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SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. - A jury awarded $6.1 million Friday to a woman who said she was forced to strip in a McDonald's back office after someone called the restaurant posing as a police officer.

Louise Ogborn, 21, had sued McDonald's Corp., claiming the fast-food giant failed to warn her and other employees about the caller who already struck other McDonald's stores and other fast-food restaurants across the country.

Ogborn had been seeking $200 million. McDonald's Corp. attorneys argued the company was not responsible and contended the company was being sued because of its deep pockets.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21151938

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ORIGINAL: spankmepink11

I'm still trying to figure out  why the girl in question allowed this. 
Are there any one of you out there who would comply with directives like that?    I hate to seem harsh, but this girl was awarded 6 million for not using her brain?  

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ORIGINAL: MadameMarque

It may be because, initially, the girl, who at the time was maybe 18?, thought that this was her supervisor and the police, accusing her of a crime, and she thought she had to comply and submit to a search.

By the time the caller's directives were too ridiculous to be true, she was actually being prevented from leaving, had no clothes or phone, and the people holding her were acting totally inappropriately.  Imagine how it would feel, as things just get worse and worse, more out of control, and you're stuck in a little room with this guy and his fiance' looming over you.

The one thing I did wonder, is that she didn't scream for help - I don't know if she would have been audible to customers - or just run naked, out of the room.  But maybe she was afraid it would provoke them to violence.  That wouldn't have been an unreasonable fear.

On the stand, the girl said that she wondered if it was going to be her last day on earth.  I would have wondered, myself, because after these people have committed all these criminal acts, what are they going to do about you not telling anyone?  Even if it really had been a policeperson on the phone, that would actually be even worse, because the acts were still illegal, and if a law enforcement officer were involved...?

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ORIGINAL: SweetShyBBW4u

I saw this report last night and was disgusted over how the supervisor ended up getting money and the way she responded to all of the questions asked of her. She seemed so cold but yet when it came time to testify she was all tears. She deserved time served in jail and NO MONEY

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People exceed their authority every day, and others put up with it. Perhaps I see this more because I am the type to question even the jurisdiction of a court. You have to know who the fuck you are talking to. To do this you need the proper upbringing. And people do not have it. People are taught not to question authority.


Funny, as soon as I read that I remembered perhaps my best class in college called "The Social Psychoanalytical Aspects of Clothing." We read of many studies done where the same man/women were dressed up/down then in uniforms of authority and asked strangers for directions. In every case the uniform of authority gained trust and got the requested information.
Scary but true......
We know better thou now don't we...

People exceed their authority every day, and others put up with it. Perhaps I see this more because I am the type to question even the jurisdiction of a court. You have to know who the fuck you are talking to. To do this you need the proper upbringing. And people do not have it. People are taught not to question authority.

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

Jesus Fucking Christ.

Tell your children, if you are told to take your clothes off, it better be in a cold room and everyone there has a badge. These fucking rentacops think they have it all "going on", and supervisors and managers think they are God. What the fuck.

If that girl was my sister I would give her a good talking to and teach her how to say "Go fuck yourself".

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ORIGINAL: FangsNfeet

With Mc Donalds being a Franchise, where does the responsibility of the Owner come into play? What keeps the owner from having to pay any of this Law Suit? After all, it's not like an executive of Mc D's Corp came down to perform the strip search.

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If such crimes or pranks where being done to other Mc Donald and restaurants in the area, where was the media and police reports on this one? It's not like every incident and prank is reported to the corporation. Why not sue the police for not warning the community that such pranks where taking place? Did the management staff of these other restaurants also conduct a full strip search on there accused employees? Where they all that dumb to fall for it?

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If Mc Donalds is going to keep enduring such Law Suits, it may want to rethink its Franchise arrangements.