Kucinich Sues Congressional Cafeteria for $150,000 Over Olive Pit in Sandwich
- Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:05pm by
Meredith Jessup
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, claims he suffered permanent injuries after biting down on olive pit hidden in a sandwich he bought three years ago at a House of Representatives cafeteria. In return, the Ohio Democrat is suing the cafeteria for $150,000.
Kucinich is reportedly suing Restaurant Associates, the operator of the Longworth House Office Building cafeteria, as well as its parent company and food suppliers. According to the congressman’s complaint, he “sustained serious and permanent dental and oral injuries requiring multiple surgical and dental procedures, and has sustained other damages as well, including significant pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment.”
In addition to four counts of negligence, the former presidential contender’s $150,000 claim alleges breach of implied warranty after the cafeteria told him the sandwiches contained pitted olives.
The alleged olive incident is said to have occurred on April 17, 2008.
The Ohio representative is taking his negligence claim to Superior Court and has retained the legal services of Andrew Young, an attorney from Ohio. When asked for comment, Kucinich’s office directed all inquiries to Young who was not immediately available for comment.




















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billydee
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:31pmIsnt biting down on an olive pit covered by Obama Care? And why in the world was he eating olives? They are so high in sodium.
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:29pmMaybe we should sue him for …. well, for … pit abuse. What a cry baby. Stealing from the taxpayers for years isn’t enough? Shame on you!
Report Post »Waltermelon
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:56pmMaybe he should be compensated out of his government pension?
Report Post »Chicago Ray
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:27pmSlime.
Report Post »Carl1
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:07pmLow life slime
Report Post »Jim
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:27pmObviously the good (?) congressman never looked at a jar of olives. Every jar I have seen says “MAY CONTAIN AN OCCASIONAL PIT OR FRAGMENT”. Dumbass!
Report Post »ANTISOCIAL-IST
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:26pmhow much damage could it actually have done, unless he was eating his sandwich like a ravenous wolf?
Report Post »hey, buddy, i got a sandwich for ya. an olive pit, really? 150 grand? somehow i have the feeling that “we the people” will get the bill for this. well, i mean, besides the bill we’ve already paid for his top-notch health care providers, using his cadillac health coverage, paid for by us.
Untameable-kate
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:25pmSnow, I don’t think he is back, Changing my name didn’t stop him from posting under my name. I haven’t been on as much lately, Renaissance festival is coming up soon and I have a couple of people who have asked me to make outfits for them. I wonder if it is one of the trolls hitting “Report Post” to mess with you.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:24pmOn, wait, oh, wait, oh, wait….. “Loss of enjoyment”! Can we sue the president?????????????????
Report Post »sweetnsalty
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:31pmI’m with you maybe we can make a group claim. I have been in a foul mood every since he became president more salty than sweet.
Report Post »Cabo King
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:23pmwhat a way to make a living, as big as his mouth is, iam suprised its wasnt a peach pit
Report Post »George Washington
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:45pmA peach pit would be worth a $150,000,000.00
Report Post »Pat_in_NC
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:23pmThis is the essence of Obama and Obamacare: Find someone with deep pockets and shake them down.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:23pm“Loss of enjoyment”….now, there’s grounds for divorce! ; )
Report Post »Bruce_Almty
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:23pmWe should sue him for ”significant pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment” for every year he was in CONgress.
Report Post »George Washington
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:22pmHe’s a typical stupid politician. To do $150,000.00 worth of damage, the idiot had to chomp down on the pit several times. I know. On several ocassions, I chomped down on olive pits which were not suposed to be where they were. It was annoying, but never damaging. But then again, I only bit down once each time. Or, could it be that maybe, just maybe, he is nothing more than lying politician who wants implants and wants someone else to pay for them. As a rule, dental insurance plans do not pay for implants. Hey. If dentures were good enough for me, they should be good enough for him.
Report Post »franknshadow
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:21pmTort reform anyone?? Wonder now where the problem resides, and what the solution must be?? These pukes seriously need to be fired.. Lying hypocritical megalomaniacal rat bastards down to the man..
Report Post »TEXASQUINN
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:21pmOUTLAW OLIVES quick before it happens to someone else!!! 100,000sandwiches and one incident, quick make olives illegal and have them sent to Brazil and have them eat the olives! $150,000 looks like more expensive meals for everyone else in congress. “What is that Mr. kusinich?“ ”well you don’t expect the restaurant associates to “eat” that $150,000 loss do you?”
Report Post »karaokeed
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:20pmWhat do you expect from a lawyer?
Report Post »auntmoxie.com
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:19pmCan I sue HIM for the damage done to my mental well-being every time I have to hear something so asinine?
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:17pmGive me a damn break…is this idiot serious?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:40pmUnfortunatly, I have to say “Yes.”
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:52pmSerious idiot.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:17pm@Untamable Kate
That would be a royal understatement of the highest order indeed. There are not a proper listing of words (polite ones anyhow) to do this suit justice; he does have the right to make claims for any and all damages via the courts, yet we shall see how it gets handled.
Untamable Kate, I have a question, some of my earlier postings seem to have disappeared, by chance is the counterfeiter back?
I have not noticed any such acitivity, and have been changing my screen name every couple of days in part so as to make it more difficult for them to copy it.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:15pmThe bad thing is it was probably a taxpayer funded FREE sandwich and he wants to complain about it. Not to mention all his Dental work he had done was also paid for by US. Typical Liberal, it’s never their fault something happens to them.
Report Post »BubbaCoop
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:15pmI think the bigger lesson here is DON’T EAT OLIVES.
Report Post »what4
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:51pmReally, he needs to sue the olive pit….thats who caused the injury. The cafeteria only serves the the olive. Wait does this meen we need another government agency to inspect every olive for pits…..hehehe
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:12pmloss of enjoyment.”
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hehehehhehee
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:18pmI will admit, that part is a first – I have not, until now, heard or seen mention of a suit filed claiming any damages for the ‘loss of enjoyment’. Of course with a member of congress, what part of enjoyment has he not already lost?
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:27pmI wonder if his wife could sue him for LOSS OF ENJOYMENT? I’m sure if she could, she would.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:36pmMy tent got torn up in a car accident last spring. I’m going to sue someone for loss of enjoyment. I loved that tent.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:38pmFine, refund the……In D.C……….$15.00 to him and call it good!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:39pm@Blackhawk1
I imagine there is some lawyer out there who will now use this as a claim for damages in any or all sets of lawsuits indeed. One attorney I overheard described the art of claiming damages in a suit as ‘being creative in the description of the same affliction over and over again until it works.’
Mind you, the same attorney is now in jail for having been ‘creative’ with his legal practice account books and the IRS found out. He is now a guest of the cross bar hotel for a time.
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:12pmLOL, good call!
Report Post »vic138
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:11pmAre socialists allowed to sue the government?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:10pmNow a member of congress is suing over an event from three years ago? Now if this was a normal American making the lawsuit then I could see the incident as a legitimate accident happening and the lawsuit being practicle. Somehow this just defies sense across the board, if the damages to him are real, then he may attempt to make claim for damages; yet I also have to take into account the fact he is a member of congress…
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:19pm“… and has sustained other damages as well, including significant pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment.”
Good Lord have you ever heard someone claim “loss of enjoyment”? He is ridiculous, there are some very real cases of neglect in the country, this is not one of them. Who hasn’t bit down on a bit of bone in a hamburger or a cherry pit in a pie?
Report Post »I started out laughing now I find myself getting ticked off since this opens a path to MORE food safety regulation.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:35pm@Untamable Kate
Have to agree that it is indeed a first for me as well; I found a cow tooth in a box of fruity pebbles as a kid. A rancher identified the tooth, that was the last bit of cereal I ate for many a year, and I have to say it did not affect me very much. To this day I have no idea how it got into the box.
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:37pmThis is ridiculous…
Maybe we should send 150,000 olive pits to his office.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 6:00pmSnow, My original remark about him being a girl dog got deleted and the rest of our conversation was moved to the third page. Maybe that is what has been happening to the posts.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 6:25pm@Untamable Kate
Just found them, thanks, I wonder if the Blaze may be updating their servers or something; I have on occasion seen this occur with other sights I deal at. So hopefully it is something accidental and not a major glitch in their system.
Report Post »MOVETERAN
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 6:58pm@SNOWLEOPARD
Well he got the opt out on Obamacare so what damages does he have to pay for? Oh and since he is a federal employee we pay his medical bills anyway. I think he owes us that much and then some for all the damages he has caused us.
Report Post »taxed
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:07pmI guess since his seat is being eliminated, he needs to make some money the best way a lib knows how: sue someone!
http://conservativepoliticalforum.com
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:13pmI’m sure Ohio is proud.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:13pmWait, wouldn’t working for it be better? It would seem he would feel much better about himself if he did. Kind of like life-long welfare recipients.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:14pmclaim alleges breach of implied warranty . Can the people of Ohio sue him for the same reason?
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:18pmThe seed is bigger than his brain…
Report Post »BMartin1776
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:19pmFrivolous lawsuits across the country now an elected leader! I hope he can show $150K worth of damages, and malice on their part. It is a cafeteria, it is an olive…. any dolt with 2 brain cells would think to check.
I can only lead this “American horse” to the water… its on you to take back America http://www.savingtherepublic.com
Report Post »taxed
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:19pmHe better make some money quick, or his wife will leave!!
http://conservativepoliticalforum.com
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:24pmLoss of enjoyment?? I should sue HIM for causing me to lose my lunch.
Report Post »MOVETERAN
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:24pmI don’t think they will let me post what I really think about this guy. Not really sure how to word in such a manner as to make it acceptable but lets try this one. I would think of him as a whinny feminine parental fornicator.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:27pmdennis the menace is at it again….
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:32pmHey Dennis – you forgot to name Nancy Pelosi in your lawsuit…. she’s the one that pushed for a gourmet menu in the cafeteria a few months before your “horrific tragedy”. If this sandwich was an item the Madam Speaker had added to the menu, then she was guilty of reckless endangerment!
Report Post »http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7888.html
Buck Bagaw
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:32pmThis just in, Olive pits responsible for neurological problems. Film at eleven.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:36pm@BMartin1776
You hit upon the key problem in this situation when you stated “anyone with 2 brain cells…”
He may have only one left.
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:38pmGimme a BREAK! If he broke his tooth, Kucinich is entitled to dental work. Period. Is he a lawyer? This lawsuit insanity speaks to the heart of a culture that DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.
http://www.marcrubin.com/dada2.ivnu — The Prog-dada dumbing and debasement of culture video
http://www.marcrubin.com/hairmerica.ivnu — animated satire on the power of the “grizzly clan”
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:47pm@MOVETERAN
I have to say that is a very creative description.
Report Post »Waltermelon
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:55pmIf he waited over two years to file, he is out of luck.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:07pmtaxed
He better make some money quick, or his wife will leave!!
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Report Post »Now thats a “ tall ” order
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bspolice
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:17pm$150,000!! If he is to get ANYTHING, it should only be $4,876.72. I’ve recently broke a tooth and had it removed and replaced with an implant after I broke half of it off on a piece of rock candy (no joke) but payed for the work myself. Denny, do you really think this is worth the courts time? Yeah, I know it hurts, but like you tell the ‘greedy’ rich people, SUCK IT UP. Oh, better idea, make regulations so this doesn’t happen agian you tool. With all the tax money you pay yourself with as well as great health care we pay for, why don’t you use it, shut up, and quit being a baby. Why the exact number to begin with, here’s the break down:
Report Post »$370 – remove tooth
$2,500 – implant of titanium rod
$1,000 – For fake tooth cap
$6.72 – overpriced sandwich with said olive
Being a pompous cry baby who thinks this is justice – priceless
davecoolworld
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:25pmI’m gonna talk a wild guess and say he is against TORT reform.
Report Post »davecoolworld
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:26pmCan we sue the FEDS and ALL of Congress for loss of enjoyment of our COUNTRY?
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:34pmDidn’t Dennis vote to have the same people put in charge of health care?
Report Post »So, they screwed up, they work for the government, deal with it.
Secret Squirrel
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:35pmThat’s the pits.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:36pmI want to know if it shut him up. If so, I say give him the $150,000 and send him on his way for good. Can we get all of them on the hill to bite a pit and take $150,000 and go with him. Think how much money that would save the taxpayer!!
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:37pmSo, based on Congressional logic, if I buy a cold hotdog from a vendor, I can sue him because of a breach of implied warranty over the product name? Maybe we should sue him over the implied warranty of House Leadership of which this idiot is often identified.
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:39pmdoes anyone see the irony ?………we pay for the cafe……we pay his salary……we pay his insurance………now he sues us !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:41pmWhat kind of sammcih uses WHOLE olives inside ?
Report Post »Its always a tapenade or a gardenaire or sliced olives which are used inside a sammich ,
and they all are pit-less.
Whole olives are used as a garnish , and thats on a toothpick outside the sammich.
So did he eat the garnish ? Beause if he did, he is not only a cheap b@$t@rd , but also confused because the garnish olive has a toothpick thru it , so it has to be pit-less.
Even olives in a martini are pit-less, usually stuffed with garlic or cheese or pimento peppers or figs and stuff..
Something is not adding up .
My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 6:06pmWell now, hold on y’all….if this is true, he has every right to sue. I work in food service and you have to be VERY careful about what you serve. You are expected a certain amount of professionalism and are liable for any carelessness that results in an injury to a customer.
Report Post »That being said….
Why did he wait 3 years? Unless a complaint was regestered at the time of incident, there is no way to prove fault.
ItsallaboutJesus
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 6:07pmGet this SOB out of Washington. Unbelievable a**!
Report Post »Enuff Zenuff
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 6:17pmIf he swallowed it – well at least he could then lay claim to having at least one stone
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 6:24pmIf only he had choked on the Olive pit.
Report Post »FirefighterWife26
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 6:33pmOhio here….. let me assure you….I for one am totally not proud of this fool. I cringe every time I see him come on television to talk :(
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 6:40pmHe might claim its an alien eyeball……
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 7:00pmIt only took ONE olive pit to temporarily shut him up?
Well by gollie friends,….join me in sending the good Senator an envelope with ONE olive pit to:
Congressman Dennis Kucinich
2445 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Cmon,…let show the congressman know how much we care!
Report Post »all it will cost is one stamp!
CatB
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 7:21pmWell if I remember my business law class correctly (4.0 grade on 4 point scale) you can not sue .. if you can “reasonably” expect that something “natural’ might be in a product .. such as a pit in a cherry or in this case an olive. Same thing when I chipped a tooth on popcorn kernel .. I could expect that… and no I DID NOT SUE. This is frivolus and frankly he should be embarrassed to file such a lawsuit .. but POLITICIANS have no SHAME!
btw .. I doubt that he was told the it contained “pitted” olives .. who says that? It contains olives … and they can contain pits .. NO MONEY!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 7:24pm@MOVETERAN
I will have to remember that description, very clever. Thanks for the laugh.
Report Post »chfields62
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 7:43pmIn addition to four counts of negligence, the former presidential contender’s $150,000 claim alleges breach of implied warranty after the cafeteria told him the sandwiches contained pitted olives.
They told him the sandwiches had pits…..he has no case…what a moron………
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 7:54pmThey told him the sandwiches had pits…..he has no case…what a moron
Report Post »______
I know what you did there ;-)
Now he should sue the English language ..
Sgt.tom
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 7:57pmUnfortunately this dufus will continue to receive his pay for the rest of his life thanks to the great congressional golden parachute everyone gets when they leave after serving only one term.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 8:04pmUnbelievable!
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 8:23pm@fertlmind
Report Post »Yeah, but stamps cost like $18 now and that mail will take 4 years to get to him…
Good initiative, but poor judgement in my opinion…
My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 8:36pm@ Sgt.tom
Report Post »i believe they SHOULD get a pention for serving our country honorably “even after one term”. What they do for us (allegedly) should be respected and honored amongst all Americans and I would gladly see some of my tax money go towards their retirement.
HOWEVER…..
Just like when I was serving in the Marine Corps, the character of their service should be judged by either their peers or an independant (and fair) panel in order for them to receive payments. This would require the Oversite Commitee to actually do their job….wait….not oversite….someone help me here. Charlie Rangel’s hangmen…Ethics commitee?
Anyway, some body in congress to oversee the shenanigans of its members and determine, truthfully, the “character of service” to determine bennies.
And until they do, or CAN do their job right, then be the “bennies nazi”
“NO BENNIES FOR YOU!”
GONESURFING
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 8:36pmThere are waaaaaay too many frivolous lawsuits in this country, but olive pits in sandwiches are never good. Kucinich is the pits, though.
Report Post »keepthefaith
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 9:00pmPathetic!
Report Post »M-O-O-N Spells Moon
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 9:19pm@Oldguy49
“does anyone see the irony ?………we pay for the cafe……we pay his salary……we pay his insurance………now he sues us !!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
And we pay his retirement, provide security, and probably provided the materials to file the suit. Sure he understands that the problem with America is our out of control spending, this is how he chooses to express his understanding of what his job is supposed to be about.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 10:10pm@ M-O-O-N Spells Moon
Report Post »EFFING GRATZ!!!! on refering to one of my favorite books of all time! EPIC job, bro!
Mikeyyy
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 4:04amthis dude ran for President…God help us all if he would have won now that we see his true colors.
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:13amAbsolutely ridiculous! Just goes to show how arrogant some of these lawmakers are… Poor baby… Bit on a pit…
Report Post »Alaredneck
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 8:13amHe‘ll be banned from McDonald’s for certain. As my mother used to say when we’d complain as kids, “Offer it up as sacrifice.” She was a very devout Polish Catholic. I agree with her now.
Report Post »EnoughBS
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 4:31pmI would also suffer damages from eating a sandwich I bought 3 years ago…
:)
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