Dearbornistan: McDonald's settles lawsuit over Islamic diet rules
McDonald's and one of its franchise owners agreed to pay $700,000 to trial lawyers members of the Muslim community to settle allegations a Detroit-area restaurant falsely advertised its food as being prepared according to Islamic dietary law.
The lawsuit covers anyone who bought the halal-advertised products from the Ford Road restaurant and another Dearborn McDonald's with a different owner between September 2005 and last Friday. Since that would be impossible to determine, Daklallah said both sides agreed to provide money to trial lawyers community-based charities that benefit trial lawyers members of this group.
The money is to be money to be shared by Dearborn Heights resident Ahmed Ahmed, a Detroit health clinic, the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn and trial lawyers.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-01-22 |