a step-stool, ladder, or other device used for safety.” And in August Jeromy Jackson of Clarksburg, West Virginia, filed a $10 million suit against McDonald’s for putting cheese on a Quarter Pounder against his instructions, thus allegedly causing him to suffer a serious allergic reaction that required immediate treatment. (His mother and a friend joined in the suit, claiming they were forced to endanger themselves while rushing him to the hospital.) Jackson’s lawyer told reporters his client had taken numerous steps to make sure McDonald’s employees understood he couldn’t eat cheese; apparently, however, Jackson’s diligence didn’t include looking under the bun before taking a bite.
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A 25-year-old woman was arrested in Sydney in July after she allegedly attacked her family with a knife, killing her father and sister and wounding her mother. According to a medical report filed in court, doctors diagnosed her as mentally ill late last year but apparently her parents declined the treatment recommended for her because it conflicted with their belief in Scientology.
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