[SoFloFreeper]

Bizzaroworld.

[laweeks]

Just incredible. An unfair assault on another American business. Just plain stupid.

[sam_paine]

two bags of popcorn everyday for 10 years

7300 bags of popcorn, $7.2M award?

$1000 per bag?

Whiskey Tango Oliver Mary God.

[GingisK]

...microwave popcorn...

I've isolated the problem. If he consumed real popcorn that is poped in a pot with hot oil he'd be healthy AND have popcorn that tasted good.

This is a wierd world, for sure.

[Psycho_Bunny]

There’s a group of up to 12 people in Colorado who need a really hard slap across the face.

Really hard.

[sam_paine]

Diacetyl (IUPAC systematic name: butanedione or 2,3-butanedione) is a natural byproduct of fermentation. It is a vicinal diketone (two C=O groups, side-by-side) with the molecular formula C4H6O2. Diacetyl occurs naturally in alcoholic beverages and is added to some foods to impart a buttery flavor.

[WVKayaker]

...and developed the rare disease possibly from inhaling the artificial butter smell ...

... and second-hand smoke from cigs causes more cancers than direct inhalation!!! Yeah, right!

They must have hired John Edwards to channel another little girl!

[presently no screen name]

Addictions are now going for $7M for ten years. Self control $0.

[HamiltonJay]

Actually, the chemicals in microwave popcorn are known to be hazardous.. For most people, they are not exposed to enough of it to be dangerous, and its effects are primarly a risk to folks who work in the factories making it. This guy clearly developed the problem, so its hard to argue that the product didn’t cause it.

I don’t know about you, but no microwave popcorn package I have ever seen mentions this risk, you only find out about the fact these chemicals cause health problems in large continuous exposure if you investigate it.

Seems to me, if he developed this condition, and he didn’t work in a manufacturing plant, he’s got a rather open and shut case.

[Izzy Dunne]

OK, I’ll wager that eating that much of ANYTHING everyday for 10 years is dangerous.

[BitWielder1]

No mention of popcorn dust or inhaling pieces of those nasty kernel shells.
This is a lawsuit only a lawyer could love.
It has no place in the real world.

[wastedyears]

I’m becoming more of a misanthrope every day. This guy should be an honorable mention for the Darwin Awards.

[Fresh Wind]

I love real popcorn, but my nose and tongue tell me in no uncertain terms that the artificial butter flavor is something to be avoided. Something that tastes and smells that bad can’t be good for you.

[Daffynition]

In Mr. Watson's case, we can safely assume it wasn't...

[fishtank]

The company needs to appeal. The IDIOT guy was HUFFING popcorn bags like a brain-dead addict huffing paint or gasoline!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JoeProBono]

[Uncle Chip]

If I were them, I would appeal it.

[Hulka]

Yup. . .insanity.

Thing is, too many people yap about how insane these verdicts are but at the same time duck and dodge and brag about avoiding jury duty.

Insanity. . .times two.

[Vendome]

Some people are all kinds of stupid.

The factory workers seem to have fared well over the years and I myself had two bags of Microwave popcorn last week...

[cyclotic]

Did you notice that this seems timed to coincide with teh annual Boy Scout Popcorn Sale.

Y’all make it a point to support Boy Scouts with a popcorn purchase.

As I type, my wife is helping our popcorn chairman pick up a couple pallets of delicious Boy Scout popcorn. Perfect for eating this election season.

Thanks.

[Mr. K]

The only “warning” they should include on future bags is a a warnign to stay away from this man because he is an idiot