A good case for abolishing lawyers.....

[z31maniac]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Prestigious-law-firm-sues-burger-joint-over-smell-1214765-104991844.html

"The smoke and food odors constitute an unreasonable interference with the use and enjoyment of the property, in that the smoke and food odors pose continuing health-related risks and otherwise interfere with the ordinary use and enjoyment of the property," Steptoe's complaint says."


Food odors post a health risk?

[87e30]

I would love to be a lawyer and just fuck with people all day. I bet he laughed after he wrote this.

[z31maniac]

The problem is that they have actually succeeded in shutting down a business, at least for the time being.

Something lke 75-80% of businesses that have to close their doors for more than 7 days close within 18 months.

I don't find that particularly funny, especially given the current economy.

/debbie downer

[ejnight]

that is BS. There's more to this story.

[87e30]

The problem is that they have actually succeeded in shutting down a business, at least for the time being.

Something lke 75-80% of businesses that have to close their doors for more than 7 days close within 18 months.

I don't find that particularly funny, especially given the current economy.

/debbie downer

I have to admit. I was just browsing quickly and didn't read the article. In that case, I'm pretty surprised. Will read later.

[z31maniac]

that is BS. There's more to this story.

Some high powered lawyer is pissed about having is order mixed up?

[KenC]

I'm not sure if it ever resulted in a suit, but a similar situation is happening in Portland.

Snoop Dogg's uncle owns a rib place here. BBQ smells good, but I think I'd be pissed if it was wafting into my house every day.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/07/reos_ribs_known_for_smoky_bbq.html?mobRedir=false

[pureaudio]

At Reo's last week, Varnado sipped milk from a plastic cup topped with a plastic lid. He said he never had problems with neighbors before, and that perhaps some people in the neighborhood have issues with him that go beyond smoke.

"I thought I could come here and better myself," said Varnado, a native of Magnolia, Miss. "All the people who don't like us, that's their problem."

Typical...

Lawyers can save your ass or destroy you, just depends on which side you happen to fall on. I hate that my business has to retain a lawyer because if I don't, something will slip and another lawyer will come after me.

[joshh]

This deserves a huge Give me a fucking break.

I'd invite a smell like that. Pretty soon the EPA will get involved.

[KenC]

I think it would smell good for a few days, but inhaling the smoke for months on end isn't healthy any way you slice it. I think I'd get pretty sick of smelling cooked meat after the 50th day in a row.

[Restoman]

The neighborhood Morgan Stanley reeks of Subway...very odd and annoying. This is just going nuts.

[reelop19]

Cool I love seeing food convo's in the P&R forum

[blunttech]

A coffee roasting shop locally in minneapolis was forced to invest in some ridiculous 50 foot smokestack to avoid stankin up the neighborhood back in the 80's. I cant say Id ever get tired of roasted coffee stank

[mrsleeve]

I hate Lawyers

[ortholithiation]

i hate lawyers

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