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Cat Forum / General Topics / February 2008Is anyone following the wheat gluten lawsuits against Menu Foods or ChemNutra?
Hi: When the wheat gluten concerns first appeared I was luckily not effected by it directly. My cat, Buddy, got extra hugs, I felt sadness when hearing many of the stories, and I hoped for pets everywhere to pull through. My condolences to everyone who lost a furry friend. I was talking with someone yesterday who mentioned he lost a cat because of the tainted wheat gluten. After feeling sympathetic for him I asked if he did anything afterwards. If Buddy died due to a successful company's negligence I would be furious. I'm not sure if I would have tried to file a lawsuit or not but I am curious what has happened, legally? I heard of someone filing a $2M lawsuit and I also remember hearing that Menu Foods was suing ChemNutra. Has there been any progress? Are there any blogs or websites chronicling the cases associated with this? David > Hi: > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > David In September they were thinking of taking it to the federal courts.....See: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/fayette/s_527177.html These things take lots of time.....Best to follow it every few months through Google....... >> Hi: >> [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > These things take lots of time.....Best to follow it every few months > through Google....... Well if no one's blogging it, I could start. It seems when the mainstream media hits the web they make it rather difficult to find blogs about / websites dedicated to an issue! There's quite a bit to read out there but yea I can see it's going to be some time before any rulings are made. It makes me sick to hear that the worth of pets is taken as the same value they are purchased for.... Hopefully some people can get some cash for emotional distress. Negligence just isn't acceptable in my opinion when lives are at stake- human or furry! >I heard of someone filing a $2M lawsuit and I also remember hearing that >Menu Foods was suing ChemNutra. > >Has there been any progress? Are there any blogs or websites chronicling >the cases associated with this? My understanding is there were probably millions of pets who probably died from the Wheat Gluton. That having been said the company will most likely skate through unscathed. After all if you had a pet die a year or so ago you most likely already buried it/ cremated it. So many of those deaths won't be tracked back to the wheat gluton. Even if you went through the time/effort/ expense to get the body of your dead could they even test for Wheat Gluton this late in the game? At this point you're probably talking a lot of time/money/ effort to find the cause of death, not to mention a painful journey that some pet owners may not want to venture on. Yeah there probably were millions of pets killed by it but proving it is another matter. I'd be surprised if anyone at this point could. BTW, this is now viewed in a whole different light considering the millions of toy recalls from toys made in China. Remember the wheat gluton came from China, and in the wake of the toy recall it wouldn't surprise me in the least to find China already took care of the problem. (i.e. some of those responsible for the toy recalls were shamed so badly they killed themselves. "Paul Bearer" <Don't Bother...send to usenet> wrote in message > died from the Wheat Gluton. That having been said the company > will most likely skate through unscathed. After all if you > had a pet die a year or so ago you most likely already buried it/ There are class action lawsuits in process, but they take time to go through the courts. As well, a number of pets were made sick but did not die. Many of those people are part of the class action suite both for initial recompense, damages and the cost of providing ongoing care for those pets that now have chronic medical problems because of the gluten. > "Paul Bearer" <Don't Bother...send to usenet> wrote in message >> died from the Wheat Gluton. That having been said the company [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > recompense, damages and the cost of providing ongoing care for those pets > that now have chronic medical problems because of the gluten. I am part of several class action lawsuits. The law firm said that we will be lucky to get our vet bills if even a certain amount with all the parties involved. The law firm said good luck with the company from China. The factory has been destroyed and several high end members are dead or in jail. The company which I got the pet food that made my Spirit sick; luckily he survived due to him eating only a small amount and me rushing him to the ER. They have offered a settlement on the vet bills, the cost of a certain amount of future visit vet bills and some compensation; a very small amount for my lawyer expenses. If I accept this it leaves them out of the class action part but still allows me to be involved with the suing of the other companies involved. My personal lawyer said it is a great deal and to take it still gives me the option of being able to get compensation from the other companies. I am lucky enough not to worry about the money I had to spend. All my pack will always be taken care of no matter what. I think I am going to take the settlement and anything I get form the others will go to the donation box. Both my dogs were hospitalized. One was on deaths door (A GREAT BIG HUG TO THE DOCS WHO SAVED HER LIFE). This could have been avoided by releasing the information sooner. If people were smart they would have not thrown away the food like MenuFoods told you to do. I saved mine...ALL 6 CASES... > On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:51:48 -0500, "David" <davidd31...@yoowhoo.com> > wrote:>I heard of someone filing a $2M lawsuit and I also remember hearing that [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > problem. (i.e. some of those responsible for the > toy recalls were shamed so badly they killed themselves. > Both my dogs were hospitalized. One was on deaths door (A GREAT BIG > HUG TO THE DOCS WHO SAVED HER LIFE). This could have been avoided by [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >> problem. (i.e. some of those responsible for the >> toy recalls were shamed so badly they killed themselves. Not only that, but there are two parts to every suit. First, who is responsible, and second, how much is it worth? - Proving responsibility would probably be easy....After all, they admitted it, and recalled the food. But the, "how much is it worth" is another matter. Unless your pooch was Rin Tin Tin, or Lassie, he/she isn't really worth anything....So, if you won, they would just offer to buy you another dog (or cat) of like value. In article <591acc54-183c-451a-9cf4-188bea300f27@i7g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, > Both my dogs were hospitalized. One was on deaths door (A GREAT BIG > HUG TO THE DOCS WHO SAVED HER LIFE). This could have been avoided by > releasing the information sooner. If people were smart they would have > not thrown away the food like MenuFoods told you to do. I saved > mine...ALL 6 CASES... So right. Glad you saved it. On a related note, it's always amazed me that my daughter's dog's vet asserted that the dog's kidney failure and seizures could not have been the result of eating food that was on the list of contaminated foods. What in the world did that vet have to gain? It was like the way the human medical profession is usually completely unwilling to admit that one of their own might have screwed up. But I don't get why a vet would participate it that sort of thing under the circumstances that prevailed, what with Chinese pet food producers being the identified bad guys. It wasn't a question of wanting to sue, anyway. It's just that the dog so clearly must have been damaged by the food, and the vet so clearly didn't want to go there. Weird. Diana
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